Poklington went ahead in the third minute when a sleepy West defence failed to get winger Nathan Saltmer into touch. He scored in the clubhouse corner after the visiting pack had forced us back towards our own line.
Our response was slow, but we drew level after 12 minutes when a spell of pressure in the Pocklington 22 saw the home side opt for a line out from a penalty.
Myers made ground on the blind side from the catch and as he was held up Andrew Rollins came powering in to pick up and score with Painter's conversion narrowly wide.
We continued to press and got the reward with 17 year old Liam Checksfield scoring his first try in senior rugby. Gavin Painter started the move when he broke into the home 22. He was stopped but his pass found brother Ryan on the loop and he floated a long ball out to Checksfield.
The centre dummied a pass and stepped inside the cover to go over from 20 metres (pictured) with Gav missing a relatively easy conversion.
However, he was on target with a long range penalty on the half hour to give West a deserved 13-5 lead at the break.
There were hopes that we would go on to achieve a try bonus point, but the game became a hard slog between the two packs.
The visitors battered the line for a full five minutes - opting for scrums instead of penalties - but superb defence kept them at bay. The pressure was eventually relieved when No 8 Joe Brown was tackled at the foot of the posts by Liam Bailey and Pocklington infringed as they piled in.
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It wasn't a pretty win and with Alnwick getting a bonus point we are now four points behind the Northumbrians in the battle for third place.
West: Connor Fewster, Luke Mallinson, Liam Checksfield, Peter Youll, Scott Butcher, Gavin Painter, Ryan Painter, Michael Hogan, Adam Rollins, Adam Coates, Chris Atkins, Dan Boatman (captain), Liam Bailey, Aaron Myers, Sam Miller.
Reps all used: Jack Angus, Joe Willis, John Bunter.
Tries: Rollins, Checksfield, Myers
Con: G Painter
Pen: G. Painter.
Yellow: G.Painter
Pocklington: Matt Procter, Charlie Wilson, Josh Britton, James Flint, Nathan Saltmer, Joe Holbrough, Been Rees (captain), Ed Liversidge, Ben Stephenson, John-Paul Kelly, Karl Durkin, Archie Fothergill, Matt Davies, Jack Holbrough, Joe Brown.
Reps: Chris Morton, Tom Peters, Johnny Wood.
Try: Saltmer.
Referee: I. Davies (Durham Society)