DESPITE ending their season on a high by defeating newly-crowned champions Swinton Moorside in the final game of the campaign, Bury captain Sean Gibson was left disappointed after his side failed to land any silverware in his first year as skipper.

The Radcliffe Road outfit finished third in Section A of the Bolton Association and also reached the semi-final of the Cross Cup.

“The team has been very different to previous years with a new pro and captain and overall it’s been a good season,” Gibson said.

“But Bury are a team that want to win silverware. So to not win something is a little disappointing.

“We were beaten by an amazing individual performance by Blackrod’s Thusendra De Zoysa in the last four of the cup, while in the league we’ve dropped crucial points with a loss and a controversial abandoned game against Edgworth.

“The other games we have dropped points because of lapses in concentration and they are the ones you look back on with regret.

“In the game against mid-table Adlington earlier in the season, for instance, where we were 80 all out chasing 140 for victory.

“Considering we score 200 runs most weeks, I still don’t know how that happened.”

Bury put in an excellent performance to deny title winners Swinton Moorside on Saturday.

Gibson’s side set a daunting target of 188-3 from 30 overs, with opener Simon Belston scoring 80 and number three, pro Ashen Silva, finishing unbeaten on 73. It eventually proved too much for Swinton Moorside, despite a fine partnership of 98 between Callum Flynn (60) and captain Jonny Herreran (43) during which it looked like they might go on to win the game.

That they did not was largely due to Neil Tong, who took 5-31.

Local rivals Walshaw finished fifth in Section B following a two-wicket defeat against Worsley.

Gavin Nicholl (46) top-scored in Walshaw’s 183, with Mick Old taking 4-11 at the end. Schaughn van Greunen (45) and Paul Smith (41) led the successful run chase for Worsley, Danny Perkins taking 5-38.