THE Bury teams are finding the going tough in their respective leagues, although there have been some good individual performances against higher graded players. The first team were easily beaten by an extremely strong 3Cs team in their latest A Division match. 3Cs II...5 BURY I...1. R. Taylor , R. Howley ; J. Bentley 1, J. Altham 0; A. Lewis 1, R. Wild 0; J. Tompson , B. Sharples ; D. Hardy 1, J. Grindrod 0; S.Gordon 1, L. Baron 0. The second team lost by the same score but there was a very good win for Jeremy Peach. 3Cs IV...5 BURY II...1. C. Statter 1, J. Grindrod 1; H. Amed 1, S. Hatala 0; F. Skronac 1, S. Forrester 0; M. Plant 0, J. Peach 1; A. Roberts 1, L. Baron 0; J. Walton 1, A. Catchpole 0.

The Bury and Rochdale League Cup final resulted in a win for a strong Rawtenstall A team who had already won the League itself. The teams were playing for the Alan Yarker Trophy, in memory of the late Bury stalwart and a founder member of the club in 1956. A gallant Bury team had Lee Baron providing an excellent win on top board. A good season for Bury, who also finished second in the League. RAWTENSTALL A...3 BURY...1. M. Markey 0, L. Baron 1; G. McDermott 1, S. Forrester 0; D. Bower 1, J. Peach 0; B. Burrows 1, S. Bradburn 0.