HOSTS Ledbury beat Bromyard 28-3 in a Midlands Three West (South) rugby derby that has been missing from the fixture list for a few years.

With a strong wind and a big crowd helped by the hosts' sell-out VP lunch, the teams did not let the spectators down.

With Ledbury going downhill and with the wind advantage, they struggled to get good possession and Bromyard produced powerful runs from their centres.

The visitors soon got up the field and collected their only points of the game with a penalty in front of the posts from Bobby Ralph.

Ledbury soon kicked into gear and put pressure on, earning a penalty five metres out from the Bromyard line.

Good competition meant it was a sloppy ball back on the line with scrum-half Ben Smith bouncing and claiming the first try which George Bennion converted.

Ledbury soon got back down to the Bromyard line and Smith went under the posts to make the half-time score 14-3.

Bromyard again started brightly in the second period, using the wind and pinning Ledbury back.

But the home back three always made good ground back.

The back row of Rob Anscomb, Harry Porter and Low worked hard all game and clawed the hard yards with the sturdy front row of Davies, Welch, David Wargen and Arron Almond keeping a steady platform.

Ledbury’s third try came courtesy of a pick off a scrum with Porter and Smith supplying Matt Hallett who was rewarded with the ball to run in under the posts.

Soon after with Bromyard having lots of ball, they worked wide when Smith intercepted on halfway and ran untouched under the posts to finish off the scoring for the day.

Ledbury did make plenty of breaks but some tough calls and missed passes let them down.

Bromyard stuck at the game and the scoreline did not reflect how much of a hard job they made it for Ledbury.

At the VP Lunch, Welsh and British Lions veteran Graham Price did the honours prior to the match.

Previously, Ledbury welcomed cricket expert Jonathan Agnew from Test Match Special as guest speaker at this season’s sportsman's dinner.

Agnew entertained all with reminiscences of laughter-filled broadcasting with Brian Johnston.

The dinner and auction raised funds for the club as well as a sizeable contribution to Macmillan Cancer Trust.