Well done to the squad who played at the Reigate festival. For the record we won 2 of our 3 pool games (v Richmond in a high scoring game by 7-6 and Old Alleynians by 6-5). Our defeat (9-6) was against a strong Rosslyn Park side. They went on to top our group, and narrowly lose the cup final 3-2 to Cobham by the way.

Our record saw us progress to the bowl semi against Reeds. It was a cagey game between the local rivals and at half time, Reeds led 3-1. Vandals soon hit back to reduce the arrears from the restart. The Vandals defence really started to work well and force Reeds to turn the ball over, leading to a couple more scores to us. A quick re-count of the score by the ref saw the game poised at 4-5 to Reeds when the Vs snatched another well worked score after forcing another turn-over. However just as extra-time loomed, Reeds stole in with a last gasp score and the game ended. As with the Mitcham festival, we bowed out in a closely-fought semi-final, but again we could be proud for the way we represented our club.

It was shame to end like that after such a stirring come-back. With every game our team performed improved: the defence really started to click, and at times our attacking play was really breathtaking.

Everyone contributed to the team’s effort, so well done to the match day squad of Christian, George, Gianluca, Hugh, Jack, Maxim, Peter, Tom L and Tom P.

Thanks to Mark and Jason for running the team and to all the parents who came along to support us, it was much appreciated!