Saturday morning's downpour of rain signified the end of a twenty year drought for Stratford's Don Oakes Motors Senior B rugby team, who brought home the Club Champion title for Division One.
The Stratford side beat New Plymouth Old Boys at Yarrow Stadium on Saturday afternoon in front of a vocal crowd of Stratford supporters.
"It was a fantastic turn out of supporters, I think we had even more than Old Boys," says coach Chris Hall.
Co-coach Quintin Oakes agrees, "we were very lucky to have so much support from the community in the stands on Saturday, the sounds of support from the crowd really encouraged the team to play hard right until the final whistle".
While the wet and muddy conditions might have deterred some teams, Stratford embraced the elements.