XBlades NTS / SPORTTAPE CTS Finals

The England Touch Association hosted the combined XBlades NTS / SPORTTAPE CTS Finals this weekend – 12^th July 2014 at Droitwich RFC. Playing in warm sunshine for most of the schedule, fast competitive play was the order of the day as clubs from across the country battled it out once more.

XBlades NTS

It was a triumphant day once more for Hot Custard as they mirrored their first series run out in Nottingham by winning both the titles and therefore coming on top in the NTS & CTS series.

Bristol Fijians took the Bowl 5-4 against Wigan Touch Warriors

Thames Valley Vikings beat Oxford Touch 4-2 in the Shield Final.

Manchester Chargers lost out to London Scorpions 5-2 in the plate final despite the result being reversed in the pool rounds earlier;

The top 4 ranked clubs going into the NTS semis were all present at this stage but winning again, as with the last round against London Galaxy, Hot Custard took the Final Cup 4-2.

Excellent drone footage of this final can be found here, Courtesy of Derek the Drone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2it8t5U1uxc

Angela Verniquet & Kiki Tjia were named MVPs for the NTS tournament.

SPORTTAPE CTS

The schedule began with 5 pool matches each through to playoff matches for the prizes and points. Flamingos, which is made up of England u18s player from across the country, beat Thames Valley Vikings 4-3 in the Bowl final.

Nottingham Hoods picked up the final trophy beating Galaxy 3-2 in the Shield.

In the Cup/Shield half of the competition, Manchester Chargers lost out in the Plate final this time to Percy Park Pirates 4-3 which was a reverse of their earlier result.

Custard Jägers were the overall winners beating Cambridge Bees 4-2 in the Cup final following a draw earlier in the day.

Footage of this final can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSMZkTV3dx0

MVPs in the CTS were Jennifer Ashcroft & Stu Findlay both from Percy Park Pirates, again nominated by the other clubs.

It was another busy day for our Referees team with whistles blowing across 7 fields, a big thanks to them, the host club – Droitwich and all the helpers during the day on registration, results and timings.

Thanks to Kevin Hill, our very own Events Director extraordinaire, who has made a huge impact on the events calendar this year, with big plans for 2015 too!