Clapham divide and conquer on 2014 UK tour

Post date: Aug 11, 2014 4:05:23 PM

Clapham's O and D lines entered as separate teams for the first event with several top European teams making the trip across the channel to London.

Having recombined for a special show game against Germany's Bad Skid late on Saturday, both CU teams put in commanding performances to set up an all-frog final.

The more vocal and fired up D-line took advantage of early mis-cued hucks by the O to go up early and never looked back, taking an emphatic win.

Tour 2 saw one of the shocks of the summer with scorching and still conditions at a Nottingham venue so well-known for its gale force winds and near-horizontal downpours.

Both CU lines, again entering as distinct units, were caught taking shortcuts in the heat on Day 1 and had to squeeze out sudden death wins against Fire and Brighton.

Disaster struck late on Saturday with JJ Howell taking a nasty fall resulting in a broken arm that is likely to end his season. Get well soon!

Sunday saw a re-match of the tour 1 final but the O line this time took the win in an intense and gritty affair.

Cardiff next and a full strength CU squad entered the final Tour event. Relatively straightforward progress was made until the wind picked up for the final v Chevron. Clapham edged a win to remain undefeated (disregarding CU v CU matches) for the season.