Chingford travelled east to Rochford on Saturday and came away with a 5 – 48 point win that took them to equal top of the London North 1. Chingford’s first try came from a great forward drive, with Luke Campbell eventually touching down after the maul was driven 25 yards. Campbell was unlucky with the conversion attempt, but added a further 3 points with a well taken penalty a few minutes later. Next to score was the returning Mathew Lockwood playing at fly-half, which Campbell converted. Chingford had scored 2 tries, but they should have been further ahead when final passes were not given when other players could have easily scored. Chingford’s third and final try of the half, came when Tom Child intercepted a pass and ran half the length of the field to score, which Campbell also converted. Directly from the restart Child then received a yellow card for a misdemeanour at a ruck and Chingford were down to 14 men. At half time Chingford lead 22 – 0, but within minutes of the second half starting Rochford registered a try, whilst they had the 1 man advantage. Chingford’s forwards were now dominating the tiring and frustrated Rochford pack, with Piper, Grounds and later in the game Rabey destroying their opponents. Tommy Young a hooker new to the club this year, was having another fine game constantly in support in the loose, and accurate in the lineout, finding the towering Australian lock Lee, which gave Chingford good quality ball. With the visitors still down to 14, Lockwood scored his second try of day which Campbell also converted, before Welsh loose forward Chris Moore scored his first try for the club, and Campbell converted. Chingford now led 36 points to 5. Next on the score was David Knight, a player whose brother currently plays for Rochford, but he could not play this week due to injury, which made it easier for David’s family who were there to watch as they live in Rochford. Campbell once again added the extras before Lockwood finished off the scoring with his third of the day and the games final try. “A good result today, it should have been more, we missed a few blatant try scoring opportunities, but we are happy to come away with the 2 points. This keeps us in the hunt for league, but we know every match will be a massive challenge for us this year,” said Chingford’s stand in skipper and crowd favourite Steve Piper.