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5-a -side Trophy Winners
11 Mar 1980
Lucas Social Club, Parker Lane, Burnley
Unit Five Skipper Gerald Rainford is shown receiving the Trophy from the Mayor; Left to Right : Tom Hitchen (Captain, College Badminton Club), Linda Dykes (Nelson Hockey Club Captain), the Mayor, Gerald Rainford, (Unit Five), unidentified official, Pete Royle (skipper of Eglins) and Gerald Thompson (of the Thompson Centre).
Unit Five are the champions of the Thompson Centre Senior 5-a-side league, and Eglins won Division Two without losing a game.The awards were handed over by the Mayor, Coun. Frank Bailey on Friday at Lucas Club in conjunction with the Burnley Area sports Council's presentation night for the Wilkinson Sword Trophy. Coun Bailey also presented the Teamsport 80 awards to the winners, Nelson Hockey Club, and the runners-up, College Badminton Club.
