Pilgrims Final Day Flop

BECCEHAMIANS 63 CANTERBURY PILGRIMS 0

by John Mitchell

Pilgrims saved their worst performance of the season for their final Counties 1 Kent league game as they were comprehensively outplayed. Against a top three side it was expected to be a close contest but Canterbury’s non-tackling defence saw Beccehamians turn the contest into an embarrassing rout. By half time they were 25 points ahead and the nearest an ineffective Pilgrims had come to a score was a touchdown by Max Campbell which was ruled out because of a knock-on. Things became even worse after the break as the home side exploited quick ball to telling effect and ran in another six tries, three of them in a five minute spell midway though the half.
It was a disappointing end to an otherwise excellent season in which Pilgrims were unbeaten at home. They may want to forget this day, but hopefully will learn from it.
An eighteen game winning streak tells the real story of the champions who had a final record of Played 22 Won 20 Lost 2. Thank you to all our supporters and sponsors, without you we could not do what we do. Finally a special mention for Adrian Geddes who played in all twenty-two league games.