Sunday 14th March 2010

The  summer season kicked off with a hard fought 20-20 draw against a much bigger opposition from West Bowling.KXP were first to start with the ball with Ben Hellowell taking the ball up well from the start ,this was followed with strong runs from Lewis Scott and new comer William Hulme.West Bowling held their line well and then as they returned the ball they were met by strong tackling from Aaron Brook and George Gledhill .KXP made West Bowling turn the ball over on the last tackle and after good runs from Lennon Partington,Niall Green and Luke Latham , Emerson Bradwell showed his speed to race half the length of the field to score a brilliant try in the corner.Park then tackled their hearts out , but twice were caught a sleep on the last tackle for West Bowling to score 2 tries .KXP hit back immediately with Ben Hellowell weaving through the Bowling defence to touch down , which was shortly followed with Lewis Scott showing his new found strength to barge his way over from 10 yards out with several defenders trying to holt his progress .Again Parks defence was broken on the last tackle for Bowling to score in the corner .KXP had the last word of the half with George Gledhill  and Niall Green making  strong runs ,which was followed by Luke Latham showing his speed to out run the defence to level the scores at 16-16.

West Bowling started the second half strongly ,but the strong tackling from William Hulme and the inspirational Aaron Brook kept Bowling away from the try line .Both teams were playing entertaining rugby with Park trying to off load the ball in the tackle and they were close to scoring after the ball went through several pairs of hands ,but the final ball inches from the try line ruled a forward pass.With the clock ticking down ,Bowling broke away and scored a full length try despite the efforts of Lennon Partington and Luke Latham. Immediately from the restart Emerson Bradwell took the ball to the Bowling defensive line  and showed his skill and speed to weave through the defence and then outrun the cover to score the best try of the game ,Bowling from the restart lost the ball and Park returned the ball and went very close to scoring with Aaron Brook being held short of the line before the referee called an end to the game .

Man of the match - Emerson   Bradwell

Top Tackler – Aaron Brook

Coaches Award – William Hulme