For the 3rd year in a row, West Mids have won the Regional Title and Old Leamingtonians Ladies were key to this succcess.

West Mids are coached by OLs coach Gemma Lewis and OLs hooker Caz Lambert and Pip Colenutt (see picture) and Christie Honor played a vital part on the pitch as hooker and 2nd row respectively. We are obviously very proud of this.

 West Midlands were as dominant as ever throughout the tournament, with three convincing wins from three, and they wrapped up the championship with a defiant 17-0 triumph over the South.

The South by no means rolled over for the defending champions and, in fact, it took until the 18th minute for the West Midlands to showcase their talents. The back line showed their versatility by driving the ball over the line and Jenny Mills came in for additional support to touch down. Morgan then converted.

Morgan was again at the forefront of the action moments later when the fly-half, with the assistance of the wind, kicked out of West Midlands’ 22 and into the South’s territory with Helen Price chasing. South gathered, but Price executed an impressive tackle for the ball to go loose. Price this time gathered and managed to score in the corner handing West Midlands a 12-0 lead at half-time.

After the restart, despite now playing into the wind, West Midlands’ Karina Corner stole the ball from a breakdown and evaded three defenders to run in for a try in the corner creating a very comfortable 17 point cushion after just 55 minutes.

With their pride at stake the South came back strongly and did themselves justice by keeping the rampaging Midlands from scoring any further tries, though to their disappointment they too were unable to break the try-line leaving the final score at 17-0.

In the third and fourth place play-off, East were the victors over East Midlands, taking a 15-5 victory.

Pictures are from: Rugby Matters