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Spen Victoria has been chosen as the venue for the Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup for the first time.

The 2010 final will be played at Spen Lane on Sunday, August 29 and is recognition for the excellent way the club staged the 2009 Sovereign Health Care Priestley Shield final.

The Management Board have also announced that Keigley's Lawkholme Lane ground will be the venue for the Sovereign Health Care Priestley Shield final.

Hosting the match on August 8 is recognition forall the hard work Keighley have put in to continually improving their ground in recent years.

In choosing Spen Victoria to host the Priestley Cup final the Management Board have underlined their determination to establish a second venure alongside Bradford & Bingley's Wagon Lane ground that is able and willing to host the match.

Spen Victoria have gained considerable experience of handling big matches after hosting the Priestley Shield finals of 2005 and 2009, the Crowther Cup finals of 2004, 2005 and 2006 and the 125th anniversary Heavy Woollen Cup final in 2008.

Spen Victoria cricket chairman Derek Warriner said: "This is a great honour for our club. We are thrilled to have been chosen and the planning starts now."