RED Rose Dry Lining confirmed their Orphanage Cup supremacy with a convincing victory over British Telecom.

A Paul Posteraro hat-trick and goals from Warren Peake, Barry Devitt and Conrad Turner made it three wins in the last four years for ramp-aging Red Rose.

While the result was never really in doubt, had Simon Holt seen one of his two early efforts go in, instead of saved by Gavin King, they perhaps could have asked questions of the cup holders.

But by then, they were already 1-0 down, Posteraro racing on to a John Mason pass and scoring – despite the best efforts of Chris Thompson in the BT goal.

Devitt then cracked a shot against the inside of the post and out to safety as it appeared to be all too easy for Red Rose.

But BT’s reply suggested they were going to make a game of it with Holt, in particular, ready to give all for the cause.

He forced one full length save out of King then Steve Forrest – the veteran with the silky touch in the BT midfield – split the Red Rose defence and King was called in to action to foil Holt again.

But the holders second goal was not long in coming. Warren Peake broke clear down the left and whipped in a low cross that Devitt volleyed home from close range. Devitt then turned provider, racing on to a ball from Ryan Smith to break the offside trap and square for Posteraro for the simplest of goals. Ben Howarth nearly made it 4-0 but was denied by a fine save by Chris Thompson – one of many he made during a busy evening.

But a fourth goal did arrive shortly before the break, Devitt crossing from the left for Peake to score with a smart finish.

Red Rose had more than enough chances to double their first half tally but the exce-ptional Thompson and some poor finishing meant they would only had two more.

Thompson was in action early in the second half to thwart Posteraro then produced an even better save to palm away Devitt’s crisp drive. But he was beaten for a fifth time when Posteraro and Smith combined to tee up Conrad Turner who scored via a deflection.

While the older BT side were tiring as the match wore on, Holt refused to give up on what was now a lost cause. One strong run ended with a shot just wide before another ended in a foul on the edge of the area from which Chris Kershaw scored – but only after King let the wet ball squirm through his grasp.

Posteraro then wasted a hat-trick of chances in his pursuit of his hat-trick before finally completing his treble.

Again the impressive Devitt was involved, flicking on Joe Turano’s fine pass for Post-eraro to score.

Despite the one-sided nature of the final, it was fitting that BT – who refused to throw in the towel – had the last word, Mick Jones rising to thump home a fine header from Hasan Demir’s corner.

It wasn’t actually the final act, that fell to Peake who blasted a late penalty high and wide.

But, by that stage, it didn’t really matter.