RUGBY BARBADOS FLYING FISH SEVENS WIN WIMBLEDON SEVENS
Barbados Flying Fish Sevens completed a successful Sevens season in the UK by winning the Jack Fishwick Sevens at Wimbledon, England. The tournament was the last of six tournaments played by the Barbados Flying Fish. Previous tournaments has seen the team winning Plate Finals. This Cup victory included six wins with no losses. The scores were as follows.
- FF vs Cobham – 26-14
- FF vs St Mary’s Uni – 21-12
- FF vs GENTS – 38-7
- FF vs Illuminati 7s – 35-5
- FF vs Exeter Elite – 36-7
- Final; FF vs Gypsy 26-12
Try scorers included Leon Driscoll, Marcus Harewood, Tom and Phil Lucas, Michael Phillips and the Caddy brothers.
Coach Joe Whipple commented, “Thanks to Christian Preece for getting sponsorship, we fielded teams in six tournaments in the UK this year. I have reviewed the video and we are clearly progressing our game. We are adding some good young players both in the UK and Barbados and I expect us to field strong teams for the coming years. I look forward to getting our Barbados based players to the UK to participate in these tournaments next year.”
