Herefordshire Sport
Disappointment for young Herefordshire rugby star Ben Williams
11:15am Thursday 9th February 2012
BISHOP of Hereford's Bluecoat School rugby star Ben Williams has seen his opportunity to represent the Midlands frozen off.
Scrum-half Williams was picked as the only Herefordshire player in the Midlands side to play at this weekend's Under 16 Divisional Festival.
But the tournament, which was scheduled for Broadstreet RFC near Coventry from Friday to Sunday, has been cancelled because of the adverse weather conditions.
The Broadstreet pitch is frozen and a contingency plan to switch to the rubber crumb surface at Moseley’s Billesley Common ground was also ruled out. The Festival organisers decied that with snow and further freezing conditions forecast overnight, travelling conditions would be treacherous for players and their parents.
Williams will now be invited to attend the Under 16 training camp at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire from February 16 to 18.