SEVERN Tunnel A capped their season with a fine victory over Undy Athletic in the Nathan James Centenary Cup final.

It was during that first quarter-hour when Undy had their best chance, Josh James beating the offside trap only to put his header wide of a post.

That lucky escape spurred the Tunnel into action and with skipper Nathan Wheeler and Stephen Lane in fine form in defence, Kyle Swift appearing to cover every blade of grass in midfield, they were 2-0 up by half time thanks to neat goals by strikers Daryl Berry and Tom Atkins.

Undy had their moments but were unable to beat Tunnel keeper Tom Pickin who was commanding in the penalty area and made a superb save to deny Tom Moore an equaliser.

Berry scored his second early in the second half to virtually end Undy's hopes, winning a one-on-one with Tom Davies before firing home from the edge of the area.

Undy piled on the pressure towards the end in a bid for a consolation goal but Tunnel held out.

Sponsor Nathan James presented commemorative momentos to the referees and medals to the runners-up and winners before handing the trophy to Nathan Wheeler.

Ron Atkins, who formed the club in 2009 and is known as "The Owner" by the players, was delighted by the success and predicted that it could be the springboard to further successes.

He said: "We have a good team that is getting better and we are ambitious.

"Last year I said we would apply to the Gwent County League if we were second in the table at Christmas but we weren't so I didn't apply.

"But next season I will apply no matter what position we are in."

The only downside to the success was that team manager Steve Duddridge was banned from the touchline after being shown the red card during the semi-final on March 7th.

But the three-match suspension handed down by the disciplinary committee did not take effect until after Tunnel's next match, which meant the third match was Friday's final.

Although he could have watched the match from the stand, Duddridge said he "felt it best" to stay away from Caldicot Town's ground where the final was played.

"It was fantastic for the club to lift the first piece of silverware and I was devastated not to witness it."