Cam take Medway's home record to win League Title.

The visit to Medway on the last away game for the black and ambers was always going to be very significant with Cam needing 4 points to confirm the league title and Medway, with no chance of the title, defending their unbeaten home record which had now extended to 11 games.
In the event, on a very breezy afternoon the black and ambers, having been pretty dominant in the first 40 mins in the end just had enough left in their tank after a tough season to claim the 5 points, extend their current unbeaten run to 17 and in doing so claim the league title.

With Cam getting proceedings going they soon regained possession and a good scrum saw Cam's strength win a penalty at the first scrum with Liam putting the ball into the Medway 22. Cam won their throw and after several darts the ball was swung out wide with Ash cutting through and dotting down in the corner and with an excellent kick by Liam saw Cam take the lead with 5 mins played.
We then saw Medway's excellent winger respond almost immediately when an excellent break saw him win the foot race for an excellent try which was converted so that the score was all square after 10 mins.

Cam managed the restart well and soon were back in the Medway half and following a penalty from the scrum Liam put the ball into the Medway red zone and from the resulting line out we saw for the 19th time of the season our Ozzie Mole cross for a try and another excellent kick by Liam moved the score to 7-14 after 15 mins.
At this stage Cam were clearly dominant at scrum time and also the lineout and on 20 mins some exquisite training field rugby saw some excellent work by the backs before the Fireman took the final pass to dot down for an unconverted score. The second quarter saw Cam still in the ascendancy but unable to add to their score before the break despite a couple of penalty attempts by the home side.

The second half start was very positive for Cam when a great kick pass by Liam to winger George saw the Fireman almost free nd immediately we saw Josh Wright try the same move for The Flying Fijian and although the centre was unable to collect it skipper Birdy was first to react and touch down for the tbp moving the score to 7-26 on 44 mins.
With many of the visiting supporters feeling that it was all over we then saw Cam slip off the pace and they were further hampered by a failed HIA by Bazza and all of a sudden the Cam pack looked second best at scrum time and a series of poor decisions saw the home side score an unconverted try on 56 mins and when they added a converted try by their excellent winger the score of 19-26 became to close for comfort, however from the restart Cam recovered the ball and immediately were awarded a penalty on the home 22 and ever reliable Liam extended the black and ambers lead to 19-29.

Medway however were not prepared to give up their home record without a fight and things got very tight again when the home side managed an unconverted try in the corner with just injury time to play.
However Cam decided that things were just a tad too close and again won the restart following a superb hanging kick by Liam and deep into injury time Cam again won a penalty which Liam converted to put the game out of the home side's reach and the League title secured and with the final whistle sounded almost immediately after the restart to signal the start of great celebrations by players and supporters alike.

This was never going to be a classic with so much pride/records at stake but as with a number of games this season Cam just had enough to squeeze the opposition and they always managed to keep the game just out of reach for the home side.

Pic by Dinger shows the celebrations of 1s, 2s and supporters celebrating

Today saw the culmination of a season's hard work by the coaches and squad and with their current unbeaten run of 17 game – all of which have also all been worth 5 points – truly remarkable in my opinion.

So the lads have Easter weekend off before entertaining Hammersmith at Watchetts on the 23rd April with the black and ambers keen to put right their rather disappointing performance in the first game of the season.

It was good to see the 2s also manage a 21-14 win in their game v Medway with the returning TJ claiming a try and their presence on the coach trip home certainly livened things up on the coach trip home.