The strength in depth of talented youngsters at Churchdown was such that they were able to field two teams for the tournament who both reached the final on 3 March.
Teams from Longlevens Junior School, Innsworth Junior School, St Peter's Junior School, and Parton Manor Junior School joined Churchdown in a two-pool format. The two sides from Churchdown won their respective pools to reach the play against each other in the final.
The Gloucester school will now be invited to send a team to Kingsholm to play against three other festival winners in a further TAG event, ahead of the Zurich Premiership clash at home to Leeds Tykes on 9 April.
The event at the beginning of April will decide the school that will represent Gloucester Rugby Club at the final stage of the tournament on Powergen Cup final day at Twickenham in April.
At the end of this week's festival all players received a medal from Gloucester and England star Andy Hazell.
The festival was the culmination of four weeks of TAG rugby coaching, delivered by students on the rugby studies course at Hartpury College, at each of the participating Primary Schools.
In addition to the coaching and the festival, the schools have also received Powergen-sponsored balls, and TAG belts to help further develop the game at school-level.
As part of the Powergen National Rugby Community Programme, Gloucester Rugby Club and Hartpury College will work with 24 Primary Schools around the county throughout this season, as well as assisting 12 local junior rugby clubs at training sessions.
There is also a coaching development element to the programme, that has included sessions run by Gloucester Rugby Club coaching staff at Kingsholm this season, regularly attended by more than a hundred local coaches.
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