Champions Penguin rounded off the men’s Championship 2 season with an emphatic 16-5 defeat of Manchester Hawks at Haberdashers, including four goals each for Lorenzo Cacciola and Giampaolo de Rosa.
Hawks will still move up to Division 2 next September. They finished level on points with Worthing, but finished in the top three thanks to a narrow win over Worthing earlier in the season.
It was tough on Worthing, who enjoyed an excellent final weekend with victories over Castleford, 14-8, and, today, against Durham Palatinates, 16-10. The Durham game was a close affair – 8-8 half way through the third period before Worthing scored three quick goals through Ben Curtis, Sam Cooper and Joao Martins. Durham recovered again to trail 11-10 but the final period saw Worthing break clear again through Martins (3), George Wood and Elliot Hurst.
Otter made sure of the other promotion place with a hard-earned 11-9 victory over Birmingham. It was 6-6 early in the third period and, thanks to a Drazen Videc hat-trick, Birmingham recovered from 9-6 down to trail 10-9 before Nicholas Corjon ensured an Otter win 46 seconds from the end.
Photo (Trevor Hyde): Penguin players celebrate at Haberdashers today. L-R: Matteo Baldelli, Alexander Waller, Giampaolo de Rosa, Yasutaka Ota, Filippo Varetta, Elliot McHugh, James Salt, Joseph Ortiz, Bence Kadar, Toby Roberts, Lorenzo Cacciola, Dragos Ungureanu.
Hawks will still move up to Division 2 next September. They finished level on points with Worthing, but finished in the top three thanks to a narrow win over Worthing earlier in the season.
It was tough on Worthing, who enjoyed an excellent final weekend with victories over Castleford, 14-8, and, today, against Durham Palatinates, 16-10. The Durham game was a close affair – 8-8 half way through the third period before Worthing scored three quick goals through Ben Curtis, Sam Cooper and Joao Martins. Durham recovered again to trail 11-10 but the final period saw Worthing break clear again through Martins (3), George Wood and Elliot Hurst.
Otter made sure of the other promotion place with a hard-earned 11-9 victory over Birmingham. It was 6-6 early in the third period and, thanks to a Drazen Videc hat-trick, Birmingham recovered from 9-6 down to trail 10-9 before Nicholas Corjon ensured an Otter win 46 seconds from the end.
Photo (Trevor Hyde): Penguin players celebrate at Haberdashers today. L-R: Matteo Baldelli, Alexander Waller, Giampaolo de Rosa, Yasutaka Ota, Filippo Varetta, Elliot McHugh, James Salt, Joseph Ortiz, Bence Kadar, Toby Roberts, Lorenzo Cacciola, Dragos Ungureanu.
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