Wids defeat of Anselmians makes it tight at top (From Runcorn and Widnes World)

Wids defeat of Anselmians makes it tight at top

2:36pm Thursday 11th March 2010 in

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WIDNES pulled off a terrific win at third place Anselmians to really tighten things up at the top of rugby union’s South Lancs Cheshire One.

The visitors’ enterprising style saw them leading at the break 17-12 with tries from hooker Ben Glover and Paul Borg, both of which were converted by Kevin Leadbetter who also kicked a penalty.

The home side had to rely on the boot of Simon Mason, who kicked four penalties.

In the second half, Widnes extended their lead with a Leadbetter penalty and then another try from scrum half Michael Lamb.

After Widnes lost a player to the sin-bin which disrupted their rhythm, Anselmians got back into it with a converted try and then two more Mason penalties to leave the visitors hanging on at the end.

The Wids under-12s beat Glossop 17-5 on Sunday.

Squad with tries: J Breeden, two, C Burdekin, one conversion, J Clarke, J Cooke, J Critchley, R Cornes, J Gillhooley, T Jolley, Edward Jones, Ewan Jones, A Neeson, B McQuillan, L McKeown, E McDonald, J Newton, Brandon Rowe, Josh West, R Scheepers The under-9s played in a round robin competition against Glossop and Didsbury.

They beat the host team Didsbury 6-0 with scores coming from Nathan Redmond, Dylan Buckley, Joseph Hopson and Thomas Whittsker.

In the next game, the Wids played Didsbury who had been unbeaten all season.

Two tries from Nathan Redmond and Harry West were cancelled out by two scores from the home side.

In a tense finish, Nathan Redmond came up with the winning try just before the end.