In the Ulster Mixed Tag Thursday Competition the Non Beginners split into their competition leagues, Premiership for the 6 highest ranked, and Championship for the next 6.
The competition leagues brought us a few very close games on a dank and damp Thursday night at Belfast Harlequins RFC.
Premiership
The big game of the round featured, defending champions, Friesian Taggers against, last season’s runners up Hashtags with Hashtags stealing a march with a two point win in a feisty encounter.
Premiership Round 1 Results
| Tag My Pitch Up | 11 | – | 7 | Sheep Taggers |
| Hashtags | 17 | – | 15 | Friesian Taggers |
| Bee Taggers | 11 | – | 8 | Mexi Crew |
Premiership Standings after Round 1.
| TEAM | PL | W | D | PD | BP | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tag My Pitch Up | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Bee Taggers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Hashtags | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Friesian Taggers | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 2 |
| Mexi Crew | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 2 |
| Sheep Taggers | 1 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 2 |
Championship
There were three tight games in the Championship with a draw and two losing bonus points picked up alongside wins for Tag A Roos and Carlingford.
Championship Round 1 Results
| Tag A Roos | 22 | – | 16 | Space Cadets |
| Taggers Bay | 10 | – | 10 | Hawaii Tag O |
| Carlingford | 17 | – | 16 | Fierce |
Championship Standing after Round 1
| TEAM | PL | W | D | PD | BP | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tag A Roos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| Carlingford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Taggers Bay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hawaii Tag O | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Fierce | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 |
| Space Cadets | 1 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 1 | 2 |
Beginners
The Beginners league saw a new arrival with the Tagalongs joining the Thursday night fun and making a winning start! They will play a catch up game against God Loves a Tryer later in the competition.
Beginners Round 2 Results
| Tag Another Day | 12 | – | 14 | Tagalongs |
| Tagletelli | 15 | – | 16 | God Loves A Tryer |
| Rangers RFC | 11 | – | 25 | Flatliners |
| Old Kirkonians | 5 | – | 15 | JMJATWT |
Beginners Standings after Round 2
| TEAM | PL | W | D | PD | BP | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flatliners | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 8 |
| JMJATWT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 |
| Tagletelli | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 |
| Tagalongs* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| God Loves a Tryer* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Try Another Day | 2 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 4 |
| Old Kirk | 2 | 0 | 0 | -17 | 0 | 2 |
| Rangers RFC | 2 | 0 | 0 | -26 | 0 | 2 |
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