HUNDREDS of sporty students battled with rival schools in a tag rugby festival last week (October 22).

The Bracknell Forest Festival of Tag Rugby took place at Great Hollands Recreation Ground with 27 primary schools taking part.

Teams were divided into four groups, with the group winners and runners up progressing to the knockout phase of the competition.

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Like many parents, Vicky Slater spoke of how proud she was about her son Phoenix taking part in the sporting event.

She said: "I am so proud of my son Phoenix, the confidence he showed during the tag rugby festival was just incredible and a big thank you to Binfield Church of England Primary school for giving him the opportunity for this.

"The school's amazing and the team should be so proud of gaining second place during the tournament."

A total of 300 students enjoyed playing rugby with enthusiasm reflecting from the rugby World Cup in Japan.

Warfield school won all of their matches at the start and in group B, last year's semi-finalists Uplands continued their excellence by going unbeaten.

Last years Tag Ruby festival winners, Whitegrove, remained unbeaten in their group scoring 40 tries in their five games.

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The final group was smaller with one less school taking part, but Binfield were crowned the group winners, without losing a game.

In the final match between the two semi-finalists, Whitegrove managed to just beat Binfield by making their score 11 to four, crowning Whitegrove as the champions.