November 8th, 2006
 
This year clubs from across Eastern Counties (Cambridgeshire, Norfolk
and Suffolk) have started working together in order to help bring more
girls into the game, and to raise standards in a part of the country
where there’s no one club fielding a full team.
 
The initiative has paid off with the results on full show at this year's Rochford Hundreds Charity Festival, when two combined teams finished as runners-up in  the Under 14s and Under 17s competitions.

“This was an outstanding achievement when you
consider that both successful teams were playing together for the very first
time, and were up against some squads who knew each other very well
indeed,” said Vincent Acheson  from
Eastern Counties Girls Rugby.
 
At Under 14s a Diss Vixens Team, which included players from Diss, Ely, Swaffham and Beccles, came second to hosts Rochford while in the under 17s competition only a breakaway try separated Sudbury from overall
victory. Sudbury's core group were joined by players from Holt and
North East Essex Boadiceas, all of whom played crucial roles in the
team's success. The one try scored in the final came from Letchworth, who have the largest U17 Squad in East Region.
 
Further information on Girls Rugby in Eastern Counties, and pictures
from the tournament, at www.easterncounties.girlsrugby.org.uk