Next up was the Bowl Final for a game of two halves between Old Gravesendians & Thanet Wanderers. Before the ball was kicked, a minute's silence was observed for Thanet stalwart, Neil Armstrong. A skilled administrator both on and off the field, Neil is remembered as a smashing man, who always had a nice thing to say, no matter how well you played on the pitch. In the first half it was Thanet that started the brighter, running in two unanswered Tries, but the single conversion would prove costly. After the break the OG's began finding inroads with some great combination play on the right flank. Eventually, the Thanet defence was penetrated with a converted Try by Martyn Langley beginning the momentum shift. As is the way in sport, triumph & disaster is usually the width of a line and even though OG's were short of the Tryline, the tackle and subsequent play was deemed illegal & enough to award a penalty Try for Old Gravesendians to rip the Bowl from Thanet's grasp to win 14 -12. At the trophy presentation, OG's were presented the award by Shepherd Neame representative on the day Dougie Dick, before the traditional rendition of Suspicious Minds by the popular 'Elvis'.