DUDLEY Heathens conquered last year’s treble winners Buxton Hitmen to claim the National League Shield on Sunday.
And the former Cradley club did it in style with a 46-44 win on the day to win by 18-points on aggregate and claim their first official national title since Cradley won the Premier League Fours in 1995.
Winter signing Adam Roynon continued his fairytale start to his Heathens career with an unbeaten 11+1 score from four outings and guest rider Byron Bekker, in for the injured Jon Armstrong, did a fine job with 8.
Heathens had one hand on the silverware after their 53-37 win at Wolverhampton in Tuesday’s first leg but refused to take victory for granted and worked hard for their points, watched by a big number of travelling fans.
Boss Will Pottinger said: “It’s fantastic to win our first piece of official silverware, everybody did a great job in the team and thanks to our guest Byron Bekker for a great job.
“The reserves scored well and Adam was fantastic. To win on the day is a real bonus for us.”
BUXTON 44: Robert Branford 13, Adam Allott 10+1, Ben Taylor 8, Luke Priest 6+2, Dean Felton 5+2, John McPhail 2+1, Ryan Blacklock 0
DUDLEY 46: Adam Roynon 11+1, Byron Bekker 8, Ashley Morris 7, Richard Franklin 6+1, Tom Perry 6+1, Luke Chessell 5+1, Darryl Ritchings 3+2.
