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Triple triumph as Bilton Grange Hockey teams crowned Warwickshire County Champions

Boys Under-13 & Under-11 teams and Girls Under-13 team triumph

Beating off strong competition from across Warwickshire, three teams from Bilton Grange have risen to the top of their game to become county champions.

Last Sunday, 15th March saw a nerve wracking final for the Bilton Grange under-13 girls’ team, in the County 7-a-side hockey tournament held at Warwick School. In a hard fought match against the stiff opposition of King’s High School Warwick, great defending on both sides meant a deadlock of 0-0, and so the title had to be decided by ‘sudden death’ penalty flicks. After this nail-biting finish, Bilton Grange U13 girls emerged victorious and were given the County title.

A week earlier, the boys had seen similar success with both the U-13 and U-11 winning their respective matches to be crowned Warwickshire County Champions. Played at Warwick School on a wet and windy day, the competition saw the counties’ best hockey clubs and schools enter to try and win the prize of representing Warwickshire in the next round at the Midlands competition.

The U-11 boys beat the likes of Coventry and Warwick North Hockey Club and Solihull School to face Sutton Coldfield Hockey Club in the final. The team captain, Andrew Carr scored the winning goal in the final few minutes, taking the school on to the title. The U-13 boys, after beating Rugby & East Warwickshire Hockey Club 2-0 in the semi-final, had an equally tense final, beating Sutton Coldfield by one goal to take the winners’ pennant.

Both boys’ teams will now go on to represent Warwickshire in the regional competition on 26th April at Nottingham Highfields Sports Centre.

Mark Tovey, Head of Hockey at Bilton Grange, commented;
“We are all thrilled with our recent county successes amongst the boys’ and girls’ hockey teams. They have worked incredibly hard this term, and the finals saw them play some of their finest hockey. Despite nerve wracking finals, and stiff opposition, all the teams kept their cool and put in a great team effort – well done!”