In Durham Northumberland Division Three, SEATON CAREW extended their recent run of victories to four with a 38-24 home win over mid-table Prudhoe and Stocksfield. Notoriously slow starters, Seaton for once took an early lead. From open play the ball was moved out wide and winger David Kightly squeezed over in the corner for an eighth minute try. Fly-half Lewis Humble added the extra two points with a superb touchline conversion. On the fifteenth minute, Seaton secured the ball from a midfield scrum and Humble carved his way through the visitors' defence to touch down close to the posts.

Minutes later, flanker Scott Burmiston snaffled the ball at the rear of an ugly five metre line-out and crashed over for try number three. Humble slotted both conversions to extend the lead to 21-0. Up to this stage Prudhoe had been relatively starved of possession but when they got their hands on the ball they showed just what they could do and, following a multi phased build up, they were rewarded with a converted try. They continued to press forward and picked up a further five pointer to take a 21-12 scoreline into the interval. After the restart, Seaton survived an early onslaught and, when they eventually cleared their lines, scrum-half Olly Hamilton picked up from the base of a ruck and wriggled over for a fifty-second minute try. Seaton then went further ahead. A delayed pass from Humble put Tom Addison into a gap but as the centre went through he pulled a hamstring. Fortunately Burmiston was on hand to apply the finishing touch. With some fifteen minutes remaining, number8 Alan Ainsley, having moved into the centre spot to replace Addison, embarked on one of his trademark barnstorming runs and having outpaced the defence on the outside ran in behind the sticks. Humble's conversion was a formality. Prudhoe were not going to take this lying down and the remainder of the game belonged to them. Applying pressure to the home side they picked up two tries and a conversion