BOTH Shipston and Stow on the Wold suffered league defeats as the Regional 2 Midlands West campaign continued last weekend.
Shipston were involved in an entertaining contest with local rivals Stratford-Upon-Avon, but were on the wrong end of a 39-29 score line.
A big crowd packed out the ground at Pearcecroft for the local derby and the spectators were treated to a thrilling 80 minutes of rugby.
But the loss did mean Stratford leapfrogged their rivals into eighth place in the table with 15 points to Shipston's 14.
As for Stow, their game with Hereford was a low-scoring affair but equally tight as the hosts were edged out 17-19.
Hereford remain mid-table in sixth, whilst the losing bonus-point keeps Stow clear in fourth place.
Elsewhere in the Regional 2 Midlands West, league leaders Newent made it seven wins from seven as they came from behind to beat Malvern, who had lead early in the second-half but a barrage of late points saw the hosts storm to a bonus-point victory.
The only other game to survive the weather last weekend was bottom-of-the-table Worcester's clash fifth-placed Ludlow.
And for the second week running, Worcester were on the wrong end of a nail-biting clash, going down by two points in a 19-21 defeat.
Having been beaten by a single point against Cheltenham in the last round, it was a similar tale for Worcester as they missed out once more.
They stay bottom and Ludlow cut the gap on fourth-placed Stow to just two points from fifth.
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