Christleton 14 Birchfield 25

CHRISTLETON put in plenty of effort but were comfortably beaten by an organised Birchfield team.

Carl Noble scored from his own chip and chase, and Chris Lightfoot also got on the scoresheet for the Chester side. Dave Taylor converted both but it didn’t worry Birchfield, who piled on 25 points.

There were solid performances from Christleton’s Ant McCarthy and replacements Jim Taylor and Karl Jones but the man-of-the-match award went to Jez Birch.

Captain Lightfoot said: “Despite losing we showed glimpses of the form prior to the Christmas break. With a bit of luck I am sure we will return to winning ways.”

Christleton are at Leigh tomorrow.