Stewartry Sharks show their bite at Moffat rugby tournament

Stewartry Sharks rounded off the season in style by claiming the J Birrel Tournament Trophy at Moffat Rugby Club on Sunday.

The future looks bright for the club after this latest success, which follows on from Stewartry Sirens winning their league and the men’s team winning promotion and the National Shield.

The Sharks faced teams from Newton Stewart, Biggar, Strathaven, Annan and hosts Moffat.

The P1/2 team played a festival format, showing off their passing and scoring lots of tries. They should be very proud of themselves.

The P3s won their tournament for the second year in a row, going unbeaten and conceding just one try – scored by one of their own players who helped make up the numbers for Strathaven!

Wins of 4-0, 2-0, 5-1 and 5-0 gave them the title with Layton recognised as player of the tournament. The whole team – Noah, Jack, Jasper, Fred, Archie, Adrian, Layton and Parker – played out of their skins.

The P4/5s played as a combined team in the P5 section and held their own despite most of the team being younger than their opponents. After narrowly losing to Biggar, they won comfortably against Moffat, Annan and Strathaven before missing out after a narrow defeat to Newton Stewart. The team were fantastic, showing off what they have learnt with fantastic tackles, looking for the ball in the breakdown and scoring some cracking tries. It was Coby and Finlay B’s debuts for this team but it was hard to tell they had only started in the last week or so.

The P6s began their tournament with a strong performance against Strathaven, even if the result didn’t go their way. Annan were up next and the team didn’t stop tackling and making breaks, although Annan emerged with the win. The sheer size of the Annan