Percy Park Marauders 57 – 14 Blyth III

It is sometimes strange how fate puts the top two teams in a league, against each other to decide who will be champions in the last game of the season. But that is how it panned out with Park Marauders top of Northumberland league 3c with only one defeat all season, and Blyth III lying second having lost only once and drawn once. The game had been rearranged due to bad weather and cup commitments and was a double header, winners take all.
The Marauders got off to the best possible start when scrum half Mark Kerr went over after only one minute of play, after the ball was recycled well, and Rick Morgan kicked the conversion. Minutes later Morgan kicked a penalty to give Park a 10 – 0 lead.
Blyth opted to rumble the ball when in possession, whereas Park’s fleet footed backs ran the ball wide when ever they could. The visitors tried running the ball out of defence on eleven minutes, when a fumble from ex-Park player Kev Rhodes, coughed up the ball to Park centre David Mellstrom who ran in to score Park's  second try of the game, again converted by Morgan.