Match report courtesy of Bob Davies

KC final test of the season was the North Midlands Shield final against Camp Hill and their win was their fourth in the competition; making a historic league and cup double for the club.

The early exchanges showed both teams making positive running, Camp Hill having the edge by retaining possession for long periods. After 8 minutes KC won a turnover ball and the ball was passed from Arthur Morgan through Ryan Tiene and Chris May Miller, finally for Freddie Morgan to score and make a successful conversion. Another period of Camp Hill attacks, handling well through their backs was stopped by good KC defence. Then against the run of play a move through the backs fed Ryan Tiene who rounded his opposing winger to score, again converted by Freddie Morgan.

A period of 20 minutes scrappy play with Camp Hill looking dangerous was ended with a KC move through lots of hands and ending for Ryan Tiene to score. This was swiftly followed by a great move by Andy McLellan who passed to Ryan Tiene who fed back for McLellan to score.
Camp Hill were still showing their strength in the forwards and from a rolling maul scored a converted try. KC's then came back with a quick move where Chris Pinner passed to Arthur Morgan who then passed back to Chris Pinner who showed good pace to go over from 20 metres, taking the score to 29-7 at half-time.

Immediately in the second half Camp Hill scored a converted try from forward pressure following a penalty. KC came back with a typical Jess Smith try and then an Arthur Morgan dancing move converted by Freddie Morgan KC's final try came with a May Miller pass to Chris Pinner, who in turn fed Rhys Pritchard to score converted by Freddie Morgan. The KC were now leading 48-14 and with the game and season effectively over concentration dropped. Relaxing in the last 15 minutes allowed Camp Hill to score two tries one converted to come back to 48-26. Camp Hill must be complimented for their constant forward pressure and good handling in the backs which was thwarted by KC defence until the final 10 minutes.

KC must be applauded for their performance through the season with a real team effort, all individuals playing their part. During the season they have scored 1071 points at an average of 32 per game, this backed up by a very solid defence with many proper low tackles. Whilst the players rightly get the glory from these great performances, the very significant contribution from Ian Bletcher and his coaching team must be acknowledged – they have made the team believe in themselves.