Adjudicators:  AB, PL, JK

Timing: 09:45 and 12:15

Prices: 1.40 and 1.30

After the impressive semi final performances from both teams, the Adjudicators had high hopes of witnessing a truly memorable Grand Final, and travelled to Pateley in high spirits, undismayed by the grey and drizzly conditions, and undeterred by the thick fog shrouding some parts of the dales.

The Bridge opened with a fresh, but only ever so slightly warm Pie. The crust was firm, without being hard, …

Adjudicators:  AB, PL, JK

Timing: 10:30 and 12:15

Prices: 1.30 and 1.30

The Adjudicators drove into Cleckheaton on a bright and sunny November morning, to find car parks full, roads blocked off, and the streets lined with stalls. Never had a PLC Semi-Final been so enthusiastically prepared for.

And the Cleckheaton Pie did full justice to the elaborate preparations. It was served at an almost perfect temperature……warm, but not hot, with the loosely formed …

Adjudicators:  AB, PL, JK

Timing: 09:45 and 11:40

Prices: 1.25 and 1.30

First, a little piece of nostalgia……. Two Adjudicators had to pop into Bradford on their way to the match, and passing the Talbot Hotel, remembered the stone Talbot Dog, which once stood guard over the entrance. Internet investigations confirmed that there had been two dogs, one over each entrance…….but they were stolen in 1975, after the hotel had closed down in 1974. Even …

Adjudicators: JK, AB, IW (part qualified)

Timing: 10:20 and 11:00

Prices: 1.30 and 1.20

Two unbeaten teams came together in this long awaited clash, which proved to be worth the wait.

Cleckheaton opened cleverly….playing the “next batch ready in 10 minutes” card, and forcing the Adjudicators to mosey down to the Obadiah Brooke, for a pre-match drink. And though the 10am chimes had barely finished…..the establishment, and its outdoor seating area, …

Adjudicators: JK, AB

Timing: 10:15 and 11:45

Prices: 1.40 and 1.30

Only two Adjudicators braved the blizzard conditions, but were rewarded with a thrilling encounter between two much improved teams.

Brighouse opened very strongly, with two pies kept warm from an oven-type thing. The Adjudicators quickly found some shelter from the biting wind, and driving snow, to start the game, and were immediately impressed by the Brighouse offering. The team had clearly worked on …

Adjudicators: JK, AB

Timing: 10:15 and 11:45

Prices: 1.30

The Adjudicators had the pleasure of introducing a novice into the League. We were hopeful that he would pass the stringent requirements and help out us old folk……but it was not to be……The candidate failed miserably…….but did show some qualities which suggest that he might yet become an Adjudicator…….we have not yet given up on him.

The game started with a …