Fakenham’s second team travelled to Wymondham thirds for this EC3N Merit Table game in severely windy conditions knowing not only would they be battling against their hosts but also the weather. The wind which was roughly blowing straight down the pitch was so strong that the goal posts were bending under the pressure.

With the wind at their backs the Fakenham side applied some early pressure but the wind made handling difficult for both sides, regularly resulting in either a knock on or dropped passes. The hosts were the first to put points on the board when a move down the left-hand side of the pitch saw them score a try. The conversion stood absolutely no chance as it was straight into the wind 5-0. Fakenham then rallied and pushed into the Wymondham half, from a penalty move the ball was moved to Josh Gee and he out-paced the defence to score on the left wing, the conversion was attempted by Matt Hardman but it missed the target 5-5. Josh added another try when a good passing move saw him take a wide arc outside the defence to score his second; Matt was on target with his downwind conversion to take the score to 5-12. Fakenham were now pushing their wind advantage as they drove forwards and managed to get Josh free once again to score an unconverted try 5-17. Wymondham were not down however and fought back to score an unconverted try themselves taking

After a week off from league action Fakenham welcomed top of the table Wymondham in this pulsating London 3 Eastern Counties League game. A lively start from the home side saw them dominate the first ten minutes with Wymondham unable to get out of their own 22. Tom Bane-Young burst through Wymondham’s defence and Jordan Walker was unlucky not to take the pass which would have seen him score. A short while later Murray Tindal nearly made the line but was pulled down just before. It was then Lloyd Marshall’s turn to come close with some lovely interplay between him and Rory Singleton. Fakenham did manage to cross the whitewash after a scrum when scrum half Luke Taylor when blind, a quick ruck and the ball was spun out to Tom Bane-Young who crashed through the defence to score under the posts. Lloyd Marshal converted to make the score 7-0 to the home side.
If the first ten minutes belonged to Fakenham then the second ten minutes belonged to Wymondham who scored a good try from a driving lineout. The conversion bounced off the post to leave Fakenham in the lead, 7-5.
Both sides must have been a little disappointed with their ball retention as many turnovers were occurring which made for an open and exciting game for the large crowd. Wymondham finally went ahead for the first time after 35 minutes of play with a well worked try that was converted from the touchline. The lead did not last long as