Weston Super Mare (Away)

No easy task this for Chinnor. Away down at Weston was a fixture they might wanted to have avoided first up on their return to South West 1.

However they were both well prepared and up for the task as their sprightly start indicated. Two penalty goals by James Cathcart gave them an ideal start. Then pressure around the fringes of the Weston scrum by Luke Harding, made for some sloppy passing which Chinnor seized upon. They gained possession and a disorientated defence allowed Jaike Carter in for a try. The resultant conversion and another penalty by Cathcart increased the Chinnor lead to 13 points in as many minutes.

Weston struck back with two penalties from Mark Armstrong with the game seesawing from end to end. A well worked move from the middle of the park saw Harry Jackman pick up from the base of a scrum with the ball reaching Ben Hewitt, who had come into the line to go over. This was a move straight from the training ground. Weston again hit back with a try from No.6 David Cook. Two massive penalties, both from the half- way, by Cathcart gave Chinnor a 13 pt. cushion at the interval.

Chinnor squandered two clear cut opportunities to kill the game in the first quarter of the second half allowing Weston back in the game. An exchange of penalties by Cathcart and Armstrong still left the away side in the ascendancy but a tiring Chinnor conceded two late tries to Cook and Reid which gave a score line too close for comfort. Nevertheless Chinnor would most certai9nly have settled for this result en route to the West Country.