Trentham 10s - Shield Winners 2008-09
Sunday 17th August 2008 saw a youthful and inexperienced Bloxwich squad appear in the Trentham Tens tournament.
The squad was managed by Adam Bowater who was injured in the warm-up but steered the squad to victory.
The day was overcast with the squad sheltering under a large tarpaulin provided by the support team leader, Mark Hanson.

Squad picture
Mark Rochelle, Sean Bottomer, Brad Russell (support team), Jack Hunt, Adam Lindsay, Adam Bowater (non-playing manager), Matt Athersmith, Luke Hough, Dan Hough, Richard Forrester, Jamie Howdle, Callum Hempl, Danny Palmer, Richard Geary, Stuart Pursehouse, Chris Thomas, Martin Maclean
Results
Shield Final
Bloxwich 19 Presidents 10
D.Palmer (2 trys), C.Thomas (1), S.Bottomer (2 conv)
Shield semi-final
Bloxwich 31 Congleton 17
M.Maclean (2 trys), C.Thomas (1), R.Geary (1), S.Bottomer (try+3conv)
Pool games
Bloxwich 22 Trentham II 5
M.Maclean (2 trys), J.Howdle (1), C.Thomas (1), S.Bottomer (conv)
Bloxwich 0 Ashbourne 5
Bloxwich into Shield, Ashbourne into Cup