Last Saturday (31st March), 14 London Tag Rugby teams battled it out over two divisions for the Finsbury Park Tag Rugby Festival A grade and Social grade titles!

After a glorious week of weather in the capital, Saturday was a little milder and overcast but still good conditions for Tag Rugby.

In the A grade, the Chargers of the Acton competition finished top of the pool matches and set up a finals clash with Taguila Shots from White City. The Chargers were in great form in the pool stages going through undefeated while Taguila Shots lost only the one match. However the Chargers were too good in the end with a 10-5 victory in the final!

Taguila Shot’s Martin Ams was named “A grade player of the tournament” with the Charger’s Simon Kang named “player of the final”. Both award winners have been London Australia representatives.

In the Social grade, Moves Like Tagger from Barnes topped the pool stages alongside Eye of the Tagger from Highbury. The final was a very even contest with Moves Like Tagger just pulling away in the end with a 7-5 triumph.

Eye of the Tagger’s Luke Forrest was named “Social grade player of the tournament” with Moves Like Tagger’s Steve Drury named “player of the final”.

To view photos from the Finsbury Park Tag Rugby Festival and the after party at the Faltering Fullback, click here.

All other results can be found here:

A Grade

12pm - Boom! 14 def London South Africa 4 (Referee: Grant Maskell)
Best on Ground: Tom Parsons
12pm - Duck Duck Goose 6 def Finsbury Randoms 3 (Referee: Mitch Keller)
Best on Ground: Gareth Roach
12pm - Chargers 8 def Taguila Shots 2 (Referee: Phillip Browne)
Best on Ground: Brad Aird
12.22pm - Chargers 4 def Boom! 1 (Referee: Phillip Browne)
Best on Ground: Simon Kang
12.44pm - Taguila Shots 8 def London South Africa 1 (Referee: Steve Capilli)
Best on Ground: Martin Ams
1.05pm - Chargers 9 def Duck Duck Goose 2 (Referee: Grant Maskell)
Best on Ground: Dane Challenor
1.06pm - Boom! 5 def Finsbury Randoms 2 (Referee: Phillip Browne
Best on Ground: Sagan Daniels
1.28pm - Taguila Shots 4 def Boom! 3 (Referee: Bryan Teuchert)
Best on Ground: Martin Ams
1.50pm - Duck Duck Goose 8 def London South Africa 2 (Referee: Phillip Browne)
Best on Ground: Gareth Roach
2.12pm - Taguila Shots 4 def Finsbury Randoms 3 (Referee: Steve Barry)
Best on Ground: Matt Picknett
2.12pm - Chargers 8 def London South Africa 2 (Referee: Phillip Browne)
Best on Ground: Shelley Niven
2.34pm - Boom! 5 def Duck Duck Goose 3 (Referee: Steve Capilli)
Best on Ground: Nick Cullen
2.56pm - Chargers 11 def Finsbury Randoms 1 (Referee: Bryan Teuchert)
Best on Ground: Arron Lombardo
2.56pm - Taguila Shots 10 def Duck Duck Goose 4 (Referee: Phillip Browne)
Best on Ground: Claire McAteer
3.18pm - Finsbury Randoms 6 def London South Africa 9 (Referee: Steve Barry)
Best on Ground: Nick Wong

A GRADE FINALS

3.50pm - 6th Place (London South Africa) 5 def 5th Place (Finsbury Randoms) 4 (Referee: Jarrod Zurvas)
Best on Ground: Matt Picknett
3.50pm - 3rd Place (Boom!) 5 def 4th Place (Duck Duck Goose) 4 (Referee: Phillip Browne)
Best on Ground: Nick Cullen
4.15pm - A GRADE GRAND FINAL: Chargers 10 def Taguila Shots 5 (Referee: Phillip Browne)
Best on Ground: Simon Kang

Social Grade

12.25pm - Garlic Breed 7 def Team Lebanon 3 (Referee: Grant Maskell)
Best on Ground: Ousmane Ndiaye
12.25pm - Phibbers 6 def Faltering Fullback 4 (Referee: Jarrod Zurvas)
Best on Ground:
12.45pm - Eye of the Tagger 11 def Looking for a Women of Two 3 (Referee: Alistair Davis)
Best on Ground: Luke Forrest
12.45pm - Gambit 5 def Moves Like Tagger 3 (Referee: Jarrod Zurvas)
Best on Ground: Steve Drury
1.05pm - Moves Like Tagger 5 def Faltering Fullback 3 (Referee: Carl Duckels)
Best on Ground: Steve Drury
1.30pm - Team Lebanon 3 drew with Looking for a Women of Two 3 (Referee: Grant Maskell)
Best on Ground: Harrison Snelling
1.30pm - Phibbers 4 def Gambit 2 (Referee: Jarrod Zurvas)
Best on Ground: Niall O'Reilly
1.50pm - Eye of the Tagger 8 def Garlic Breed 0 (Referee: Carl Duckels)
Best on Ground: Luke Forrest
1.50pm - Gambit 4 def Faltering Fullback 3 (Referee: Jarrod Zurvas)
Best on Ground: Emily O'Hanlon
2.10pm - Garlic Breed 10 def Looking for a Women or Two 0 (Referee: Grant Maskell)
Best on Ground: Ming Lew
2.10pm - Moves Like Tagger 10 def Phibbers 5 (Referee: Carl Duckels)
Best on Ground: Martin Lynch
2.30pm - Eye of the Tagger Vs Team Lebanon (Referee: Grant Maskell)
Best on Ground:

SOCIAL GRADE FINALS

2.50pm - 1st Pool A (Eye of the Tagger) 2 def 2nd Pool B (Gambit) 1 (Referee: Jarrod Zurvas)
Best on Ground: Luke Forrest
2.50pm - 3rd Pool A (Team Lebanon) 4 def 4th Pool B (Faltering Fullback) 2 (Referee: Grant Maskell)
Best on Ground: Sean Mare
3.10pm - 1st Pool B (Moves Like Tagger) 4 def 2nd Pool A (Garlic Breed) 3 (Referee: Jarrod Zurvas)
Best on Ground:
3.10pm - 3rd Pool B (Phibbers) 4 def 4th Pool A (Looking for a Women or Two) 0 (Referee: Grant Maskell)
Best on Ground: Martin Lynch
3.30pm - Cup 4th (Garlic Breed) 3 def Cup 3rd (Gambit) 1 (Referee: Jarrod Zurvas)
Best on Ground: Lauren Pons
3.30pm - Plate 4th (Looking for a Women or Two) 5 def Plate 3rd (Faltering Fullback) 4 (Referee: Grant Maskell)
Best on Ground: Harrison Snelling
3.50pm - PLATE GRAND FINAL: Phibbers 4 def Team Lebanon 2 (Referee: Grant Maskell)
Best on Ground: Gary Phibbs
4.15pm - CUP GRAND FINAL: Moves Like Tagger 7 def Eye of the Tagger 5 (Referee: Grant Maskell)
Best on Ground: Steve Drury

Finsbury Park Festival Registrations Now Open - 24/02/12

Registrations for Try Tag Rugby's first one day festival of the year have now closed! However there is still room for more female players to join a team. If you'd like to play please email info@trytagrugby.com. The festival will be held on Saturday, 31st March at our most popular venue, Finsbury Park. The day will include a round robin Tag Rugby tournament with great prizes to give away and a legendary after party at one of London's best pubs, The Faltering Fullback!

Finsbury Park Tag Rugby Festival - 31st March, 2012

Finsbury Park is Try Tag Rugby's most popular venue where 21 teams took to the pitch for the late summer season in 2011. With no Late Winter season being run at Finsbury Park in 2012, this festival will bring together all the teams from North London and beyond back to Finsbury Park for the first time in 2012, for a round robin tournament with every team getting a minimum of 90 minutes game time!

The Finsbury Park Tag Rugby Festival will kick off at 12pm and conclude at 4.30pm. There will be Mixed A grade and Mixed social grade divisions. This is a great opportunity for new players to experience Tag Rugby before signing up to a league!

The presentation will commence at 5pm and the after party not long after, which will be held at the nearby legendary Faltering Fullback Pub, home of cheap jugs of beer and some of the best Thai food in London!

Teams from all over London are welcome to enter this festival, to sample one of the most social Tag Rugby venues around. The Highbury early and late summer champions, Heptagonals went through the 2011 Finsbury Park Tag Rugby festival undefeated with a 6 - 3 victory over Mix & Tag in the final. Can Heptagonals defend their title in 2012?

Team and Individual registrations are welcome. The details are as follows:

How to Register

Registrations are now closed. If you would like to register a new team or as a new player, please proceed to the respective team registration section or individual registration section of the website to register your interest. If you are a team manager of a team which has played in one of our leagues before, please log into your profile here to re-register your team. If you are an existing registered player who would like to enter as an individual, please register here.

Team places will only be confirmed upon receiving payment of the £75 team deposit. If you have half or two thirds of a team interested, please email info@trytagrugby.com to see if we can help you with extra players. Chances are we'll be able to help!

Don't delay as registrations close, Monday 26th March.