The rain teeming down on the Mannings failed to dampen Drybrook’s spirits as they clinched the league title with this comfortable victory.
Whitehall remain the only team to have beaten Drybrook this season, way back at the start of September, but there was to be no repeat this time around and only the conditions saved the visitor’s from a heavier defeat.
Within 5 minutes of the start a catch and drive from a line out led to a try for industrious prop Nick Ovens.
Drybrook kept pressing but handling errors and a couple of forward passes kept the scoring in check until prop Tom Reed bundled over from a similar catch and drive and Tom Treherne added the extras.
Drybrook’s next score came when stand off Ben Large put a clever kick through the gap for winger Sam Peaper to latch on to and score and Treherne added the conversion.
Whitehall were forced to defend a series of attacks but could do nothing to prevent winger

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Andy Bulumakau breaking from half way and the talented winger found skipper Simon Rugman with an inside pass that led to a try under the posts.
Treherne converted and it looked likely that Drybrook would run up a big score when Craig Clarkeclaimed a  try, this time down the short side of a line out, but Whitehall rallied to see out the half without any addition to the score line.

Half Time
Drybrook 31pts Whitehall nil

Whitehall had a good spell at the start of the second half but the deteriorating conditions began to have an effect on both teams.
Eventually Drybrook broke down field with a kick and chase from winger Rorie Day but Whitehall

just managed to keep him out. Drybrook quickly recycled the ball and hooker Craig Clarke drove over near the corner flag.
The second half became littered with mistakes as both teams found it hard to keep hold of the slippery ball but there was just enough time for Drybrook to add one more score.
Fittingly it went to skipper Rugman who has led Drybrook with aplomb this season and the big centre latched on to a dropped pass on the Whitehall line before gathering to score.
Treherne’s successful conversion brought the final whistle and with it the league title celebrations.

Drybrook team; Tom Treherne, Sam Peaper, Simon Rugman(capt), Rorie Day, Andy Bulumakau, Ben Large, Carl Moore, Tom Reed, Craig Clarke, Nick Ovens Marcus Cowles, Rich Cottrell, Danny Price, Lee Ward, Liam Jackson.
Substitutes; Jun Sing Lee, Chris Rawlings, Neil Morgan.

Drybrook United won the Gloucestershire Reserve League North 1 title without even kicking a ball when ConeyHill pulled out of their scheduled league match at Birch Avenue.
This has been a frustrating league season for Drybrook United with 10 of the scheduled games

being called off by the opposition for one reason or another.
Nevertheless, this takes nothing away from a good campaign by an exciting young team under

the captaincy of Andy Milner and a strong management team of Chris Tingle, Nick Rawlings and Clive Boughton.
The County administrators must now look into the problems being caused by teams not fulfilling fixtures.

Played at the Prince of Wales Stadium, Cheltenham, Drybrook Under 15’s made it a weekend trophy treble for Drybrook with this splendid victory over a spirited Cleve. Drybrook looked to be in control at 22pts – 5pts early in the second half and with the strong wind at their

backs. However Cleve picked up their game with a series of pick and goes that eventually led to a second try and then disaster nearly struck for Drybrook. Skipper Dewi Wilcox was yellow carded and a minute later Nicky Butler was shown red which left Drybrook with 13 players.

The team stuck to their task and managed to keep Cleve out and when Wicox returned they finished strongly and were pressing for another score. For Drybrook Harry Rushworth ( 2), Jake Porter and Ollie Peacey scored tries with Mitchell Giles adding one conversion.