Pilkington Recs 12 Roose Pioneers 27 A BELOW strength Recs put in plenty of effort, but lacked cohesion and the extra touch of quality the visitors possessed in their Cumbrian county centre pairing, who proved to be the real difference between the sides.

On a sweltering afternoon, Recs suffered a blow after five minutes when they lost hard working Keiron Lacey through injury.

Forwards John Rees, Ian Connolly and Neil Morris held their own down the middle, but Recs were caught out wide and found themselves 10-0 down on 20 minutes. Cumbrian centre Steve Perry crossed for the first of his hat trick of tries for the afternoon.

Recs responded just before the break through a converted try. A ray of light for them was the strong running of newcomer John Pennington. Following one of his breaks, with good support work from Chris Hillam and Andy Fairhurst, Pennington plunged through for a try. Fletcher converted to cut the deficit to four points.

But Roose got a good start early in the second period as they crossed for another try, quickly followed by a similar effort that saw them trailing 6-20 and facing an up hill struggle.

Midway through the half they had a glimmer of hope when following another Pennington run, the ball deflected off a Roose defender and substitute Chris Bailey reacted quickest to score beneath the posts.

Fletcher added the two points. Any chance of a comeback was snuffed out minutes later as Perry completed his hat-trick for the visitors. A drop goal minutes later rounded off his afternoon with 19 points. From here the game fizzled out as a contest.

The St Helens Roofing man of the match deservedly went to John Pennington. Good games also from hooker Andy Fairhurst who collected the Jaxx Caf Bar individual award. Also Rees, Morris and Alan Fletcher went well.

UGB 4 Pilks Recs A 28 A useful two points out of this local derby sees Recs maintain their challenge at the top of the division. Tries were scored by Gaz Griffiths, Paul Houghton 2, Colin Feenan, Shaun Allen and Dave Price. Houghton kicked two goals. In a solid team performance the Colliers Arms, Kings Moss man of the match was hardworking Rick Shaw. Good games also from 'old heads' Dave Price, Shaun Allen and Jeff Albin.

Pilkington Recs U18s 32 Halton Hornets 11 Pilks opening try was scored by James Lacey - others followed from Liam Bostock, David Cottington (2) and another from Lacey.

Goals were added by Ted Rawsthorne, leaving the half time score 28 - 5 in Pilks' favour.

After the interval Halton took on a more determined game and Pilks did well to limit Halton to one try. But Pilks also managed to grab another try from winger Si Wilson following a period of sustained pressure. Man of the match for Recs was Liam Bostock followed by Mark Henry and James Lacey. Other top efforts came from Paul Callaghan, Adam Westhead, and Barry Pope.

Pilks Recs under 16 18 Orrell 24 After a sleepy first half Pilks hit back with tries from Beddows (2), Saunders, Hatton and a conversion by Andy Parr who also took the Euro Register Man of the match for a tireless effort in defence and attack. Others in form Philbin, Halliwell and Stewart.

Pilkington Recs u/14s 18 Hindley 10 Pilks were made to work hard for the points against a defensively strong Wigan outfit, but eventually broke down Hindley's defence with four well worked tries. Pilks tries came from Chris Key (2), Andrew Egerton and David Clare. Nick Manchester was man of the match and Andy Parnell topped the tackle count.

Pilkington Recs U/14s 32 Mayfield 4 The previous week, despite the loss of several key players, there was another solid performance from Pilks led by top tackler and man of the match Ste Houghton.

Pilks tries came from Danny Colquitt, Andy Parnell, David Clare, James Campbell and coaches award winner Joe Gill (2) with David Lowe adding 4 conversions.

Pilks Recs U/12s 32 Waterhead 0 Tries for the Recs came form Chris Roberts three with one each for Danny Filson, Tom Armstrong, Andrew Morris, Paul Knapper and Matthew Holding. The 'Big John the Butcher's Awards went to top tackler and man of the match Mike Welsby, coach's award Paul Knapper and most improved Stuart MacDonald.

Leigh East Rhinos U/11s 6 Pilks Recs 36 Pilks' points come from Matthew Twist (two tries and goal), coach's award winner Paul Davies (try and a goal), a try each from Ryan Hilliard, Adam Moss, Chris Walker and Matthew Carlton. Man of the match Owain Griffiths also added a try, with David Saunders, Darren Quirk and Chris Lowe each added goals. Top tackler was Liam Critchley.

Pilks U/9s 16 St Cuthberts 20 Try scorers for Pilks were man of the match D. Rigby (2) and coach's award winner L. Bavis (2).

Pilks U/9s 16 Westhoughton 12 Pilks ran out worthy winners with tries coming from man of the match T. O'Neale (2), top tackler R. Williams and coach's award winner C. Welsby.

Pilks Recs U/7s 54 Chorley 36 In a high scoring entertaining game Pilks tries came from Brad Bostok (3), Alex Bacon (2), Jake Devine (1), Adam Howard (1), Sean Marsh (1) and man of the match Thomas Roughley (1).

Pilks U/7s 54 Leigh East 36 Tries came from Kurt Haggerty (1), Thomas Roughley (2) and joint man of the match Jake Devine (1) and Alex Bacon (3).