I am really starting to lose my patience with modern technology, this is my 5th attempt at posting this report and each time it gets shorter and shorter , but I guess most of you are aware of that , boom boom !The Lions played Alnwick at home . Cinema Phil did the classic Saturday morning cry off. Chris Dunn , aka Pat Butcher , made a welcome return despite his embarrassing bouts of cramp . Colin Murphy dislocated his finger and has cried off for the next couple of weeks - "backs" !  Joe Wafer scored two cracking tries on the wing , great decision by Coach Jobson. Blakey Bear fell over the try line much to the delight of his fan club , likewise Harry Watson . Spowett kicked a few . We won 34-10 .Many thanks to George Purdy who didnt look out of place running touch , he even managed to con a burger out of Margaret.

Morpeth Edwardians 3 - Percy Park Lions 18

Park travelled to Mitford Road in good spirits after a good performance in defeat against a strong Tyndale Grasshopper side the previous week . As is the norm , the Lions had several changes from that side but still looked a strong outfit on paper. Pollock and Fiddler returned from 1st XV bench duty, Walton returned to the centre with Cinema Phil starting on the wing. Bartle covered the bench with Austin and Biggins preferring to get match time with the Pumas and Shaye finding himself being flown back to New Zealand !
The game started at a high tempo , with the home side playing a physical 10 man approach and Park on the other hand opting to play a wider faster game . It was Park that settled the better of the two and were soon stretching their older opponents . An early penalty attempt was missed , but Park soon took the lead with a try and conversion by Spowett . The confident youngster then knocked over a penalty as Park looked to take control . Centre Murphy , who again made several strong runs, added a second try to make the half-time score 15-0 .

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 1^st 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.

This was a good performance by the Lions who fielded a squad of 25 players in a training game against Blyth. Park opened the scoring with a trade mark try by James McFarlane who barrelled his way over for a try which was converted by Phil Morse.