RUGBY UNION: Banbury's Kent tour double (From The Oxford Times)

RUGBY UNION: Banbury's Kent tour double

11:00am Thursday 1st November 2012 in Rugby By Ed Mezzetti, Sports reporter specialising in Rugby, Cricket and Athletics. Call me on 01865 425456

BANBURY Under 15s won two matches out of two on their tour to Kent and raising £500 for Help for Heroes.

They hammered Canterbury 66-0 before seeing off Kent champions Tonbridge Juddians 24-15.

Reece Lines, Jacob Turner, William Hopkins and Pascal Hardy scored their tries against Tonbridge, with Jack Briggs converting two.

The club’s under 12 A and B teams finished runners-up in their respective competitions at the Braemar Cup in Cobham, Surrey.

Banbury Under 11s won two and lost two in the Land Rover Premiership Cup at Northampton Saints.

They defeated Northampton Old Scouts (15-0) and Wendens Ambo (25-0) with tries from Callum Scott (2), Jake Relton (2), Ryan Möller (2), Luke Swann and Josh Kaura, but lost to Stamford (5-0) and Olney (30-0).

OTHER SCORERS

Under 10: Banbury A 10 (tries H Machin 2), Effingham and Leatherhead A 15; Banbury A 10 (tries H Machin, O Whiting), Effingham and Leatherhead A 10; Banbury B 15 (tries G Compton-Alway 2, B Revill), Effingham and Leatherhead Barbarians 10; Banbury B 10 (tries J Blackburn, K Haden), Effingham and Leatherhead Barbarians 10.