D.T.F Crowned 2011 GOAL London Tag Rugby Champions!

D.T.F who was representing the Tooting Bec Common Tag Rugby competition defeated the Gladstone Park early and late summer champions, Speights in the final of the London Tag Rugby Championships on Saturday, 20 August to claim the “Best Team in London” title for 2011.

The tournament which consisted of 12 champion teams representing Finsbury Park, Gladstone Park, Highbury, Rotherhithe, Southwark Park, Tooting Bec Common and Wandsworth Tag Rugby competitions produced some outstanding displays of Tag Rugby.

Speights looked like the early favourites for the competition with pool stage victories over D.T.F, HepTagonal, I Couldn’t Give 2 Locks andTag Me If You Can. Speights endedTag Me If You Can’s unbeaten run which stood at 31 matches.

D.T.F bounced back after there pool stage loss to Speights to produce a superb finals performance with a convincing 12-5 victory.

Try Tag Rugby is supporting their chosen charity GOAL with their Emergency Appeal in the Horn of Africa.

Part of the proceeds from the 2011 GOAL London Tag Rugby Championships will go towards GOAL’s response to the Horn of Africa drought and famine crisis. GOAL is an international humanitarian agency dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the poorest of the poor.

A raffle was conducted on the day to raise funds for GOAL with a weekend away to Brighton as the winning prize. A credit to the generosity of the London Tag Rugby community as the raffle sold out with the much needed funds raised going towards assisting to feed the many starving people in Somalia.

If you would like to support GOAL's emergency response to the drought, please visit GOAL’s Just Giving page. For the full story on the London Tag Rugby Championships and our work with GOAL, click here.