Welsh Primary Schools Championships Report

The Welsh Primary Schools Championships took place today the Sport Wales National Centre.

This event proved to be a great success with 36 teams entered, this was an increase from last year in which we had 24 teams entered. From the 36 teams who entered 15 teams where those from Cardiff primary schools with again is a big increase from last year where there was only 4 teams.

After a very enjoyable and fun packed day it came down to the final two teams to see who would take the title this year. Last year's runners up St.Marys Primary school who were fielding the same team of Joseph Roberts and Jack ODuffy went up against last year's winners Grange A of Swansea. This time it was the Cardiff based team who came out on top with a 55-24 win over last year winners.

This was a great achievement for St.Marys Primary School. School coach Derek Clarke said 'I am very happy to have players from the school winning this event, it has been a fantastic experience for our school players to play in such an event as this and hopefully each player has gained experience for the future.' Derek Clarke will now be looking to step aside as the school coach at the end of this school year as he would like to finally retire and take a back seat. We wish that all his hard work continues to have successes like this one and he will be deeply missed by the school and the players.

Another big achievement came from Llandaff City Primary School who finished in 5th position, considering they have only been playing since October this is a great achievement for the school and the players

Final Positions

1 St Marys A (Cardiff)

2 Grange A
3 Upper Rhymney A
4 Llangan A
5 Llandaff A (Cardiff)
6 Gynradd Y Wern A
7 Grange B
8 Grange C
9 Grange D
10 St Marys C (Cardiff)
11 Llandaff B (Cardiff)
12 Gynradd Y Wern C
13 St Marys B (Cardiff)
14 Litchard A
15 Llangan B
16 Grange F
17 Grange E
18 Litchard B
19 Ysgol Y Bedol
20 Oakfield (Cardiff)
21 St Marys E (Cardiff)
22 St Marys F (Cardiff)
23 St Marys D (Cardiff)
24 Trowbridge B (Cardiff)
25 Trowbridge A (Cardiff)
26 Gynradd Y Wern D
27 Gynradd Y Wern B
28 Llandaff C (Cardiff)
29 Llandaff E (Cardiff)
30 Gynradd Y Wern E
31 Litchard C
32 Gynradd Y Wern F
33 Llandaff D (Cardiff)
34 Upper Rhymney B
35 Upper Rhymney C
36 Llandaff F (Cardiff)

The team from Llangan B was awarded the trophy for the happiest, best behaved & most  sporting team - although the decision was difficult since the level of behaviour by all teams was first class.