The Inaugural North Petherton Sevens - May 13th 2006

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The Cup finalists - winners Templars in red and runners-up The Usual Suspects in green

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North Petherton Club President Phil Hamm presents the winning Templars Captain with the Cup

The first ever North Petherton Sevens tournament was held on Saturday 13th May, and was won by the Templars - a team of players based from all around the country. They beat The Usual Suspects, a team based out of Exeter University comprising both old and new students. The score was 45-7. The Templars also beat Los Chicos Locos in the semi, 28-15, who were a team entered from Bridgwater & Albion. In the other semi, The Usual Suspects beat the tournament favourites Apachies 19-14. There was a good mixture of local sides and teams from as far away as London comprising the draw. North Petherton had their own side in Pool Two and made it to the Cup quarter-finals, as did the side Team Boycee which was entered by Petherton player and tournament organizer Lloyd Williams. The Plate Competition (Middle Competition) was won by the Gypsy Bar Bears from the Devon Fire Service. They beat The Chiefs 22-17 who were a side from Wellington R.F.C. The Bowl (Bottom competition) was won by The Full Minty who beat the Stags 34-0. The Full Minty were an Invitational side set up by North Petherton player Steve Doyle, and the Stags were a very social team, on a stag weekend. The weather was excellent and so was the standard of rugby, with enough sides entered to make up four leagues in the group stages. Everyone seemed to enjoy the day and looked forward to returning next May, when the tournament will be held again on the 12th. Many thanks to those who helped with the organisation and in keeping the players fed and watered.

Draw

On the morning of the tournament T.V.T and Old Street pulled out, and after the group stages Kewstoke Exiles were forced to withdraw due to injuries picked up over the course of the mornings matches. This led to North Petherton being promoted to second, Andover to third, and Blake Bears into fourth place in Pool 2. As a result, North Petherton went into the Cup knockout stages and Andover and Blake Bears went into the Plate knockout stages. The full tournament draw and results can be seen below.

Pool One	Pool Two	Pool Three	Pool Four
Apachies	Weston-Super-Mare	Templars	Gypsies
Los Chicos Locos	North Petherton	The Chiefs	Team Boycee
Gypsy Bar Bears	Andover	The Usual Suspects	GLG
Stags	Kewstoke Exiles	The Full Minty	Old Street
T.V.T	Blake Bears

Results

Pool One

Los Chicos Locos 29 0 Stags Apachies C C T.V.T Los Chicos Locos 14 0 Gypsies Bar Bears Stags C C T.V.T Apachies 26 14 Gypsies Bar Bears Los Chicos Locos C C T.V.T Apachies 49 0 Stags T.V.T C C Gypsies Bar Bears Apachies 19 10 Los Chicos Locos Gypsies Bar Bears 40 0 Stags

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts 1 Apachies 3 3 0 0 94 24 6 2 Los Chicos Locos 3 2 0 1 53 19 4 3 Gypsies Bar Bears 3 1 0 2 54 40 2 4 Stags 3 0 0 3 0 118 0 5 T.V.T

Pool Two

Andover 7 22 Kewstoke Exiles Weston-Super-Mare 26 0 North Petherton Blake Bears 0 34 Kewstoke Exiles North Petherton 28 26 Andover Weston-Super-Mare 35 0 Blake Bears North Petherton 0 12 Kewstoke Exiles Weston-Super-Mare 25 5 Andover North Petherton 22 19 Blake Bears Weston-Super-Mare 17 5 Kewstoke Exiles Andover 7 7 Blake Bears

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts 1 Weston-Super-Mare 4 4 0 0 103 10 8 2 Kewstoke Exiles 4 3 0 1 73 24 6 3 North Petherton 4 2 0 2 50 83 4 4 Andover 4 0 1 3 45 82 1 5 Blake Bears 4 0 1 3 26 98 1

Pool Three

Templars 21 12 The Usual Suspects The Chiefs 5 12 The Usual Suspects The Full Minty 0 36 The Chiefs Templars 33 5 The Full Minty Templars 14 10 The Chiefs The Usual Suspects 26 7 The Full Minty

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts 1 Templars 3 3 0 0 68 27 6 2 The Usual Suspects 3 2 0 1 50 33 4 3 The Chiefs 3 1 0 2 51 26 2 4 The Full Minty 3 0 0 3 12 95 0

Pool Four

Gypsies 14 19 Team Boycee Team Boycee 20 12 GLG Gypsies C C Old Street GLG 19 10 Gypsies Team Boycee C C Old Street GLG C C Old Street

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts 1 Team Boycee 2 2 0 0 39 26 4 2 GLG 2 1 0 1 31 30 2 3 Gypsies 2 0 0 2 24 38 0 4 Old Street

Knockout Stages

Quarter-Finals

Cup QF1 Apachies 24 10 North Petherton QF2 GLG 0 24 Templars QF3 Weston-Super-Mare 15 20 Los Chicos Locos QF4 Team Boycee 5 12 The Usual Suspects

Plate QF1 The Chiefs 20 0 Blake Bears QF2 Bye     Gypsies

Semi-Finals

Cup SF1 Apachies 14 19 The Usual Suspects SF2 Los Chicos Locos 15 28 Templars

Plate SF1 The Chiefs 38 7 Gypsies SF2 Andover 0 20 Gypsy Bar Bears

Finals

Cup F The Usual Suspects 7 45 Templars	Plate F The Chiefs 17 22 Gypsy Bar Bears
Bowl F Stags 0 31 The Full Minty