Rugby Results

Sunday was long and lots of fun.
I felt that the hideously early start was recompensed rather quickly at the rendez-vous. Rather fit gentlemen in rugby kit would arrive and greet anyone they met with two kisses and a kind word. I soon realised that I had stood in a very good place!
The tournament at Besancon was enormous and there was an excellent turn-out of players and supporters alike. In Cal's age group (under 7s) there were 18 teams.
There was some bemusement about the minefield and mine disposal team which lay in the midst of the pitches, but the French do train quite hard and motivation can be found in the strangest of places.

Cal's team had a tough draw. They won their first two matches against Pontarlier and Besancon but then the big guns of age 7 rugby arrived. They lost to Beaune - whom Callum claimed were "awesome" and to Chalon. However, after a long lunch and time to regroup they went on to beat Mulhouse and Tournus.

Callum as Captain gets a try

Unfortunately the results were not good enough to get them into the semi-final and they ended up much lower down the table than expected. But Callum had a great time and we were really proud of him.