Sapphire Series Round 3 - Results and Standings

Round 3 of the BAFA Women’s Sapphire Series played out this past Saturday, and as was the case with the first two rounds it was a tale of dominance from two teams and a close set of games in one Division.

PREMIER DIVISION

The Birmingham Lions are on the brink of another Premier Division title after winning their two games. The match against their closest challengers, Herts Tornadoes, being a very one sided affair. Derby put up some resistance but still came away scoreless in their encounter with the Lions. Leeds are now joint second after an impressive day. It will be a battle to avoid the wooden spoon as both Manchester and Derby lost their games and prop up the Division.

HERTFORDSHIRE TORNADOES 6 BIRMINGHAM LIONS 61

BIRMINGHAM LIONS 28 DERBY BRAVES 0

MANCHESTER TITANS 6 LEEDS CARNEGIE 23

MANCHESTER TITANS 24 HERTFORDSHIRE TORNADOES 46

LEEDS CARNEGIE 30 DERBY BRAVES 6

DIVISON ONE NORTH

Images courtesy of Geoff White - gw-images.com

Teeside Steelers remain unbeaten in Division 1 North, but they are not having it all their way, their game against Edinburgh proved that with both teams playing a game with no points scored. There was another tied game for the Wolves, this time with Chester. The Romans have improved steadily, and beat East Kilbride impressively with a shutout.

TEESIDE STEELERS 18 EAST KILBRIDE PIRATES 0

EDINBURGH WOLVES 6 CHESTER ROMANS 6 - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.483204658538179.1073741900.187980794727235&type=3

EAST KILBRIDE PIRATES 0 CHESTER ROMANS 54 - https://www.facebook.com/geoff.white.127/media_set?set=a.975775582506546.1073741973.100002223392245&type=3

TEESIDE STEELERS 0 EDINBURGH WOLVES 0

DIVISION ONE SOUTH

It was a case of business as usual for the London Warriors as they racked up two more wins, putting up 84 points without conceding. The battle for second place is heating up with just 4 point in the standings separating 3 teams. Sandwell have the edge despite losing both games in Round 3, and they will be mindful of a fast improving Wembley team that won both their games in two close matchups.

LONDON WARRIORS 62 PORTSMOUTH DESTROYERS 0

LONDON WARRIORS 22 SANDWELL STEELERS 0

SANDWELL STEELERS 0 WEMBLEY STALLIONS 8

WEMBLEY STALLIONS 12 PORTSMOUTH DESTROYERS 6

DIVISION ONE			F	A	PT
BIRMINGHAM LIONS			246	16	18
HERTS.TORNADOES			216	175	14
LEEDS CARNEGIE			154	110	14
DERBY BRAVES			26	242	6
MANCHESTER TITANS			48	147	4
DIVISION TWO NORTH
TEESIDE STEELERS			96	20	16
EDINBURGH WOLVES			61	37	13
CHESTER ROMANS			138	94	11
EAST KILBRIDE PIRATES			28	172	8
DIVISION TWO SOUTH
LONDON WARRIORS			323	6	18
SANDWELL STEELERS			71	77	12
WEMBLEY STALLIONS			62	91	11
PORTSMOUTH DESTROYERS			44	197	8
ICENI SPEARS			11	140	3

The teams all meet up again on April 16^th for the 4^th and final Round of games.