Pontefract win Bill Cook trophy

Pontefract Collieries 3-1 Glasshoughton Welfare

Mark Whitehouse (centre) with Colls volunteers Mick Perks (right) and Dan Grace (left)

Mark Whitehouse (centre) with Colls volunteers Mick Perks (right) and Dan Grace (left)

The Bill Cook memorial trophy was won by Pontefract Collieries after new signing Chris Wood scored a second half double.

The match staged between the arch rivals was in memory of Cook, a local sports trophies businessman, who passed away late last year.

Cook was long-term Colls supporter and he would have been impressed with the new-look Pontefract side which has strength in every department.

Glasshoughton, themselves a re-built team, were organised and their recent signing Richard Collier blasted them ahead on the half-hour mark with a wonderful long range strike from a wide position.

Richard Coilier (left) put Glasshoughton in front

Richard Coilier (left) put Glasshoughton in front

Former Glasshoughton striker Liam Radford on the attack for Pontefract

Former Glasshoughton striker Liam Radford on the attack for Pontefract

Action from Pontefract Collieries 3-1 Glasshoughton Welfare

Action from Pontefract Collieries 3-1 Glasshoughton Welfare

Jordan Turner scored again for Pontefract

Jordan Turner scored again for Pontefract

Action from Pontefract Collieries 3-1 Glasshoughton Welfare

Action from Pontefract Collieries 3-1 Glasshoughton Welfare

Mikey Dunn breaks forward for Pontefract

Mikey Dunn breaks forward for Pontefract

Welfare then shot themselves in the foot after a mix-up between defender Andy McManus and goalkeeper Ben Saynor. The ball was lost in an important area and Jordan Turner nipped in to score into the empty net.

Wood, a half-time substitute, made the difference with two early second half goals. He pounced from a scramble from a corner to score his first goal.

The former Frickley Athletic striker was then handed a back-post tap-in for the decisive third goal.

Pontefract Collieries: Waring, Greenhough, Jeffs, Hartas, Haigh, Carter, Fish, Trialist, Radford, Turner, Dunn. Subs: Stapleton, Whitehouse, Williams, Seed, Corbett, Wood.

Glasshoughton Welfare (starting line-up): Saynor, Brearley, Walsh, Hayton, Akeister, McManus, Collier, Moyce, Poskitt, Varley, Scothern.

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