Ellenborough and Egremont Rangers were the winners of silverware over the weekend after two absorbing finals.

In a dramatic showdown at Distington on Saturday, Ellenborough snatched a 30-28 win in the Iggesund Trophy final.

Earlier, on Friday night, Egremont A held off a late Lowca surge to win 32-22 in the Iggesund Shield final at Hensingham.

The Iggesund Trophy Final had absolutely everything - blood, sweat, tears and bitten fingernails all round, and more than 350 supporters were treated to an excellent game.

Underdogs Ellenborough registered their first points within two minutes when a lovely break by winger Kevin Hoban set-up Andrew Ostle for the first try, duly converted by Owen Hoyles.

On eight minutes, after several warnings and a rash of penalties for repeated high tackles, Hensingham’s Dean Laverick found himself dispatched to the sin-bin.

Ellenborough immediately capitalised as Jordan Ostle touched down and young Hoyles produced a fine touchline conversion.

Within 15 minutes, Ostle was on the sheet again when he followed an up and under to pounce on the loose ball and beat the Hensingham defenders to the touchdown. Hoyles converted for an 18-0 lead.

As the half-hour approached, Hensingham finally got their first points of the day through a Chris Smith try and Dean Laverick conversion.

But this was promptly cancelled out when Ellenborough’s young winger Matty Bell raced almost 70 yards for a fine solo try out wide.

On the stroke of half-time, Hensingham’s man-of-the-match Liam Campbell pulled back another try following heavy pressure. Laverick converted for a 22-12 deficit at the break.

Early in the second half, Hensingham lost their influential hooker Chris Smith when a clash of heads resulted in him having to go to hospital for a concussion check.

Within minutes, Hensingham registered their third try when scrum-half Campbell threw out a lovely long pass for Ellis Postlethwaite to crash over. Sixteen-year-old Jack Kellett converted and the deficit was reduced to just four points.

Ellenborough, however, quickly hit back when Hoban gathered a chip over to score a try which Hoyles converted.

The game flowed from end to end and, finally on 79 minutes, Hensingham scored after a jinking run from Campbell was followed by a lovely timed pass to Richard Morton who crashed over. Kellett converted.

Just a minute later, Dan Smith raced over the line out wide to make it 28-28 but Kellett’s conversion attempt went wide.

The game seemed to be moving into extra-time and golden-point territory when Elbra were awarded a penalty for a high tackle.

Hoyles didn’t hesitate and banged the ball between the sticks for the two points which soon afterwards, at the final whistle, proved to be the winning kick.

There was a crowd of more than 250 for the Iggesund Shield final but the first real action resulted in Egremont losing centre Jack Short with a serious eye socket injury after an accidental clash of heads with one of his team-mates.

After some near misses and solid defending, Egremont broke the deadlock on 15 minutes when winger Thomas Carruthers wriggled free in a tackle and touched down out wide.

Within four minutes, Lowca were rewarded with a try through their pacy centre Paul McNally after quick hands moved the ball across the field to create an overlap. Callum Sirkett converted.

Lowca extended their lead eight minutes later when loose forward Emmerson Allen made an outstanding break which was superbly backed up by scrum-half Aiden Pirie.

He beat the defenders following a kick through and touched down next to the posts, Sirkett converted for a 12-4 lead.

With half-time fast approaching, Egremont’s hard-working loose forward Dan Telford pulled a try back and Joe Bold’s conversion meant they went in trailing 12-10.

Egremont seemed to have a new lease of life on the restart as they quickly scored again.

From a penalty for a high tackle, they moved the ball quickly and eventually an excellent pass from scrum-half Billy Thompson saw prop Scott Atkinson power over the line to put them in front.

Less than five minutes later, following a kick through, Thompson was quickest to respond and rewarded with a try under the sticks, converted by Bold.

Egremont were now dominating the game and after being camped on the Lowca line, Richard Farrer burst over to score their fifth try, converted by Thompson.

This was followed five minutes later by Telford’s second straight from acting half-back. Thompson converted and, at 32-12, it looked over.

With less than 10 minutes remaining, Lowca seemed to regain their composure and looked the more dangerous of the two sides.

On 75 minutes, following some intense pressure on the Egremont line, Lowca hooker Jacob Johnston burst on to a short ball and raced under the sticks to touch down. Sirkett converted.

As full-time approached, Sirkett made a lovely break and following some quick hands, McNally dived over in the corner for the final try of the game.

Egremont stand-off Joe Bold was named the official man-of-the-match, but Lowca stand-off Keith Campbell and prop Callan McGrady were close behind.

There was also a Premier Division game on Saturday, in which, Kells A won 44-30 at Seaton after leading 30-12 at half-time.

Man-of-the-match Steve Newall scored two tries and was followed over by Liam Williamson, Craig Foster, Mark Walker and Dave Conway. Kieran Mewse kicked three goals.

The Kells tries came from Tyrone Dalton (3), Barry Boyd (3), Jordan Herve and Jonny Scott. Their man-of-the-match, Cameron Taylor, kicked six goals.