Girls win rugby final
The Umina High girls' rugby team won the World School's Tens Rugby Plate final recently
in Sydney.
The tournament had teams from all over Australia.
The Umina girls reached the semi-finals with some great results in their two pool matches.
In the semi-final, they defeated Mackellar Girls (Sydney) High School with a 20-nil win.
In the final, they played Maroochydore State High from Queensland.
It was a close match throughout.
The Umina team scored a try early on, through centre Alana Magee.
They had chances to score further tries but were kept out.
The local girls dominated the first half but only went to the break leading by five points
to nil.
The second half saw the Umina girls tackle themselves to a standstill against a team
determined to get back into the match.
The Umina team kept them out and held on to win by five points to nil.
The best players on the day were centre Kim Miles, hooker Sally Beer and five-eight
Danielle Vass.
The excited team received their World Championship medals at the conclusion of the match.
Coach Larry Thomson, August 28.