THE Central Area side - made up of Bolton junior cricketers - failed to reach the final of the AGMA festival.

Although they beat the North-west by six wickets, they went down in their other two games, against the South-east and the North-east.

There were some impressive individual performances, from the Central side, with captain Nick Lester, of Bradshaw, doing well with the bat, while bowlers Alec Rodzoch, Mohammed Atcha, Curtis Anderton and Jonathon Cross were all among the wickets.

The South-east beat them by 159 runs, with Central only able to hit 150-4 in response to a target of 309-7. A three-wicket defeat followed against the North-east, who passed Central's tally of 139.

Central's one victory came after the beat the North-west's target of 148-9 by hitting 150-4.