MALVERN Rugby Club celebrated the 10th anniversary of their Pilkington Shield win at Twickenham with a special match at their Spring Lane headquarters.

The Twickenham side, some of whom had not set foot on a rugby field for some years, took on a guest Two Counties side culled from players at Pershore, Ledbury and Bromyard, with reinforcements from Spring Lane, and won convincingly 72-10.

Triumphant skipper Andy Ridley was inspirational while Simon Dixon, who had retired earlier in the season having played alongside his son, was the first to rediscover the old vigour.

With four minutes gone, he went through on the overlap, then five minutes later scythed his way through to set up Dave Grundy's conversion.

The guests came back with a score but some slick Malvern inter-passing saw Gareth Richards set Grundy away for a try which he converted.

Steve Cooper, still a first team regular, went on a 30-metre charge to increase the lead then some great support play ended with Darren Handy adding a try.

The select side pulled back another score when Chris Gittings of Ledbury went over just before half time, when referee Andy Morris made way for his colleague Dave Meek.

In the second period Richards scored again, the number 10 then linking up with Dave Beech to put Brian Philpotts in.

But the biggest cheer of the day was reserved for Chris Campion, still a colossus of a prop, when he rampaged through in unstoppable mode.

With Dave Green always busy at scrum half, Paul Morewood in sparkling form at hooker and Steve Fahey looking as sure as he did a decade before, Malvern were turning on some vintage rugby.

Dave Blinstone rediscovered his taste for the game with some driving runs, and while Ledbury skipper Matt Williams and his cohorts tried their hardest to stem the tide, the veterans were determined to party.

Dave Beech put Billy Bruton away on a blistering scoring run from 40 metres out, and then added to the tally himself with a classic try.

Campion crowned his own afternoon with a second charge to the line, converting his own try and Richard Fleming closed the proceedings after a jinking run.