Pershore 12pts, Old Leamingtonians 5

PERSHORE continued their winning ways on Saturday with an excellent win over good opposition.

As usual, Leams boasted a large and imposing front five but Pershore matched them head on and ultimately dominated.

Pershore's superiority was prominent in the set-piece with the front row of Steve Brown, Andy Rush and the rampaging Carl Evans giving the visitors a hard time, while, as always, the imperious Levin Widmer soared in the line-outs.

Sid Hirons imposed himself at scrum-half and all of the backs tackled to a standstill.

Despite this, Leams scored first after just five minutes when a high risk move in the backs allowed the visitors to seize upon a loose pass and winger Simms sprinted into the corner.

Pershore came straight back and put the visitors under extreme pressure as seven or eight phases of play left Leams' defence in disarray.

James Martin attacked the blindside, quick hands from Ian Hurley led to Adrian Hanson picking up the ball from his boot laces and scoring in the corner.

Pershore continued to dominate possession and territory for the rest of the half but failed to add to their total.

The second half was a more entertaining affair and hard tackling in midfield allowed Pershore turnover ball.

Hurley swept upfield but, when the Leams winger and full-back stopped him, he cleverly threw out a looped pass to the supporting Hirons and the evergreen scrum-half touched down under the posts.

Martin converted before Leams then threw everything at Pershore to salvage the game. However, cast-iron defence thwarted all their attacks and, had it not been for a couple of unlucky passes, the Piddle Parkers could have won more easily.

In an impressive team effort, Robin Haines, Alex Peel and the front-row excelled.

Pershore travel to Hereford on Saturday for a rearranged league fixture.

P W D L F A Pts

Barkers Butts 7 7 0 0 232 67 14

Pershore 6 6 0 0 138 66 12

Silhillians 7 5 0 2 161 104 10

Old Yardleians 7 4 0 3 173 115 8

Stratford 7 4 0 3 153 112 8

Old Leams 7 4 0 3 105 109 8

Hereford 6 3 0 3 96 94 6

Earlsdon 7 2 0 5 193 159 4

Shipston 7 2 0 5 70 135 4

Ledbury 7 2 0 5 89 205 4

Bedworth* 6 1 0 5 92 140 0

Droitwich* 6 0 0 6 77 183 -2