Blaydon III 20 – 25 Percy Park Lions
Park’s youngsters won the first league game of the season away to Blaydon, with several regulars missing either through work commitments, injury or being drafted into the 1st XV squad at late notice. Early tries from veteran Gary Davy and kiwi Shay Moore kept the visitors in touch as Blaydon scored 2 tries of their own, and kicked a conversion and penalty in the first half.
With the wind advantage in the second half, Park scored tries through skipper Andy Clyde who crashed over from a tap penalty, then Alan Blakey was on hand to receive a pass from Olly Gilmore to score in the left hand corner. Paul Spowart was unlucky to hit the crossbar with his conversion attempt but kicked a penalty to stretch the lead to 15 – 25.
Blaydon hit back with a late try on full time to take the final score to 20 -25. Young Johnny Dubois was named man of the match.