Bees keep up standard to the end (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Bees keep up standard to the end

8:53am Wednesday 14th April 2010 in Sport By Sports Desk

Matthew Clough took his season’s goal tally to 45 with another hat-trick as Bingley Bees rounded off their title-winning campaign with a 5-1 win against Huddersfield Dragons sixths.

The Bees switched their line-up around with the championship already secured, captain Ben Clough standing in as goalkeeper and Matt Griffiths having a rare run-out on the left wing.

Clough opened the scoring and was denied a second goal moments later by a good save but Bill Livingstone pounced to score his first of the season as the ball came back off the keeper’s pads.

The Dragons replied with a smartly-taken goal but Bingley kept up their relentless pressure and were rewarded with two further goals from Clough.

The last few minutes of the game saw a sharp short- corner routine finished off by Stephen Clough as the Bees finished the season on a high.