| ---2008 SPRING/SUMMER FESTIVAL--- New for 2008, the Perfect Motion Touch festival will form part of a National Touch Series. Scheduled for Saturday 17th May at Lady Bay Sports Ground, West Bridgford, Nottingham, our festival will be the first of the summer series. Get the date in the diary and complete the entry form to reserve your place in this fantastic event. --- AUTUMN FESTIVAL --- The Black Eyed Bees followed their autumn league win with victory in the festival on saturday 20 October. They won a thrilling final, beating Leicester Touch by 3 touchdowns to 2 after sudden death. Both teams were reduced to three players by the end as the 'drop-off' procedure was introduced to settle the match. After three near misses for the Bees they finally clinched victory with a Sam Keenan score in the corner, much to the delight of Andy Higson who delivered the match winning pass. In the plate, two new touch teams fought out another close match. In the end, Notts Uni beat Bedlam by 2 touchdowns to 1. The day was a great success, with sunshine throughout once again. Eight teams challenged for the cup and plate competitions, before taking to the bar for some much needed rehydration and viewing of the Rugby World Cup Final. Pitch 1 Black Eyed Bees 3 Leicester 1 Bedlam 3 Notts Coaches 2 Black Eyed Bees 3 Bedlam 2 Leicester 7 Notts Coaches 0 Black Eyed Bees 6 Notts Coaches 1 Leicester 6 Bedlam 3 Pitch 2 Notts Uni 5 Touch & Go 2 Pink Ladies 4 Touch & Go 2 Notts Uni 3 Perfect Motion 4 Perfect Motion 5 Pink Ladies 2 Perfect Motion 4 Touch & Go 2  Notts Uni 0 Pink Ladies 3 Plate Semi-Finals Bedlam 5 Touch & Go 3 Notts Coaches 0 Notts Uni 2 Cup Semi-Finals Black Eyed Bees 4 Pink Ladies 0 Perfect Motion 2 Leicester 3 (after drop off) Plate Final Notts Uni 2 Bedlam 1 Cup Final Black Eyed Bees 3 Leicester 2 (after drop off) --- SUMMER FESTIVAL --- Perfect Motion's 2nd annual festival took place on Saturday 1st September at Lady Bay Sports Ground. We were blessed with sunshine all day, which added to the usual fun atmosphere. With a few of the usual suspects, and teams from Leicester and Milton Keynes, teams were all confident of progressing through the group stages to the Cup knockout. Pitch 1 Black Eyed Bees 3 Leicester 5 Leicester 11 Nelsons 0 Black Eyed Bees 11 Nelsons 2 Leicester 2 Black Eyed Bees 1 Nelsons 1 Leicester 9 Nelsons 2 Black Eyed Bees 5 Pitch 2 Risky Business 2 Notts Coaches 2 Pink Ladies 5 Bear IT 1 Risky Business 0 Pink Ladies 3 Notts Coaches 0 Bear IT 3 Notts Coaches 1 Pink Ladies 6 Risky Business 3 Bear IT 1 Following the group stages, Nelsons and Notts Coaches played a Plate play-off to determine who would play Bear IT in the Plate final. Leicester and the Black Eyed Bees progressed through to the Cup knockout, along with pitch 2 teams Risky Business and Pink Ladies. Plate Play Off Nelsons 2 Notts Coaches 7 Cup Semi-Finals Leicester 5 Risky Business 1 Black Eyed Bees 2 Pink Ladies 4 Plate Final Notts Coaches 3 Bear IT 4 Cup Final Leicester 11 Pink Ladies 2 Congratulations to Leicester who reversed last years final result, and to Bear IT for claiming their first touch silverware! Thanks must also go to the RFU for providing the inflatables which added to the family atmosphere, to the referees who by all accounts were excellent, and to Nottingham Rugby for hosting the event and for the use of their excellent facilities. See you next year! | 
