Bishop’s Stortford rugby club minis section enjoy end-of-season tour of Kent

More than 120 players from Bishop’s Stortford rugby club’s minis section travelled to Kent for an end-of-season tour.

The children, aged from under-seven to under-11, enjoyed playing matches as well as a host of other fun activities, including rock climbing and buggy building.

The annual tours are designed to foster the club’s values of teamwork, respect, enjoyment, discipline and sportsmanship.

The weekend ended with a rugby festival at Westcombe Park, based in Orpington, where the Stortford teams competed against sides from across Kent as well as fellow touring teams from all over the country.

“The activities that our young players took part in on the tour gave them the chance to build on their teamwork skills as well as to learn to overcome fears and challenges,” said James Colby, who led the tour’s organising committee.

“The coaches and parents were extremely proud to see that these skills were directly applied on the rugby pitch during the festival at Westcombe Park.”

The tour organising committee would like to thank all of the sponsors who raised funds, in particular lead sponsor Bailey Hills Estates, which is opening a winery in Stortford this summer.