The Chargers, who hold the 2012 Pig N Porter Tag Rugby Festival trophy, have added another to their collection by taking out the inaugural Wasps Tag Rugby Festival on Saturday (13th October) at Twyford Avenue Sports Ground in Acton.

The Chargers defeated some powerhouse London Tag Rugby teams such as Phibbers (10-2), Tumeke (7-4) and Westside Hoodlums (15-1) to earn a place in the final.

They were due to meet the United Collaboration of London Tag’s Finest who featured a host of representative players such as London Australia’s Martin Ams and Thomas Parsons as well as Great Britain & Ireland’s Stephen Barry and London Ireland’s Rachel Chew.

In a spectacular final that had it all, the scores were locked at 4-4 at halftime. The Chargers managed to come home strong in the second stanza and defeat the United Collaboration of London Tag’s Finest 8-6 with the Chargers’ Shelley Niven being awarded the player of the final.

In the Plate Divison final, Tags McGee defeated Phibbers with a last minute try to seal a 6-5 triumph in a nail biter. In the Social Division final, Must Tag Sally was too strong for TagerBomb with a 6-4 victory.

The weather gods smiling on the London tag rugby community, granting a cool sunny day with little wind. The conditions were perfect for tag rugby and all teams enjoyed a great day of action followed by the presentation and an after party at the nearby Chatsworth Pub.

Photos from the inaugural Wasps Tag Rugby Festival can be found in the Try Tag Rugby Facebook group, found here. Feel free to join the group and tag yourselves and your team mates in the photos.

If you enjoyed the inaugural Wasps Tag Rugby Festival, registrations for the International Cup tournament (3rd November) which will be Try Tag Rugby's last one day festival for the year will be closing on Friday, 19th October. The International Cup tournament will be held at Twyford Avenue Sports Ground in Acton. There are some titles to defend and some new challengers ready to stake their claim for glory! To register (existing players), click here. To register as a new player, click here.

With thanks
The Wasps Tag Rugby Festival would not have been possible without the help of a number of people and organisations. Try Tag Rugby would like to give thanks to the following:

* All players
* ImagesGB (Photographer)
* Wasps FC
* The Chatsworth
* Referees: Stephen Barry, Andy Dickins, George Katralis, Jeremy Rossiny & Shaun Snow
* Tournament Director: Alistair Davis
* Assistant Tournament Director: Les Neal

Please see below all results from the inaugural Wasps Tag Rugby Festival, 13th October 2012.

Note: All pool matches were 24 minutes duration

12PM
Pitch A - United Collaboration of London Tag's Finest 8 def Tags McGee 2, Referee: Phillip Browne
Pitch B - Chargers 10 def Phibbers 2, Referee: George Katralis
Pitch C - Moves Like Trip & Chase 10 def Serendipity 5, Referee: Jeremy Rossiny
Pitch D - Cyborg Sharpshooters 8 def TagerBomb 2, Referee: Shaun Snow

12.30PM
Pitch A - United Collaboration of London Tag's Finest 9 def Westside Hoodlums 2, Referee: Phillip Browne
Pitch B - Chargers 7 def Tumeke 4, Referee: Andy Dickins
Pitch C - Moves Like Trip & Chase 10 def Chipper Rippers 3, Referee: Shaun Snow
Pitch D - TagerBomb 4 def Must Tag Sally 2, Referee: Jeremy Rossiny

1PM
Pitch A - Westside Hoodlums 7 def Tags McGee 3, Referee: Stephen Barry
Pitch B - Tumeke 12 def Phibbers 3, Referee: Andy Dickins
Pitch C - Serendipity 12 def Chipper Rippers 6, Referee: Shaun Snow
Pitch D - Must Tag Sally 6 def Cyborg Sharpshooters 5, Referee: Jeremy Rossiny

2.20PM
Pitch A - United Collaboration of London Tag's Finest 7 def Tumeke 6, Referee: Andy Dickins (A GRADE SEMI FINAL)
Pitch B - Tags McGee 15 def Moves Like Trip & Chase 2, Referee: Phillip Browne (PLATE SEMI FINAL)
Pitch C - TagerBomb 6 def Serendipity 5, Referee: Shaun Snow (SOCIAL GRADE SEMI FINAL)
Pitch D - Must Tag Sally 13 def Chipper Rippers 4, Referee: Jeremy Rossiny (SOCIAL GRADE SEMI FINAL)

2.50PM
Pitch A - Chargers 15 def Westside Hoodlums 1, Referee: Andy Dickins (A GRADE SEMI FINAL)
Pitch B - Phibbers 7 def Cyborg Sharpshooters 6, Referee: Phillip Browne (PLATE SEMI FINAL)

3.20PM
Pitch A - Tumeke 10 def Westside Hoodlums 3, Referee: Phillip Browne (A GRADE 3RD PLACE PLAYOFF)
Pitch B - Moves Like Trip & Chase 8 def Cyborg Sharpshooters 7, Referee: Andy Dickins (PLATE 3RD PLACE PLAYOFF)
Pitch C - Must Tag Sally 6 def TagerBomb 4, Referee: Shaun Snow (SOCIAL GRADE GRAND FINAL)
Pitch D - Serendipity 10 def Chipper Rippers 5, Referee: Jeremy Rossiny (SOCIAL GRADE 3RD PLACE PLAYOFF)

3.50PM
Pitch A - Chargers 8 def United Collaboration of London Tag's Finest 6, Referee: Phillip Browne (A GRADE GRAND FINAL - 30 MINS)
Pitch B - Tags McGee 6 def Phibbers 5, Referee: Andy Dickins (PLATE GRAND FINAL)

Final Standings

1/ Chargers (A GRADE CHAMPIONS)
2/ United Collaboration of London Tag's Finest
3/ Tumeke
4/ Westside Hoodlums
5/ Tags McGee (PLATE CHAMPIONS)
6/ Phibbers
7/ Moves Like Trip & Chase
8/ Cyborg Sharpshooters
9/ Must Tag Sally (SOCIAL GRADE CHAMPIONS)
10/ TagerBomb
11/ Serendipity
12/ Chipper Rippers

Awards

Player of the Tournament
A Grade: Michelle Scott (Tumeke)
Plate: Amos Rojter (Moves Like Trip & Chase)
Social Grade: Catherine McNerney (Serendipity)

Player of the Final
A Grade: Shelley Niven (Chargers)
Plate: Dom Wilde (Tags McGee)
Social Grade: Craig Auchinachie (Must Tag Sally)

Thank you to all teams who participated at the inaugural Wasps Tag Rugby Festival. We hope you had a great day out! The Wasps Tag Rugby Festival will be back bigger and better in 2013!

Wasps Tag Rugby Festival Registrations Now Open! - Article 11/09/12

Registrations for Try Tag Rugby's last one day festival for the year for weekly teams is now open. The Wasps Tag Rugby Festival will be held on Saturday, 13th October at one of our top venues, Twyford Avenue Sports Ground (Acton); home of Wasps FC. The day will include a round robin Tag Rugby tournament with great prizes to give away and a legendary after party at one of West London's best pubs, The Chatsworth!

Twyford Avenue Sports Ground is one of Try Tag Rugby's top venues with state of the art facilities such as well maintained grass Rugby pitches, showers, toilets and an onsite bar for snacks and refreshments. With this venue hosting the Acton Autumn competition, home ground teams won't want to lose this festival to any challengers from across London/Reading.

There will be Mixed A grade and Mixed Social grade divisions to cater for varying standards. The Wasps Tag Rugby Festival will kick off at 12pm and conclude at 5pm. All matches will be played as 7 a side with 4 males & 3 females on the pitch.

This festival will bring together all the teams from West London and beyond to Acton for a round robin tournament with every team getting a minimum of 90 minutes game time! Tumeke the champion team from Acton over the summer and current winners of the 2012 London Tag Rugby Championships in West Ham on 18th August will have home ground advantage and start as favourites for the Mixed A grade competition.

The Cyborg Sharpshooters from Reading were the top UK based team at the 2012 London Tag Rugby Championships for the Mixed Social division and would have to start as favourites should they enter this division.

This is a great opportunity to get your teams back playing on grass for the last time for the year before all Early Winter competitions divert back to 3G or astroturf surfaces.

The presentation will commence at 6pm at the Wasps FC's onsite bar with the after party starting not long after, which will be held at the nearby Chatsworth Pub.

Teams from all over London and abroad are welcome to enter this festival, to sample one of the top Tag Rugby venues around. This will be the inaugural Wasps Tag Rugby Festival so who will claim the first ever title and become the best in the west?

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

How to Register

Registrations are now open. 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 £100 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. Your team will be charged a pro-rata fee* if additional players are added to bolster squad numbers. Chances are we'll be able to help!

Don't delay as registrations close at 12PM, Monday 8th October. We hope to see you there!

* For each squad member requested by the team and added by Try Tag Rugby (prior to the registration deadline), 1/10 of the team fee will be deducted