West Bowling registered their first double of the season against fellow National Conference League Premier Division relegation candidates Thornhill.

Coach Richard Heseltine certainly got his wish for heavy conditions at a rain-lashed Bankfoot Oval, which was only declared playable shortly before the off yesterday.

West made the perfect start when visiting wingman Tom Marsden dropped the ball ten metres out, giving his opposite number Lee Innes the chance to hack on and score in the corner.

Man of the match, prop forward Liam Martin, was held inches short as Bowling continued to make inroads and the relentless pressure was rewarded when the ball was shipped wide to put wingman Adam Crompton in at the flag.

The Trojans hit back in style and, after four sets of six, they finally breached the home defence with a try from winger James Green, converted by scrum half Scott Dyson, to narrow the gap to 8-6.

It was clear that Heseltine's half-time pep talk had the desired effect, with his charges sweeping upfield and only a foot in touch denied Innes a touchdown.

The Dewsbury-based visitors levelled when Dyson slotted a penalty after Bowling were offside in front but their celebrations came to a premature end when substitute forward Ross Simpson spotted the narrowest of gaps to power in for his third try in as many matches.

Innes added the extras and then stepped up to the plate to hit the mark with a difficult penalty after the Trojans were caught holding back.

Teenager Simpson ploughed 40 metres up the middle to show his commitment to the cause and hooker Nathan Hadfield and second row forward Johnny Summers - both unsung heroes - tackled their socks off to make sure there was no chance of a Trojans revival.

This set up the prefect scenario for substitute Mark Dunning to enter the fray.

The bulky centre confused the visitors with a wicked dummy to race into space and off-loaded a peach of a pass to ever-willing loose forward Sha Basha, lurking on the wing. He made no mistake to put the result beyond doubt.