The well-known Calcutta Cup was on the town just lately to assist East Kilbride Rugby Membership have fun their Ladies’s Competition at Torrance Home.
Nearly 300 feminine gamers from throughout the central belt descended on the bottom inside Calderglen Nation Park for an action-packed day of matches for youth groups and the senior ladies on Might 29.
And people lucky to participate had been even capable of get their arms on the Calcutta Cup, which is contested by Scotland and England in the course of the Six Nations every year. The trophy is presently held by the Scots after back-to-back successes over the Auld Enemy in 2021 and 2022.
It was a day of firsts for EKRFC as they fielded their first ever U12 group, made up from ladies who've been taking part in mini-rugby, they usually carried out fantastically to come back in second of their occasion.
However the large event for East Kilbride was the fielding of their first ladies’s group since 1996.
EK performed towards Uddingston, Clydebank/Paisley and Irvine and we went on to win the “Due to Her” trophy, which is was devoted to the reminiscence of Marianne Strokosch, who handed away 5 years in the past and performed within the unique ladies’s group.
She is the sister of former Scotland worldwide Alasdair and their dad Alex introduced the trophy to the successful East Kilbride group.
Elsewhere on the day, the membership’s U14 ladies gained Pool 2 of the competitors towards some stiff opposition, whereas the U16 ladies teamed up with Annan to play towards the robust groups of Biggar and Dumfries.
The U18 teamed up with 5 different golf equipment to play towards one another and had a very good run out, as Biggar ran out winners.
EKRFC ladies’s part coach Elaine Martin mentioned: “We wish to thank everyone who got here to the occasion, the groups who turned up and made it a tremendous day, and to the sponsors who supported the occasion.
“I’d wish to thank HairPlay, Abbey Coaches, St James Carpets Centre, Precision Utility Mapping, Raer Craft Spirits, Dickie & Moore, D’Lish, Bailey & Tibbs, UK Paper Rolls, RL Vehicles, David McCann Tyres, Tuck Shakk, Direct Automation, Kelvin Auto Companies, Lime Deli, Claymore Trophies, Sports activities Life Work and Finsbury Meals Group for his or her assist.”
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