PERSHORE’S excellent start to the Midlands Three West (South) season came to a crashing halt with a24-10 loss at Shipston.

Shipston’s fly-half ran the show early on, making breaks at will and causing panic in the Pershore defence.

From a scrum in midfield, he took the ball at pace, before feeding the winger who crossed in the corner.

Shipston’s second try was again down to Pershore errors, with the inside-centre exploiting a gap in the defence to touch down.

Another score made it 19-0 to Shipston at the break.

Pershore then rallied with tries from Matt Harwood and Chris Copson, but a further Shipston try killed off the visitors’ challenge.