By KEN VAUGHAN
Chinnor …41
Barnstaple… 12
A HAT-TRICK from Mike McDonald helped Chinnor to a thrilling seven-try victory over struggling Barnstaple to keep pace with Cinderford at the top.
Chinnor’s first try came from a wayward Barnstaple kick which was fielded by Kieran Goss who made an outside break to put McDonald over in the corner.
Chinnor were now dominating the scrummages and with Ben Hilton yellow carded, Chinnor took full advantage with McDonald going over for his second try within 25 minutes.
Josh Barton scored by virtue of a quick penalty from a scrummaging i...