AFTER qualifying in second place at the Stroud district finals, Gastrells tag rugby team headed to Hartpury College the home of Gloucester Rugby to compete in the county finals.

After a superb morning of rugby, Gastrells topped their group, after winning three games and drawing just once and headed through to the quarter finals where they played Bluecoat Primary.

With the score 5-5 at full time, they headed for extra time.

Five minutes later and the two sides could not be split and Gastrells were agonisingly knocked out of the competition as a result of the silver try rule (the team that scores first in the match goes through).

With two games to play against other losing quarter finalist Gastrells picked themselves up to win their next match however lost a close encounter with St Mary’s in their final game of the day.

The Gastrells team can truly hold their heads up high after achieving the best ever sporting finish by a Gastrells side and finishing an impressive sixth place in the whole county.

A special mention must go to Lexie who was given a special award for demonstrating the School Games value ‘Teamwork’ throughout the day.