Hesketh Arms v Hoole Village Hall
Burscough League Third Division Cup Final
Friday 19 August 2011
The two previous league meetings between these clubs earlier in the season had produce a resounding 8-2 win for Hoole at the Hesketh and an unexpected 6-4 win for the Hesketh in the return fixture. However with the Hesketh finishing 24 points adrift of Hoole at the end of the season Hoole were the clear favourites.
Hoole went out with a strong first four picking up three winners and a 30 point aggregate lead. Norman Parry had an excellent win and John Duckworth, Leo Tobin and Mark Lloyd had to play well to pick up as many chalks as they did.
In the middle four the tide began to turn with wins for Bill Bloor, Mark Rowlinson and Tom James and a very creditable score from Andy Kissack all helping to reduce the aggregate deficit to 13
With the scores tied at 4-4 the comeback was completed with Neil Coulton and Kevin Leddy building on the foundations laid down by the rest of the team, picking up a win each and securing an aggregate win of 16 points. This meant that the overall score was Hesketh Arms 9 points, Hoole Village Hall A 4 points.
Thanks must go to :-
Alan Wright at Mere Brow for providing the venue and ensuring everything was available for the match to proceed.
The Burscough League for organising the competition which was a much better option that having blank weeks in the diary.
Hoole Village Hall A for contributing to an excellent final and congratulations to them on achieving promotion.