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Big weekend for Graeme sport

Grocott's Mail ContributorsBy Grocott's Mail ContributorsApril 25, 2018Updated:April 27, 2018No Comments3 Mins Read
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Graeme College celebrated a good weekend of sports which saw all of their Hockey and Rugby teams participating well over the past week. From fixtures against Cambridge High School, to participating in the Kingwood College Hockey Festival, Graeme looked strong on all fronts.

Graeme College had their first home rugby fixture of the season on 21 April, when they faced Cambridge High School from East London. It was a good day with a number of tightly contested matches. However, Graeme seemed to have the upper hand winning eight of the 11 matches on the day including the 1st XV game  37-24.

The Graeme College 1st XV made an impressive start scoring five tries in the opening 25 minutes to lead 27-3. Cambridge managed to grab one back just before half time to make the score 27-10 at the half time break. Graeme seemed to lose concentration in the early parts of the second half as Cambridge fought back well to score two more converted tries to close the gap to just three points. This seemed to wake the Graeme side up, as they dominated the rest of the encounter, despite missing a number of opportunities. Graeme scored another try along with a penalty to make the final score 37-24 over the visitors.

The Graeme 1st XI hockey side participated in the Kingswood Hockey Festival where they had some good results. On day one of the festival, they managed a draw with a formidable Hudson Park team, who scored late in the game to share the honours. Graeme then played against Reddam, and won comfortably by six goals. They struggled to contain a strong Cambridge team in the first half, and went own 3-0 but then bounced back nicely with a 3-0 win over Port Rex.

In the toughest contest of the week, Graeme came up against an impressive York team, who remained unbeaten throughout the festival. Graeme held York to 0-0 at half time, and Graeme having a great chance to go 1-0 up at the stroke of half time. The drag flick ricocheted against the cross-bar and Graeme weren’t able to get a second shot on target. York found their rhythm and Graeme struggled to maintain the high intensity level, allowing York to score three goals in the second half. In the last game, Graeme were messy in getting a 1-0 win over St Dominics.

Overall, it was a very successful weekend for the Graeme College sides. For the full list of results, see below:
Hockey:
Graeme u15a 5-3 Cambridge u14B
Graeme u15a 1-6 Bishops u14A
Graeme 2nds 0-5 Cambridge u16B
Graeme 1st XI at Kc Fest:
Graeme 1-1 Hudson
Graeme 6-0 Reddam House
Graeme 0-3 Cambridge
Graeme 3-0 Port Rex
Graeme 0-3 York
Graeme 1-0 St Dominics
Rugby:
Graeme u14B 24-27 Cambridge
Graeme u14A 29-14 Cambridge
Graeme u15C 11-29 Cambridge
Graeme u15B 22-14 Cambridge
Graeme u15A 28-17 Cambridge
Graeme u16B 25-5 Cambridge
Graeme u16A 36-12 Cambridge
Graeme 4th 27-24 Cambridge
Graeme 3rd 5-18 Cambridge
Graeme 2nd 33-14 Cambridge
Graeme 1st 37-24 Cambridge
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