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Devonshire Rec. crown a season to remember

Devonshire Rec. skipper Derrick Brangman hailed his side after they completed a 10-wicket victory over Warwick Workmen's Club at St. John's Field yesterday and sealed a triple crown in the process.

The side had already won Central Counties and Open League titles to go along with their First Division title as they enter the Twenty 20 league and hopes of an unprecedented quadruple.

"It feels good, but I can't really say too much because it isn't over just yet," said Brangman. "It has been a great season.

"We have only lost one game to St. George's which was unfortunate, but we aren't complaining on how it went. We had a great season.

"Minus who we lost we still have a good nucleus of guys here and what now is Twenty20."

Warwick were bowled out for a meagre 77 runs in 33.4 overs with Johnny Nusum scoring 27, while Jade Darrell contributed 20.

Lamont Brangman took two for 12, while the skipper took two for 21 and Stephen Bremar one for 18.

In reply, Bremar wasted no time in getting to the required total, scoring a half-century (52) that included four sixes and three fours.

Fellow opener Oladapo Frederick (23) was part of the final opening and only stand as the side breezed to their third title this year.

Skipper Brangman is adamant although three titles are in the cabinet, they will be gunning for the T20 trophy before the close of the summer.

"We will have to pick up the pace, but for the most part we have done the job and will move forward.

"We have a lot of bats going into any game, so it will be up to the players to select themselves.

"To us it has been a good campaign from the start with the league and we wanted to push on from there.

"We used a lot of players this season and now we will go forward and in the end it was a big team effort.

"As for top flight, we will be ready and in the end it comes down to preparation, which we have."

While there was joy in Devonshire, there was anguish at the East End of the Island where St George's failed to gain promotion by the narrowest of margins.

Clay Smith's side went into yesterday's game at Somerset Bridge needing to win, and overcome Willow Cuts' vastly superior run rate in the process.

The East End club were battling against the odds from the off, but gave themselves the best possible chance when they ripped Somerset Bridge out for just 85.

Ryan Steede cut through the Bridge batting line-up claiming five wickets for just 36 runs, and with so a low total to get St George's suddenly had the top flight in their sights.

Starting the day with a run rate of 1.614 against Willow Cuts' 1.918, any run chase was always going to be tough.

In the end the maths made it simple, score the runs in six overs and get promoted, fail and stay in the First Division.

It took them seven overs to score the runs, and by the time they passed Somerset Bridge's total it barely mattered.

A matter of a couple of deliveries and St George's might have been celebrating promotion.

But in the end Ryan Todd will take no pleasure in his unbeaten half century, and the two wickets Donnie Charles took for Bridge might just have sent Willow Cuts into the Premier Division.