Colts aim to banish the blues; By ANDY WALKER.NUNEATON Colts coach Chris Southall is out to lift the club's relegation RELEGATION, civil law. Among the Romans relegation was a banishment to a certain place, and consequently was an interdiction of all places except the one designated. 2. It differed from deportation. (q.v.) Relegation and deportation agree u these particulars: 1. blues - by beating Bedford Blues Bedford Blues is a rugby union club in the town of Bedford, England, currently playing in National Division One, which is the second tier of English rugby union. They are a semi-pro team, with a mix of experienced and youth players. tomorrow. Nuns' youngsters take on favourites Bedford in the English Clubs Colts Cup final at Northampton Saints' Franklin's Gardens Ground. The talented teenagers from Liberty Way have seen off a host of local rivals including Earlsdon, Moseley and Dudley Kingswinford to reach the national final. And victory tomorrow, along with the successful defence of the Colts County Cup against Old Coventrians a week later, would help ease the pain their senior team's relegation this season. Nuneaton's first string were relegated to National Three North last weekend after only regaining re·gain tr.v. re·gained, re·gain·ing, re·gains 1. To recover possession of; get back again: regain one's strength. See Synonyms at recover. 2. their place in National Two in 2006. Now the head coach of the club's colts is aiming to show that it's not all doom and gloom doom and gloom n. Gloom and doom. doom  -and-gloom adj. for Nuns at the moment because he
believes that a bright future awaits.
"It will be a nice end to the season if the colts can win silverware," said Southall. "The club was very disappointed that they were relegated but this is a chance to give them something to hold on to for the future after the way the season finished. "This is a national cup final so it's also a fantastic thing for the whole town. I can't remember any other time that a team from Nuneaton has reached a national final so that just shows what a fantastic achievement this is for us. We're taking five coach loads down from the club, another coach is going from Old Salts in Birmingham, a minibus min·i·bus n. pl. min·i·bus·es or min·i·bus·ses A small bus typically used for short trips. minibus Noun a small bus Noun 1. is heading down from Leamington and there will be about another 30 to 40 cars going to Northampton." Nuns' Colts, made up of 17, 18 and 19-year-olds, face a tough challenge against the professional set-up of Bedford, whose first team play in National One. However Nuneaton have their own youngsters who have tasted rugby at senior level - centre Will Cave has a healthy amount of first team experience under his belt while at least six other colts have also rubbed shoulders with the older players. And while Southall admits that next season might be too early, he believes that this colts team could ultimately be handed the task of guiding Nuneaton back to the third tier of English rugby. CAPTION(S): EXPERIENCE: Will Cave |
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