On Tuesday the 10th November Newminster headed to their first North Of Tyne Champion Schools Rugby League Tournament.

The boys were in high spirits off the back of a good performance in the Rugby League Sky Try Tournament held at Kingston Park the previous month.

However, having entered the competition in the second round we had some fixtures to make up. On a windy day the boys played seven, twelve minute games of Rugby League. Battling through the conditions and some tough opposition to finish with 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. The most pleasing thing from my point of view with the enjoyment the boys seems to get from the tournament and the improvements they made in their performances. As most of the boys have never played the game before this year, this was the most pleasing aspect of the day.

We can now look forward to another tournament closer to Christmas.

Well done boys. Mr Twentyman