Pershore 17pts, Bedworth 6

PERSHORE finished their league campaign in style, finishing fourth in their first year at this level and, to be frank, under-achieving.

Pershore lost five league games this season by fewer than four points and they were games that they should have won.

The Piddle Park side's forwards were excellent on Sat-urday. Scrums and line-outs were good but their foraging around the park, keeping the ball, and forcing Bedworth on to the back foot was even better.

The first try came from county centre Ben Pullin who hit the ball at pace off a switch pass from Robin Haines. He drove over his centre and outsprinted the cover defence to touch down. Phil Green failed with the conversion.

A couple of silly penalties, however, kicked by Bedworth saw them take a half-time lead.

Pershore upped the tempo after the break when Bedworth rarely entered the home half after the interval.

Good inter-passing between both forwards and backs created space on the blind side which Steve Holmes exploited to score a well-taken try. Green again missed the kick.

Further dominance up front saw Bedworth concede a five- metre scrum and, with the Pershore eight advancing, Martin Hope picked up and drove over to touch down.

Green, at last, added the extra points as the winners leap-frogged Keresley into fourth place to cap a successful season.

Midlands Three West (South)

P W D L F A Pts

Leamington 18 15 1 2 316 146 31

Bedworth 18 14 0 4 329 148 28

Silhillians 18 13 1 4 346 214 27

Pershore 18 8 1 9 245 237 17

Keresley* 18 9 0 9 327 283 16

Old Leams 18 7 1 10 341 288 15

Old Covs 18 7 1 10 281 345 15

Nun OEs* 18 7 1 10 224 220 13

Evesham 18 4 0 14 193 313 8

B'ham Exiles 18 2 2 14 111 519 6

Midlands Two West

P W D L F A Pts

Bromsgrove 22 21 0 1 894 245 42

Old Laurentians 22 20 0 2 762 150 40

Stratford 22 15 0 7 547 328 30

Stafford 22 14 0 8 506 397 28

Derby 22 13 0 9 487 324 26

Wolverhampton 22 10 0 12 442 416 20

Newbold 22 10 0 12 321 374 20

Sutton Coldfld 22 7 2 13 279 539 16

Burton 22 7 1 14 322 422 15

Shrewsbury 22 6 2 14 306 610 14

Stoke-on-Trent 22 5 1 16 280 626 11

Newport 22 1 0 21 198 913 2

Warwickshire One

P W D L F A Pts

Marconi 18 17 0 1 447 143 34

Shipston 18 16 0 2 507 94 32

Manor Park 18 9 2 7 285 258 20

Spartans 18 9 1 8 311 283 19

Alcester 18 9 0 9 270 311 18

Trinity Guild 18 7 2 9 270 401 16

Old Wheats 18 6 1 11 322 401 13

Stoke OB 18 5 1 12 220 346 11

Rugby Saints 18 4 1 13 241 427 9

Standard 18 4 0 14 180 389 8