Saturday 7 March 2026
Keswick 51 Percy Park 20
Regonal 2 North
(HT: 27-6)
Apologies for the short match report, the usual scribe was in Rome watching another awful England performance and the substitute, our esteemed former President Keith Atkinson, forgot his pen!
And talking of awful, Park produced one of their worst performances of the season, conceding eight tries at Keswick in a heavy defeat that allowed the hosts to narrow the gap to the third placed visitors to just one point in the Regional 2 North Table.
Things appeared to be going well in the early minutes of the match, Park kicking two penalties courtesy of George Chapman to build a six point lead. but the rest of the half belonged exclusively to Keswick who ran in four tries to establish a commanding 27-6 lead at the break.
They scored again early in the second half before Chapman went over for the visitors for their first try, which he converted (32-13). Park conceded two tries before a late consolation score from Fergus Simpson, converted by Chapman. Keswick still had time to score one final try to cap an excellent win 51-20.
Park were outclassed on the day, too many missed tackles and some inexperience in the side not helping.
Percy Park: 15 Nick Maclin-Cooper; 14 Ross Stewart; 13 Oli Bartles-Smith; 12 Matt Dunn; 11 Freddie Harra; 10 Fergus Simpson; 9 George Chapman; 8 Matthew French; 7 Leo Caulfield; 6 Paul Spowart; 5 Fraser MacGlashan; 4 Chris Reekie; 3 Sam Digman (c); 2 Jonny Dubois; 1 Nick Macklin-Cooper
Replacements: Tristan Grant; Jake Bell; George Bogg