A number of the jubilant Somerset team who won the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy last month enjoyed a day out in Bath on Saturday.

During the morning they took the cup to The Guildhall where they were entertained by Gerry Curran, the Chairman of the Bath and North East Somerset Council. Mr Curran welcomed the players to Bath and said that he was pleased to be able to join in the celebrations of the recent cup victory.

In response Chief Executive Peter Anderson said, "I hope that the county and all of the towns in Somerset are proud of us," and went on to say, "we will do our best to retain the trophy next season."

From The Guildhall the party made their way to the Rec where they were enterained to lunch by Bath Rugby Club, ahead of the Heineken Cup match against Swansea.

During the half time break the players paraded the cup around the ground where they received a very warm reception from the near capacity crowd. When they walked in front of the grandstand they were treated to a standing ovation. The presence of Somerset's winning team obviously had the desired effect on Bath who ran out comfortable winners over their Welsh opponents.

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