IT'S cup time for local cricket and once again the two local leagues have contrived to play their finals on the same day.

On Sunday the Bolton League stage the climax to their Hamer Cup competition at Bradshaw, while the Association will decide the Cross Cup at Adlington -- two finals that offer consolation prizes to possibly three of the four finalists.

Walshaw and Clifton from the Association, and Greenmount, who will contest the Hamer final, all look to have missed out on the championship of their respective leagues, and so the games offer them probably their only piece of silverware,

The exception to that are Westhoughton, who as leaders of the Bolton League, are looking at the chance of achieving a cup and league title double.

In fact, that could also be stretched to a triple, if they can successfully come through the last two remaining hurdles they face in the Lancashire Knockout.

Greenmount, however, will be out to stop that as they defend the trophy they won at Kearsley last year, when they beat Astley Bridge by 38 runs.

Their recent demise in the championship chase has left them to focus all their energy on the cup competition, and skipper Mark Fallon will no doubt be reminding his side that he does not want to finish the season empty-handed.

The same can be said of Walshaw in the Cross Cup. Like Greenmount, last season's champions have been left trailing in the race after looking earlier in the season, a good bet to repeat the feat.

Yet they come up against a Clifton side, who having been beaten by Spring View in last season's final, are desperate not to suffer the same fate 12 months on.

League table positions suggest that Walshaw will start favourites, but Clifton have promised so much over the last two seasons and failed to deliver a major prize, that they may find the determination to put that right this year.

Both sides have family connections, the Clifton father and son combination of Geoff and Andy Griffiths, and chairman Keith Harris and his son, Anthony at Walshaw.

And that is also reflected among the officials, as the umpires are the Tatton brothers, Peter and Paul -- the first time two brothers have stood in the final.