WINNINGTON Park's bid for back-to-back victories ended in disappointment at West Park on Saturday, as the home side secured a hard-fought 29-20 win in challenging conditions.
Playing in testing January weather, the lead swung to-and-fro before second-from-bottom West Park sealed their success late on.
The hosts opened the scoring when they crossed in the fifth minute following a driving maul.
Cameron Flanagan's penalty reduced the deficit before Conor Lapniewski's powerful finish gave Park an 8-5 half-time advantage.
The second half proved pivotal in the Regional 2 North West clash.
West Park regained the lead within three minutes of the restart, but Park responded immediately with Ross Morrin dotting down from a maul to put them back in front 15-13.
As both packs battled for dominance, Joel Gaidan crashing over to extend Park's advantage.
With 15 minutes remaining on the clock, both sides set about looking to close the game out.
West Park got another try when they threw the ball out wide and several tackles were missed, allowing them to take the lead in the 75th minute which proved to be a hammer blow for Winnington.
In the final minutes, West Park secured a line-out and took the ball in through a couple of phases before scoring another try to seal the result.
For West Park, it made some amends for their 44-24 loss at Burrows Hill in October.
Park’s next game will be the ‘derby’ with Northwich at home on Saturday, February 14.
Winnington: Will Du Randt, Alex De Keyzer, Joseph Rowland, Lewis Owens, Dan Davenport, Cameron Flanagan, Harry Sheard, Dan Williams (Captain), Matthew Treacy, Robin Lowndes, Phil Lynch, Johdell Akua, Conor Lapniewski, Tom King, Joel Gaidan, Eli Fakailoatonga, Ross Morrin and Harry Dodd
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