Otley and Burley ready to fire on last-day title shoot-out
TOMORROW’S final round of matches sees glory to be gained in all three divisions with the league championship at stake in Division One.
TOMORROW’S final round of matches sees glory to be gained in all three divisions with the league championship at stake in Division One.
AS a season remarkable for its soaring temperatures moved towards a climax, down came the rain and wiped out the whole Aire-Wharfe programme on Saturday.
OTLEY regained top spot in a seesaw Aire Wharfe Division One title battle thanks to taking full bonus points from their win at Beckwithshaw.
WITH arch-rivals and defending champions Beckwithshaw looking destined for a shock relegation, Otley appeared set for a relatively comfortable passage to their third Aire-Wharfe Division One title in five years.
OTLEY crashed to a second successive defeat and saw what looked just two weeks ago like an unassailable 27-point lead over Burley in the title race turned into a two-point deficit.
MANY Aire-Wharfe watchers will be wondering whether Otley’s defeat by Follifoot last week was just a blip on the road to their third title in five years, or the turning point for Burley to go on and snatch the championship?
OTLEY’S seemingly smooth passage to the Aire-Wharfe League championship hit a pothole in the form of Follifoot and gave Burley’s hopes of snatching the Division One title a massive boost.
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