Stewartry Sharks host more than 130 youngsters in minis tournament at Greenlaw

More than 130 youngsters took part in Stewartry Shark’s minis tournament at Greenlaw on Sunday.

The Sharks were joined by Annan Tigers and Moffat Rams, with some of the Stewartry first team on hand to help out with refereeing.

A healthy turnout of P6 and P7s saw them play their own round-robin tournament, with Stewartry’s P6 side starting against Annan.

Big tackles from Aiden, Euan and Tyler created pressure, pushing Annan back to forcing turnover ball which allowed them to break up the pitch and score first. Annan hit back immediately following good recycling work at the breakdown and found some gaps in the Stewartry defence.

Stewartry’s running game was rewarded with Alex nipping down the wing to score in the corner, only to have that cancelled out by another Annan try following an extended period of pressure on the Stewartry try-line. Further positive play from Henry, Gregor and Mitch saw another try chalked up for the home team and the game swung back and forth until the last few seconds when Annan managed to cross for a leveller to draw a compelling match.

Next up was Moffat. Stewartry stepped up their quality and through the dancing feet of Arthur and Rory, direct running from Jack, Logan and Euan along with great physicality from the rest of the team, they managed to build a convincing lead, scoring some great tries. Moffat, to their credit, also created some well worked tries from their jinky runners and made it a tough match throughout.

After a short break, it was back to the pitch to complete another round of fixtures against the same opposition. With Stewartry benefitting from a packed subs bench, their fresher legs started to tell against the opposition and in the next two games, the P6 team