Whitehaven not giving up on avoiding drop - Amor

Kyle Amor has won one of his four games as Whitehaven head coach

Whitehaven head coach Kyle Amor says they are not giving up in their battle to avoid relegation from the Championship.

The 34-14 defeat away to Barrow Raiders in the Cumbrian derby on Sunday left them two points adrift in the second relegation spot.

They have a far inferior points difference to Swinton Lions and have only two games remaining.

"We're not giving up, but losing to Barrow makes it a whole lot harder," Amor told BBC Radio Cumbria.

The bottom two sides in the Championship will be relegated, while the team in 12th faces a match against the play-off winners in League 1 to decide their fate.

Financially-troubled Whitehaven will need to win their final two games, away to Batley Bulldogs on Sunday and at home to Halifax Panthers on 29 September, to escape both relegation and the play-off.

"It's not over but it's in the hands of everyone else now," said Amor.

"I wanted it to be our destiny, not us needing to win the next two and rely on someone else.

"But unfortunately over the course of a season, you usually get what you deserve in this game."