BOLTON continued to put the town on the junior rugby map with sensational cup final performances on Sunday.

The Avenue Street club's under-13s and u16s put their names on the Plate and Vase finals, respectively, at Southport RUFC, having both dispensed of strong teams from the North West on the way.

The u16s, who had reached the final having disposed of Rossendale in the quarter-finals and Broughton Park in the semis, beat Fleetwood 13-5.

Their opposition was Fleetwood RUFC who had beaten Bolton the two previous matches between the two sides.

Bolton drew first blood when player of the match Ben Turner put the ball out of touch five metres from the Fleetwood try line. Connor McGauphey found Matthew Moore who took the ball well and the Bolton forwards drove the ball over the line with Morgan Skeels-Caldwell at the rear of the maul diving over to score.

Fleetwood replied with a try after taking advantage of a rare slip in the Bolton defence and with both tries converted the game was all square at 5-5.

Bolton came back strongly and Skeels-Caldwell went over for his second try which was again not converted.

The Avenue Street boys started the second half with a 10-5 lead and the wind at their backs.

Their forwards dominated and the backs defended much better than their counterparts and they deserved their big break when it came halfway through the second half when Fleetwood gave yet another penalty away which Ben Turner, who was having an outstanding game, easily converted to complete the scoring.

The u13s tied with Wigan to earn a share of the Plate competition trophy after a hard-fought final.

Seb Donnelly and Myles Garth performed heroically to prevent the large Wigan pack battering their way through.

Powerful defending and strong driving down the field aided Bolton's cause and they took the lead when recycled ball was moved out by Tom Platt via Jake Rimmer.

Myles Garth sprinted away and went over for what Bolton thought was a try until the ref deemed he had dropped it over the line and Wigan breathed again.

Some great breaks by Joel Matthews, Sean Carragher and Seb Donnelly caused Wigan to scramble to try to stem the tide.

And it was well against the run of play when Wigan broke away and scored in the corner to take a 5-0 lead.

Carragher went close to scoring the equaliser before half time, and started the second half under pressure despite having the wind at their backs.

It was after surviving a period of pressure that the backs finally managed to break free of the stranglehold to put Garth away again.

This time there was no mistake as he went over to pull the game level.

Bolton had their tails up and applied more pressure which resulted in Garth putting his side ahead after some great passing play.

Wigan staged a late surge and broke Bolton's resistance with an equalising try to end the scoring.

Bolton u11s went down 8-6 at old rivals Littleborough.

The nine-man Avenue Street boys got off to a flying start with two quick tries as they caught Littleborough cold.

Littleborough, who had an 18-strong squad for the game, hit back and as injuries started to hit Bolton – who had no substitutes to call upon – Littleborough edged victory.

The u15s were too strong for Eccles as they won what could be their last game of the season 24-14.

Prop Alex Tonge crashed over for the first of his brace of tries after Eccles had taken an early lead.

After going in level at half time, Bolton came out and played good, aggressive rugby. With the ball in hand and the forwards dominating in the contact area Bolton started to put pressure on the Eccles line.

From a good attacking position number eight Dylan Heywood picked up from the back of the scrum, drew the defenders and popped a ball to the onrushing flanker Jordan Griffiths to claim his first try of the day.

Bolton, for whom captain Jos Winstanley scored two conversions, endured a sustained Eccles fightback with some great defending and last-ditch tackling before securing the victory with another Griffiths try.

Bolton Under 18s gave an outstanding account of themselves against a side 20 places higher in league structure in a 29-20 defeat to Glossop in the Senior Colts League Bowl semi-final.

In the quarter-final, Bolton defeated a side two leagues higher and this was another chance to test themselves against higher-ranking opposition ahead of this Sunday's Lancashire Cup final against Fleetwood at Avenue Street.

Bolton broke the deadlock after nine minutes when Joe Partington burst through a couple of tackles and outpaced the cover to touch down next to the posts. Chris Brownlow added the extras and Bolton were ahead 7-0.

Bolton kept up the pressure and were unlucky not to increase their lead when Brownlow slipped as he took a penalty shot at goal.

Glossop began to show their class and replied with two tries either side of a Brownlow penalty to make the score 14-10 to Glossop.

Brownlow added a second penalty on 25 minutes but Glossop took a deserved lead into the break with an unconverted try just before half time to make the score 19-13.

Bolton started the second period with determination and within five minutes were back in front 20-19 as Josh Holmes benefitted from good work from Harry Stocks, Joe Speakman, Brownlow and Joe Partington who put him through a hole in the Glossop defence.

With Sam Smith in support he rounded the full back and then made Brownlow’s conversion a little easier scoring closer to the sticks.

Glossop replied with a penalty to take a 22-20 lead.

Both sides had opportunities and it was Glossop who secured their place in the final with a well-worked try in the closing minutes.

The Bolton boys’ hopes of a chance of a last-gasp draw were shattered as the conversion was good.

Bolton’s forwards were immense throughout and George Carbery played most of the match out of position at prop against a heavier and more experienced front row.

He was ably assisted by Connor Orrell and Matt Chowdhury who were backed up by Jonny Wallis and George Weston in the second row.

In the backs Stocks provided some excellent service to fly half Speakman.

Adam Kazmi entered the fray and despite it being several weeks since his last run in a Bolton shirt he looked dangerous, as did Sam Smith and Charlie Hardern on the opposite flank.