By Paul I
April 6 2024

With four Championship fixtures taking place last night, it has been rather strange weekend so far, with just Caldy hosting Ampthill this afternoon as the remaining Saturday fixture.

The clashes began with a visit for leaders Ealing to third placed Cornish Pirates, the hosts fancying their chances on their home patch. However, the visitors managed to grab a win, no BP this week, two tries only, but the boot of Craig Willis helping them out with 4 penalties and converting both tries in a 26 - 17 away win.  The hosts scored three tries but only managed to convert one. Disappointment for the hosts who drop to fourth following Bedford's win.

Next up, London Scottish hosted Hartpury at the RAG and won a narrow encounter, 29-26.  Four tries apiece here, but a Harry Sheppard penalty the difference. The Exiles led 21-14 at the break but just managed to hold off the visitors fight back.  A BP win for Scottish but Hartpury left with 2 bonus points themselves.

At Lady Bay, Nottingham, Cov's next destination, hosted Bedford Blues and, despite claiming a try BP , went down 24-34, the handicap of trailing 27-12 at the interval too much to peg back. A BP win for Bedford with another try for Dean Adamson amongst the 5 visitors tries.  Bedford climb to third in the table.

Finally, the 8pm kickoff saw Cov host Cambridge who, despite a decent start, were eventually sunk by a 10-try home performance, including a hat-trick for the impressive Toby Venner, speed and sharpness the keys throughout. Tom Hitchcock grabbed a brace of tries and looks better every game.  Pat Pellegrini with 5 conversions had a good game, but the speed and incisiveness of his breaks were the standout takeaways.  Att: 2964

Cov 64 Cambridge 12

Tries: Venner 3, Hitchcock 2, Salt, Poole, Wand, Wilson, Martin

Cons: Pellegrini 5, Mitchell 2

Championship Review - Week 17, so far!

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Cov kid 42
06/04/2024 13:01

Paul

PP landed 5 conversations and EM 2

Cheers JB

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Paul Ingleston
06/04/2024 13:22

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Cov kid 42
Paul
PP landed 5 conversations and EM 2

Cheers JB

Thanks John. It appears I have been BBC websited!! 🤣

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Paul Ingleston
06/04/2024 13:37

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Cov kid 42
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PP landed 5 conversations and EM 2

Cheers JB

Now amended John. 👍

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Kimbo
07/04/2024 09:59

Average Attendances:
Coventry 3398 (down 62)
Bedford 2983 (=)
Doncaster 1921 (=)
C. Pirates 1614 (up 60)
Cambridge 1331 (=)
Caldy 1171 (down 22)
Nottingham 1134 (up 30)
Ampthill 1069 (down 8)
Ealing 1008 (=)
Hartpury 907 (=)
L. Scottish 579 (down 9)

Top Scorers:
Pellegrini 143
Bazalgette (Har) 119
Willis (Eal) 116
Maisey (Bed) 114
Parks (Amp) 82

Top Try Scorers:
Cornish (Eal) 13
French (Bed) 12
Martin 12
Gallagher (Cal) 11
Williams (Not) 11
Adamson (Bed) 10
Nelson (CP) 10
Poole 10
Wand 10



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covkid1953
07/04/2024 13:54

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Kimbo
Average Attendances:
Coventry 3398 (down 62)
Bedford 2983 (=)
Doncaster 1921 (=)
C. Pirates 1614 (up 60)
Cambridge 1331 (=)
Caldy 1171 (down 22)
Nottingham 1134 (up 30)
Ampthill 1069 (down 8)
Ealing 1008 (=)
Hartpury 907 (=)
L. Scottish 579 (down 9)

Top Scorers:
Pellegrini 147
Bazalgette (Har) 119
Willis (Eal) 116
Maisey (Bed) 114
Parks (Amp) 82

Top Try Scorers:
Cornish (Eal) 13
French (Bed) 12
Martin 12
Gallagher (Cal) 11
Williams (Not) 11
Adamson (Bed) 10
Nelson (CP) 10
Poole 10
Wand 10

Great to see Cov's crowd holding up in spite of two fantastic Sky Blues seasons. 3k v Cambridge an excellent turnout. Cov's form clearly helping too.



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