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Pammenter sails in for Bees debut

BIRMINGHAM & Solihull are expected to give a debut to former South Africa international sailor Shaun Pammenter in their National Two game against Mounts Bay at the Mennaye Field. Read

Cambridge 29 Birmingham & Solihull 33

BIRMINGHAM & Solihull made an early statement of their intent to return to National One at the first attempt with an important win at Grantchester Road. Read

Beez are buzzing for crucial game

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Birmingham & Solihull Bees 31 Stourbridge 14

BIRMINGHAM & Solihull Bees finally got their promotion bandwagon rolling with a storming second-half display in a four-try show at Sharmans Cross Road to swamp Midland rivals Stourbridge. Read

Bees put their faith in Plan B

BIRMINGHAM & Solihull Bees’ first ambition for the season lasted just 80 minutes as their target of going unbeaten through a year in National Two vanished in the Cornish rain as they went down 35-28 at Redruth. Read

Redruth 35 Birmingham & Solihull Bees 28

ANY thoughts relegated Bees might have had that they were in for a triumphal procession back to National One this season were dispelled in the rain of Redruth where they found themselves 32-9 down at one point. Read

Earnshaw opener is daunting task

BACK-row Russell Earnshaw has become such a major influence at Sharmans Cross Road that it is hard to believe this will be his first season in charge as he prepares his side for their first venture into National Two with a daunting trip to Redruth tomorrow. Read

Pertemps Bees end ties with sponsor

PERTEMPS Bees are no more. The club have ended their five-year association with the recruitment group by mutual agreement and are reverting back to their own name, Birmingham and Solihull Bees, as they attempts to bounce straight back from National Two. Read

Bees stars are a hive of activity!

PERTEMPS Bees head coach Russell Earnshaw had a bit of a rude awakening last week when the club were at a restaurant in Shirley High Street, half-a-mile away from the ground at Sharmans Cross Road, and discovered people did not know they existed. Read

Pertemps Bees lose fight against relegation

PERTEMPS Bees have finally lost their survival battle after the Rugby Football Union threw out an appeal to have the result of their 27-23 defeat by Cornish Pirates reversed. Read

Business as usual for Pertemps Bees

PERTEMPS Bees are continuing their rebuilding as they prepare for next season in either National One or National Two – depending on their ongoing appeal over a disputed result – with their first full-time squad. Read

RFU launches survey on the rules of the game

THE Rugby Football Union is giving everyone involved in English rugby the chance to have their say on the International Rugby Board’s proposal to introduce eight new Experimental Law Variations (ELVs) throughout the game next season. Read

Agony as Pertemps Bees are relegated

PERTEMPS Bees went down fighting as they made it three wins out of three by beating Bedford 21-10 but were still relegated from National One. Read

Pertemps Bees aiming to defy the odds

PERTEMPS Bees will be playing against 'ghosts' when they take on Bedford Blues at Goldington Road tomorrow. Read

Pertemps Bees 19 Sedgley Park 11

PERTEMPS Bees' slender toehold on National One survival goes to the last match of the season after they came back from 8-3 down against their main relegation rivals and managed to deny them a losing bonus. Read

Earnshaw: It's all or nothing

PERTEMPS Bees go into tomorrow's relegation showdown with Sedgley Park knowing victory gives them a fragile, wafer-thin chance of staying in National One while defeat sees them plummet into National Two. Read

Bees hit by Lewis u-turn

PERTEMPS Bees' one comfort in a traumatic season vanished last night with the news that Allan Lewis has decided to turn down the director of rugby job he only accepted last month. Read

Pertemps Bees 20 Newbury 16

A TRY by Dave Knight and four kicks out of four by brother Paul kept Bees' survival hopes alive as they scrambled home against Newbury after seeing a 17-0 lead vanish in a hail storm. Read

Pertemps Bees prepared for crucial weekend

AT THREE training pitches, from Manchester to Cornwall via Sharmans Cross Road, the same message would have been ringing out this week - tomorrow's games are crucial. Read

Coventry 29 Pertemps Bees 13

THE Great Escape is rapidly becoming Mission Impossible for Pertemps Bees after defeat at Butts Park Arena dumped them back at the foot of National One. Read

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