\n Pilkington Recs Under-12s Reds triumphed in the 9-a-side Rhinos Challenge, an event held near Butlin’s which attracts teams from across the country.\n<\/p>\n
\n The side \u2013 featuring a number of players who have been with the Red, Amber and Blacks since the age of five \u2013 won all eight of their matches across the weekend.\n<\/p>\n
\n The line-up also included two sons of Saints’ Australian star David Klemmer.\n<\/p>\n
\n They came up against strong opposition from Oulton, Thatto Heath, West Bowling, Beverley, Normanton, Dewsbury Moor, Seaton and Siddal, but remained unbeaten throughout.\n<\/p>\n
\n Pilkington Recs under 12s Reds at the Rhinos Challenge presentation (Image: Pilkington Recs)\n<\/p>\n
\n Head coach Ryan McCann praised the squad’s commitment and team spirit.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “We are made up \u2013 we had two teams in the tournament, the Reds and the Ambers, and both did really well.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The effort and determination from the players got them there.\n<\/p>\n
\n “They never took a backward step and that made us so proud.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Overall, the Reds scored 38 tries and only conceded five, which shows the level they were playing at.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Coaches Martyn Everett, Ryan McCann. Craig Forster and Lee Simmons (Image: Pilkington Recs)\n<\/p>\n
\n McCann added that the event is highly regarded, particularly due to the calibre of teams from Yorkshire and beyond.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “It’s a really prestigious tournament and you’re coming up against some strong sides from all over the place.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The Ambers also had a great weekend and finished second in their pool on points difference, so it was a brilliant effort across the club.\n<\/p>\n
\n “All the players celebrated together on the pitch at the end, which is what it’s all about.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We’re one big team.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Pilkington Recs under 12s at the Skegness tournament (Image: Pilkington Recs)\n<\/p>\n
\n After their cup triumph, the players returned to the Butlin’s resort, where teams stay during the festival, to take part in a trophy presentation.\n<\/p>\n
\n They collected a giant rugby ball trophy at a glitzy ceremony before marching through the site carrying it, with teams and parents from different Pilks age groups forming a guard of honour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pilkington Recs Under-12s Reds triumphed in the 9-a-side Rhinos Challenge, an event held near Butlin’s which attracts teams…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-595471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}