Lymm take prize at Under19 Festival

Burnage Rugby Club kindly hosted the Sale Sharks U19s Colts Sevens Festival. Teams from schools and clubs from all over the North West competed in the round robin event, refereed by Joe Brown, Steve Snoddy and Anthony Bentham, all from the Manchester Society of Referees.

Official sponsors, Printerland.co.uk and their partner Lexmark, donated complimentary tickets to the Sharks v Tigers match, to all teams entering and pictured here are the overall winners, Lymm RFC, being congratulated on the pitch at half time in the Leicester Tigers' game by Andrew Sheridan and Scott Matthie.

Well done to all teams who took part, and many thanks to Printerland.co.uk, Lexmark, Burnage rugby club and the Manchester Society of Referees for their help in making the Festival such a success.

Printerland.co.uk, official sponsors of Sale Sharks, have teamed up with Lexmark to promote the sport of rugby union to schools and rugby clubs across the North West through the Printerland.co.uk/Lexmark Promote Rugby Programme. The programme enable's junior clubs and schools from across the region to take advantage of a number of special experiences to encourage young people to participate in rugby.

One from this list may be offered to the invited club or school:

- 30 Complimentary Tickets to a Sale Sharks' home match and a photograph of your team on the pitch at Half-Time (electronic copy supplied),
- A coaching session a from Sale Sharks' player at local clubs and schools -
- Grants for Balls and other rugby equipment

To participate in the Printerland.co.uk / Lexmark Promote Rugby Programme, please contact Helen Stuart by email to helen.stuart@salesharks.com.