Westgate win Westmorland Cricket League title

Westgate Cricket Club are celebrating a memorable title triumph.
Westgate Cricket Club - Westmorland Cricket League Division One champions 2016.Westgate Cricket Club - Westmorland Cricket League Division One champions 2016.
Westgate Cricket Club - Westmorland Cricket League Division One champions 2016.

Andy Hill’s charges have won Division One of the Westmorland Cricket League for the first time since the treble-winning success of 2012.

The Morecambe side, who denied Shireshead a hat-trick of titles, sealed the championship after their game at second-placed Arnside was rained off on Saturday. Hill has been able to call on a variety of dependable performers including the likes of vice-captain Garry Tattersall and former Shrimps goalkeeper Andreas Arestidou throughout the season but has also seen plenty of emerging players play their part, something which has pleased the victorious skipper.

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The all-rounder said: “As captain I’m very proud of this achievement by the club, both the players and the volunteers who put the hard work in behind the scenes.

“It’s been a great effort by all to rebuild after the loss of so many superstar players since 2013.

“This is a very young side, but most have come through our junior set-up.

“It’s maybe come a year or two earlier then we would have imagined but I am immensely proud of the way the team played against the better sides.

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“Especially this year where the league has been so competitive and as many as four teams had a chance to win it going into (August) bank holiday weekend.”

Shireshead ended the season as runners-up after a 100-run win over Milnthorpe on Saturday, meaning they leapfrogged Arnside into second spot.

Phil Bovis top scored with 43 in a total of 194-7 with Milnthorpe then bowled out for 94 as Peter Wilson took 3 for 14.

Milnthorpe skipper Steve Bowman, who saw his side finish sixth, was the last man to fall as opposite number Paul Yates dismissed him for 28.

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Further down the standings Warton finished fifth after a final-day win over Windermere.

Carnforth, on their return to the top tier, Silverdale and Heysham ended up seventh, eighth and ninth respectively.

Sedgwick won Division Two ahead of Bolton-le-Sands as Trimpell finished fourth and Bare eighth when all was said and done.

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