Vine 14 Lunts Heath 8 MARK Pickering took the City Electrical Factors man-of-the-match as Vine maintained their bid for promotion from Division Five of the North West Counties League with this hard-fought success.

Pickering and Simon Haigh were the Vine try scorers with Mark Haslem adding three goals.

BOTH teams observed a minute's silence before the kick-off as a mark of respect for Vine player Anthony Young who died on Friday, December 3.

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