Trinity Guild 68 - 0 Coventrians Mids 5 West SE

Covents Put in Tough Shift as Guild Cruise to Title

Coventrians had to dig deep today at Trinity Guild's sun drenched Baginton ground as missing 9 regulars (wedding, Wembley, Stag do and injury) they were forced to play league leaders Guild with a scratch side including Andy Kearns, (first game in 5 years) young Jon Smith and the Silver Fox Deano among others. Trailing 34-0 at half time, the news did not get any better as Dougie had to leave, Kev Walters went to hospital and Wozza did his back again. Immediately after the restart, Steve Vallis popped a rib and we went down to 13 and the scrums to passive. Just when it couldn't get any worse, we went down to 12 as Carl was yellowed for using his head in all the wrong places . . .

In between the Guild tries though, Covents fronted up like lions with a display of courage, heart, determination and fire - tackling like tigers and making the home side earn their flourish - time and time again the blue and white boys gathered under the posts, wiped sweaty brows, rolled up blood soaked sleeves and came again and again. There were 13 then 12 heroes out there but a special mention to Rohan and Jon Smith (Joff) for their tireless tackling and Cozzy and Tom Gough for driving the pack forward. To be honest, I was proud of those boys today and could not fault their effort - even Danny bless him, full of Budweiser and with a dislocated shoulder appeared on the touch line stripped and ready for action only to be persuaded by Coach Boppa to stop having a laugh!

Eventually, with our boys almost out on their feet, the ref blew 10 minutes early so the victors could enjoy their spoils and Covents lick their wounds while holding their heads high. Congratulations to Trinity Guild on their title winning season and with a final fixture against old friends Cov Tech to come, well done to the Covents boys for finishing third.