Ampthill and District Rugby Club was founded in 1950 and they play their home fixtures at Dilingham Park in Bedfordshire. Ampthill and Mowden have met on several occasions but probably the most historic fixture was the National 2 play-off final at the end of the 2013/14 season when Mowden scored in the last minute of extra-time. The following season, Ampthill joined Mowden in National 1 after winning the play-off final 19-10.

So far, this season, Ampthill are currently in 3rd position with 16 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses, leaving them on 91 points. Mowden sit in 2nd position with 97 points making this weekend a huge clash for second place come the end of the season. Ampthill’s top points scorer is James Pritchard with 164 points and their top try scorer with 18 tries is Nigel Baker.

National 1, as it stands:

1 Coventry 123
2 Darlington Mowden Park 97
3 Ampthill and District 91
4 Plymouth Albion 84
5 Blackheath 79
6 Old Elthamians 72
7 Birmingham Moseley 70
8 Bishop's Stortford 68
9 Cambridge 62
10 Caldy 62
11 Esher 58
12 Rosslyn Park 57
13 Hull Ionians 50
14 Loughborough Students 47
15 Old Albanian 43
16 Fylde 18

The last meeting between Mowden and Ampthill ended in a 21-15 victory to Mowden at the Arena, with a last minute Adam Radwan try clinching the win for DMP.

Saturday 2nd December 2017

Mowden 21
Tries: Radwan (2), Brocklebank
Conversions: Seals (3)

Ampthill 15
Tries: Baker, Molitika
Conversion: Rayner
Penalty: Rayner

This Saturday will be a mouth-watering fixture with both sides aiming to finish the season in 2nd position. Mowden have picked up a run of form winning the last 3 after a blip in performance. They will look to continue this streak when they travel to Dilingham Park to take on Ampthill.