The Manvik Qualifying competition was dominated by defending champions CIYMS and Bangor in the pool stages although hosts Carrick, after a poor start against Bangor in their pool game came within one converted try of causing an upset and, had their handling and ball retention been better in the closing stages, they might well have done so. As it was Carrick went on to meet CIYMS in the Cup semi-final and, again, made a poor start but fought back to put themselves into a position were they could have won the tie. However,they could not free up the ball on a number of occasions when a try was on and in the end went down by three tries to two. In the other semi-final Bangor beat PSNI, running away with the game in the second half. The final was a hard fought affair but CIYMS took a grip on the game in the first half, out-scoring Bangor by three tries to one, and then matched their opponents two tries in the second half with two of their own to run out deserved winners. Newsletter player of the competition went to Paddy Dornan of Bangor who was prominent in both attack and defence in all of Bangor’s games.
The Plate final was contested between the losing semi-finalists and Carrick, in running in seven tries to win comfortably against PSNI, showed what might have been had their concentration just been a bit better against Bangor and CIYMS earlier in the competition. The Carrick try scorers were Kyle Jordan(three), Aaron McKinney, Glen Picken, Johnny Sheriff and Steve Irwin. The Bowl competition was won by Ballyclare who beat Larne in the final.
Massice susses on the Sunday with a great crowd assembled for the finalssssssssssss WE got 550+ ACTIOn, Team & Winnerssssssssssss SHOTS LIVE HERE in 3 albums called “Carrick Sunday Manvik 7s & Abbey Ladies 10s Winners Presentation”, “Carrick Manvik Qualifying 7s Finals” & “Carrick Manvik 7s Qualifying Comp”
With great support from all the teams and spectators: TEAMS: Carrick, Ballyclare, Bangor, CIYMS, BHSFP, Randalstown, PSNI
