Berry Hill 36 Old Richians 7

With a gap in the county cup schedule Hill played a friendly against long term rivals Old Richians. The game lacked the intensity of the previous cup matches but Hill still managed to clock up a series of tries to take the win. The first try came from the kicking maestro Ryan Dawson who found himself in unusual territory to touch down and then maximise the points. Richians however were straight on the counterattack and quickly levelled the score. This however was the last time they left their mark on the score line as Hill slowly ratcheted up the tries with breakways from William Lewis, Callum Wyman ,Ricky Davis and Cobi Robinson. Although this was not Hill's best performance they deserved the win and have some homework to focus on ready for the next county cup match away at Cleve. William Lewis was awarded Hill's man of the match even though his appetite for pickled eggs is not great.

Special  mention to  James Roberts who  was injured from the St Marys game but was at the Match  to cheer his team on

Team

Kyle Bundy, William Lewis, Callum Wyman, Matthew Office, Ricky Davis, Conor Evans, Louie Vaughan, Ashley Macey, William Tyler, Ryan Dawson, Harry Brown, Craig Harris , Cobi Robinson, Joe Teague , Luke Davis, Billy Roberts

Berry Hill 20 St Marys 12

For their second group game in the County Cup Berry Hill travelled to Bristol to play St Marys. The 2 teams had only met once before last season and the game kicked off at a high pace as both teams sized each other up. St Marys were quicker out of the blocks and opened up the scoring in the first 4 minutes with a converted try. Hill however kept their focus and after pressuring St Marys for long periods mistakes crept in allowing Ryan Dawson to kick a penalty and Cobi Robinson to score in the corner. At half time Hill were ahead 10 -7 and now had the advantage of playing down the pitch.The pace never slowed with both teams having to give 100% defending and attacking but Hill again broke through with Ricky Davis touching down. As the clocked ticked away to full time the kicking skills of Ryan Dawson were called up again to score his second penalty and put the game beyond reach. Hill's player of the match was nominated by the referee with William Tyler picking up the accolade.




Team



Kyle Bundy, William Lewis, Callum Wyman, Matthew Office, Ricky Davis, Conor Evans, Louie Vaughan, Ashley Macey, William Tyler, Ryan Dawson, Oliver Morgan , Harry Brown, Craig Harris , James Roberts, Cobi Robinson, Luke Davis, Billy Roberts

Berry Hill 64 Lydney 7

Berry Hill opened up their county cup campaign with an impressive win over local rivals Lydney. After a 7 week layoff due to bad weather Hill were the more determined from the whistle and soon opened up the scoring with a well worked try seeing James Roberts over the line. Ryan Dawson on fine kicking form maximised the points with the first of his 7 conversions. By half time the score line saw Hill 40 points ahead will Billy Roberts picking up a brace of tries. The second half continued in the same vain with Hill dominating and although the try rate slowed they still managed another 4 tries with forwards Callum Wyman, Will Tyler, Louie Vaughan and back Craig Harris touching down. Hill 's next county games is against St Marys they will take a lot from this game especially the need to improve their discipline and reduce the penalty count against them.

Berry Hill Team
Kyle Bundy, William Lewis, Callum Wyman, Matthew Office, Ricky Davis, Conor Evans, Louie Vaughan, William Tyler, Ryan Dawson, Oliver Morgan , Harry Brown, Craig Harris , James Roberts, Cobi Robinson, Joe Teague , Luke Davis, Billy Roberts.