Bury...12,Heaton Moor...3:BURY completed the Spring treble on Saturday with a repeat win against Heaton Moor and secured by right a position in the play-off for promotion, writes MIKE JONES.

Their promotion opponents will come from the Cumbrian League and will be either Vickers SC or Windermere.

The performance of Eccles was appreciated on Saturday when they beat near neighbours Trafford MV and in so doing cancelled out any threat MV have posed in the promotion race.

The visitors to the Radcliffe Road ground were seeking revenge for Bury's win two weeks ago when visiting Stockport.

Moor had reinforced the side with five changes, the most telling being the return of their giant stand off half and hard-running full back.

Bury almost opened their account after just three minutes when Moor infringed and centre Ian Webb narrowly missed the penalty attempt.

Kicking was to be a problem throughout the game for both teams, the strong crossfield wind, usually coming from the east, and even in bright sunshine it was chilling.

Bury's first score came after 13 minutes when, breaking out from a rolling maul, stand-off Webb dummied the opposing centre, played miss one and linked with full back Boyd, who in turn released right wing Fielding for a glorious try.

Moor were able to re-establish themselves in the game with a conversion of some 30 metres from their stand off who though now getting on in years, is probably one of the best tactical kickers in the league.

Bury enjoyed all of the territorial advantage, in complete contrast to the match played two weeks ago and were rewarded by a further try with three minutes of normal time remaining in the first period when stand off John Loftus, working the blindside, missed Webb to allow Leeming on crash ball to score from 22 metres out which Webb easily converted.

After the restart Heaton Moor in fairness did raise their game, but the tackling by all the members of the Bury team without exception was of the highest calibre.

Wingers Pete Stokes and Mark Fielding, having found a return to the form which had deserted them earlier in the season. The frustration of the visitors was such that the constant bickering amongst themselves spilled over into criticism of the match referee resulting in a sin-binning fore their number eight forward and cautionary warnings to their tight head prop and captain.

Heaton Moor only had three scoring opportunities, two of which came from long, tactical line-kicking into the corners by the stand off, but Bury's line-out superiority meant they came to nothing.

In time added on a ruck between the sticks where Heaton Moor might have squeezed over was snuffed out by Bury and the resulting set scrum was taken against the head by hooker Whitehead and Bury were to clear to the 22 as the full time whistle blew.

This was certainly Bury's best performance of the season. Had they played to this standard of commitment and ability it would be they not Fleetwood that would have gained automatic promotion.

Man of the match was Bernard Robinson, who is an example of perpetual motion, reminiscent of Martin Freschini of yesterday.

BURY: Marshall, Whitehead, Smyth, Shimmons, Smithson, Westwood (c), Fawcett, Robinson, Stott, Loftus, Fielding, Webb, Leeming, Stokes, Boyd.

Tomorrow Bury visit Toc H at their Didsbury home (kick-off 3pm).