Bees lay down marker with huge win

BIRMINGHAM & Solihull Bees booked their place in the North Midlands Cup semi-finals with a resounding 70-12 win over Camp Hill RFC on Friday night.

Tawanda Chipadza scored a hat-trick and Jevon Hinds grabbed a pair of tries as the unbeaten league leaders of National 3 Midlands crossed ten times in total against their lower league opponents. Jack Jolly successfully converted all ten tries with Camp Hill only able to muster two consolation tries in reply, one of which came right at the death.

Full-back Hinds opened the scoring before Chipadza forced his way over after strong work from opposite wing JT Nabetelevu to make the score 14-0.

Jimmy Oliver got the third with second row Matt Spink going over soon after before Umraan Jadwat ran the length of the pitch to score a sensational try. An interception for Sean O’Sullivan gave the Bees a sixth early in the second half with Hinds getting the seventh to move the score to 49-0.

The visitors managed a penalty try in response but it did not stop the Bees, who have won five out of five in the league this season, from adding an eighth try through Chipadza.

And his hat-trick came shortly after as he took a neat offload from Mike Stephens with Nabetelevu rounding off the home side’s scoring before a second late Camp Hill consolation.

The Bees will be joined in the semi-final draw by Midlands 1 West side

Bromsgrove after their 4336 league victory over Dudley Kingswinford doubled up as a quarterfinal win.

Josh Holt scored a hattrick for Bromsgrove with Chris Hooper getting over the tryline twice and Will Harris also crossing in a game that saw ten scores in total. Tries for Mitch Grealey and Callum Nichols had put Dudley 14-8 ahead and despite secondhalf scores for Ricky Bennett and Luke Trevis they could not sneak the win. In a replay of last year’s final, Bournville proved they are well-placed to defend their title as they defeated Old Halesonians 59-12, while Newport emerged the victors of their derby clash with

Bridgnorth, edging to an 18-16 victory to claim their semi-final spot.