RUGBY UNION: Strugglers Witney fall to defeat (From Witney Gazette)

Witney Sport

4:54pm Wednesday 25th January 2012

Witney's poor start to the year continued with a 17-10 defeat at relegation-threatened Swanage & Wareham in South West 1 East.

They improved on the 38-0 home loss to Salisbury last week, but were left frustrated.

Scrum half Chris Tomes and hooker Robert Elford scored Swanage’s tries, with wing Charlie Parish converting both and adding a penalty.

Witney’s tries came from debutant centre Matt Clarke and flanker Carl Campbell.

They are now just seven points off the relegation zone.

Captain Jez Hicks said: “It was a much better performance from everyone, but we didn’t quite do enough.

“We conceded a very easy try in the first half and that ultimately cost us as we lost by seven points, but we will get it back together.”