Essington 18 pts Greyhound 12

GREYHOUND slipped to their second defeat in four North Midlands 3 starts.

Leadership challengers Essington quickly took the lead with a penalty followed by three tries.

Greyhound replied with tries from Martin Ackley and Tundi Awoyemi and a conversion by Patrick Hill.

l Hereford 2nd went down 38-22 away to Bridgnorth 2nd who surged ahead in the closing stages.

Hereford scored tries through Ben Forbes, Lino Marifono and Asa Chung, while Lyndon Day kicked two conversions and a penalty.

l A late try by Luke Malone, converted by Sean Day, gave Hereford Under-16 a 15-12 win at Worcester. A try by Austyn Morgan and penalty from Morgan Goodall made up the tally.

l Hereford Minis v Kidderminster:U-7 won 40-0 , tries by W Rogers (2), T Harris (2), L Goodridge, B Wilson, M Pye and B Bray.U-8 won 50-30, tries by C McClauchlan (3), J Pye (3), T Rivers (2) T Bashar and J Knox. U-9 lost 15-25, tries by G Jones, C Onaleez and S Lewis. U-10 drew 15-15, tries by T Cummins (2) and R Park. U-l1 won 45-7 and 25-0. U-12 won 40-7, tries by D Cheshire (3) L Watkins (2) and D Harris and 5 conversions by L Watkins.