TYNEDALE were just four runs short of bringing home some silverware.

Making the final of the 15 over John Armin Trophy, they ended on 88-5 as they chased Shotley Bridge to leave them agonisingly shy of their goal.

John Meadows top scored with 36 but Shotley’s total was out of reach as they made their way to 91-6 despite Callum Barnes taking three wickets, and Will Dagg, Tom Cant and Curtis Lucas one each.

They made the final by chasing down Annfield Plains‘s 102-4 in the first ball of the 12th over in the semis, Meadows (40), James Rainford (26no) and Cant (21no) making the telling contributions.

The narrow defeat in the final made it a bad weekend all round for Tyne as a dismal batting display saw them thumped by 144 runs by Leadgate.

Losing openers Jamie Crichton and Meadows both to ducks, they were always in trouble as they chased Leadgate‘s total of 194-9. From 2-2, things didn’t get much better as, following a 19 run partnership between Cant (11) and James Rainford (3), they went from 21-2 to 30-6. Sharply following Rainford was Barnes (1), Noah Hiles (0) and Cant.

Teenager Dagg put on 11 before caught, while Lucas made a solid 26 from 19 deliveries. There was a starring role too for U14 player Michael Watts who stuck around to make nine runs as he faced 41 balls.

The writing was on the wall by this point though and Richard Brooks’ run out for five left Dorian Hiles not out without scoring and Tyne way off their goal as they were all out for just 87.

Leadgate had Callan McCabe to thank for the low score, taking five wickets for just 26 runs.

Leadgate‘s openers managed that score alone as they made their way to 93, Robbie Hockaday (36) and Ross Burdon (54) getting their side off to a good start.

But the introduction of Barnes (6-45) at number five brought about the breakthrough and he saw them both dismissed in quick succession.

Mohammad Sharif (19) and Sam Stephenson (6) became victim number three and four, before he had Callan McCabe (49) stumped behind by Crichton with Leadgate on 187-5.

Barnes claimed his sixth wicket when he had Jack Thackray caught by Cant for a king duck, but not before Meadows (2-31) removed Luke McCabe (12).

From 194-7, Leadgate managed to get to 231-9 in the reduced 44 overs, Daniel Gowland (17) and David Richardson (14no) adding useful contributions with Meadows having Gowland caught by Rainford and Dagg (1-24) seeing Aaron McCabe (2) caught by Lucas.

Tynedale II defeated Lintz II by two wickets in a low scoring affair after bowling their hosts out for 96.

George Cook (5-28) took five wickets, with David Newton (3-11) and Mark Clark (2-22) claiming the others while Richard Darling was particularly tight without reward as he conceded just six runs from his 10 overs.

Tyne‘s batsmen faced some good bowling themselves, with Andy Percival (20) and Newton (24) putting on a solid second wicket stand. Neil Clark (15) and Darling (17no) also reached double figures to help with the run chase.