Exeter College ended Hartpury’s long reign as they beat Worthing College in the final to win the U18s Girls ACE Competition.

Worthing had made sure Hartpury didn’t continue their incredible run of reaching every single final since the ACE tournament began in 2015 – winning all but one of them – as the school from the south coast finished top of Group A in a run that had included beating Hartpury 40-20.
That defeat confirmed Hartpury’s exit as they had earlier been beaten by South Gloucestershire and Stroud (SGS) 21-12, but Worthing also got the better of SGS with a 21-7 win to progress to t...