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-l *5 K. ’ - Stonyhurst in action (s).


Baker proud of Stonyhurst .Stonyhurst College talis-


. . man Tomi Baker believes his side posted their best


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• performance yet in last week's Rosslyn Park HSBC National Schools Sevens.


Hat-trick hero Joe Grayson celebrates afterhelping Moorland into thefinal of the Independent Schools’ Football Association Under 16 Shield (s).


Golden eye Jo e Grayson is th e « toas to fM o or landafterhis .


' sensationalhat t r ic k f i redther - Clitheroe school into the final


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Grayson, the son o f Preston North End manager Simon; ' has scored in every round


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/ of the.competitionthis sea­ son, and Grayson junior eased Moorland into the final of the /


^Independent Schools’ Football ■. 'Association Under 16 Shield ■■:


:witfr another junior'master/- class;-'"-'.


T->fhe Moorland players were • tv ' A* J*** A


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well prepared by coach Charlie. Jackson, with the team travel--


,dingto,their. Cambridgeshire/ base the day before. ' ^ 7 But it was Grayson who led -


' from theNfront: as Moorland produced another brilliant' . away day performance to book'


; their first final appearance in the competition against Sur-


' reyrbased King Edward’s School; Witley.. -


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: tie was hip and tuck in the open­ ing exchanges but, typically, it was Grayson who’provided the ? vital breakthrough as Moor-.


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land forged ahead shortly be-_-,_ fore half-time. Grayson struck again, this '


time his goal double early in thesecondhalflookingtohave' made the tie safe for Moorland. However, Kimbolton’s star


man Matt Greenland reduced the deficit, scoring twice, and Moorland’s defenders had to ■ work hard to keep the opposi- • tion at bay before the Clitheroe


•school could celebrate their well deserved success. ^ 'Grayson, Who scored twice -


in Moorland’s quarter-final tie - against Blackburn Queen Eliz­


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'Tm just sd proud that Moor­ land are in the final.-


abeth’s Grammar School said, -


• “It is an incredible honour to be playing in a national final,


, and hopefully we can go on to win it.”


Grayson, a rising star with


Blackburn Rovers Academy, is .' also the leading scorer in the '•


competition this season: V ‘ . The is-year^old prospect -


added: “My dream is to play professionally, so it is great to get some advice from my dad.J ■ “Heisaverycalmman,with ' a great deal of football knowl-'


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edge. I certainly enjoy going to see the games at Preston when-


ever Tcaii and trying to learn as muchasppssible.' .


“I usually play in midfield or


at centre' back-for Blackburn, sol don’t get the' bpportiinity to play up front very often, so I’ve really enjoyed the role.” ' - ProudMoorlandHeadteach-


erJonathahHarrisonsaid:“The whole of Moorland School is in­ credibly proud of their achieve-’ mentsanditisgreatre'cognitibn for the talent we have at Moor; land that they are through to a nationwide final” -" -


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Baker and Stonyhurst Col­ lege’s Under 18s rubbed shoulderswith the coun- try’s finest in West London for the 75 th anniver sary of the world’s largest schools’ sevens tournament. And they made their


mark, battlingtheirway to the quarter-finals before losing-21-19 to'Denstone College.


' . S ton yhurst topped


their qualifyinggroup with four wins out of four, and


• the 17-year-old said: “I’ve been here twice and we’ve never done this well. We won our own sevens tour- nanient recently so we had


;. a lot confidence. We’re a good side.” • HSBC is proud to


sponsor the world’s largest schoolsrugbytoumament.


1 All HSBC’s rugby sponsor­ sh ip s aim to help develop and grow the sport and en­ sure even fnoreyoungsters ■ get involved with rugby. ' For more information vis- ! itwww.rpns7.c0.uk' :


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