Renegades successfully defender the Mens and Ladies Mad Hatters Trophies at the National Sports Center as the 2017/18 Bermuda Rugby Football Union’s Season got underway.
In the Ladies Division the Mariners defeated the Police 10 - 0, the Mariners got Try’s from Sade James and Amanda Swan. the Renegades would then defeat the Teachers 15 - 0, with Try’s from Melissa Field, Rachael Jenkins, Leah Collis.
The Police would go down 32 - 0 to the Renegades who got 2 Try’s from Melissa Field and Rachael Jenkins, while Ashley Godek and Jacque Oliver added the other Try’s Nicky Palle kicked 1 Conversion. The Teachers went down 10 - 0 to the Mariners who got Try’s from Lysmeiri Santana and Deneka Borden.
The Mariners went down 12 - 5 to the Renegades, the Renegades got Try’s from Nicki Palle and Suzi Howells with a Conversion off the boot of Leah Collis, while the Mariners got their lone Try from Amanda Swan.
The match between the Police and Teachers finished 5 - 5, the Police Try came when Lorna Wright went over, with Teachers getting a Try from Lauren Rothwell.
The Men’s Division saw the Police go down 13 - 7 to the Mariners. The Mariners got a Try from Rory Dublin who also added a Conversion and two Penalties, while the Police got a Try from Henry Johnston and a Conversion from Dan Cole, the Renegades defeated the Teachers 10 - 0, the Renegades got Try’s from Tom Healy and Simon Pettler, the Renegades then defeated the Police 10 - 0, the Renegades got Try’s from Jahan Cedenio and Bennett Gibson.
The Teachers went down 10 - 0 to the Mariners, Chakote Wainwright scored a Try and the Mariners got a Conversion and a Penalty from Rory Dublin, the would then fall 42 - 0 to the Renegades. The Renegades got 2 Try’s from Jonathon Verling, while Charlie Craig, Cedric Ennius, Sam Watters, Jamie Baum and Richard Cumbers added a Try each, Verling also added 3 Conversions.
The Police and Teachers ended their match 19 - 19. The Police got Try’s from Dennis Warner, Phil Rednap and Adam Rouseides, to go along with 2 Conversions from Dan Cole, while the Teachers got 2 Try’s from Tashon DeSilva and a single Try from China Smith, Mikel Simons added the Conversion.