Veterans League
It is the Semi-Finals of the Bistro this Thursday when the four hopefuls line-up with only one thing in mind. To get to the Final and then lift the trophy. Three of the four teams still involved have won this competition before, which one hasn't? Answer at the foot of the page.
SEMI-FINALS Thursday 25th August 1.30pm start Lockwood Con 'A' (scr) v Cowcliffe (scr) at Broad Oak BC Lindley Lib 'A' (+4) v Linthwaite Hall (+20) at New Mill
Division 3 side Linthwaite Hall are having a good season after rejoining the Veterans League this year after a few years' absences. They currently lead the Division 3 table with every prospect of promotion and have a 16-point handicap start on their opponents. They are up against Lindley Lib 'A' who are developing into something. of a knock-out specialist as this is their second team knock-out semi-final this season. They beat Longwood in the Team KO semis but then lost to Golcar Lib 'A' in the Final last week.
The other semi-final is between two scratch teams as Lockwood Con 'A' take on Cowcliffe. The Cowcliffe side has had the easiest of passages to this stage having beaten one Division 5 team (Greenhead Park) and two Division 3 teams (Marsh Utd 'B' and Almondbury Lib) before a walk-over in the Quarter-Finals when Slaithwaite couldn't field a team. As they say you can only beat what is put in front of you and if they beat Lockwood Con this Thursday then they will be fully deserving of that place in the Final.
Lockwood Con had a more difficult path to the semis having to beat two Division 1 teams (Lindley BC 'A' and Clayton West) as well as Denby Dale from Division 3 and Meltham 'B' the Division 4 leaders.
Which of the four semi-finalists has never won this competition? Lindley Lib have won it 3 times, the last time being in 1996. Lockwood Con won it once in 2017.
Linthwaite Hall won it once in 1998.
Cowcliffe have never won it.
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