Cardiff Blues Region supplied three of the four semi finalists at this years national under 11s, 7-a-side competition held at Dunvant RFC.
Reaching the semi final stage of the competition was a major success for Merthyr schools. They came through the group stages beating Islwyn schools from the Dragons region 2-0. They then went on to beat a strong Cynon valley outfit that contained no less than 6 of this years east Wales Schools squad 3-0.
In their hardest group match Merthyr fought out a 2-2 draw with fellow Blues side Vale of Glamorgan. In their final group match Merthyr beat a strong Loughor, Ospreys region team coached by Tony Clement 2-0.
However in the semi final they came up against formidable opposition in Pontypridd and it proved to be one hurdle too many for the brave Merthyr lads and they lost 3-0.
Ponty however then went on to defeat Cardiff 4-1 in the final, Cardiff having disposed of Swansea in their semi final. A, great deal of credit must go to the coachs, team managers and players for making it such a productive afternoon for our region.