Titles for Rugby and Stamford at the Midlands Schools Championships

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Oundle School
Sunday, 8th February 2026

Stop Press:  Titles for Rugby School in the U18s, winning both Singles and Doubles. In the U15s Stamford School did the same double, winning the Singles and the Doubles. There were plates for Stamford in the U18 Singles and U15 Singles, while the Derby Moor U18 pair retained the Doubles Plate they won last year. 

U18 Singles

Quarter-finals: S McMurran (Bedford) bt Smallwood (Bedford) 11-3; C McNaughton (Stamford) bt F Morgan (Bedford) 11-0; J Skailes (Rugby) bt Jones (Stamford) 11-3; V Barnes (Rugby) bt C Burrows (Stamford) 11-6
Semi-finals: McNaughton bt McMurran 15-7; Skailes bt Barnes 15-10
Final: J Skailes (Rugby) bt C McNaughton (Stamford) 15-4
Plate: C Burrows (Stamford) bt Z Winson Yates (Derby Moor) 11-3
Bowl: M Hunter (Stamford) bt P Robb (Oundle) 11-0

U18 Doubles

Quarter-finals: Rugby 1 bt Stamford 2 15-8; Bedford 2 bt Derby Moor 15-9; Stamford 1 bt Rugby 2 15-5; Stamford/Harington 2 bt Bedford 1 15-13
Semi-finals: Rugby 1 bt Bedford 2 15-1; Stamford 1 bt Stamford/Harington 15-4
Final: Rugby 1 (V Barnes & J Skailes) bt Stamford 1 (C Burrows & C McNaughton) 15-12
Plate: Derby Moor (Staryk & Winson Yates) bt Bedford 1 (Morgan & Smallwood) 11-4

U15 Singles

Quarter-final: Z Winson Yates (Derby Moor) bt J Bews (Stamford) 11-8
Semi-finals: L King (Stamford) bt T Vines (Stamford) 11-0; M Hunter (Stamford) bt Winson Yates 11-0
Final: M Hunter (Stamford) bt L King (Stamford) 11-3
Plate: 1st T Vines (Stamford); 2nd Z Winson Yates (Derby Moor); 3rd J Bews (Stamford) 

U15 Doubles

Final: Stamford 1 (King & Vines) bt Stamford 2 (Bews & Downes) 11-3

Gold for Rugby in U18 Singles and Doubles

Multiple silvers for Stamford U18s

Derby Moor retain the U18 Doubles Plate

Finalists in the U18 Doubles Plate

U18 Singles Plate winner from Stamford

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Coach and organiser congratulates Stamford medallist