TROWBRIDGE Town boss Kieran Baggs is already turning his attentions to a promotion push next season after wrapping up the Wiltshire League title at the weekend.

The Bees have looked like champions in waiting all season, having lost just two league games, and sealed their success with a 4-1 win at home to Ludgershall Sports on Saturday.

An own goal opened Trowbridge’s account before Jake Hiscocks, Matt Sharp and James Vincent pushed the Bees further clear. Ludgershall replied with a late penalty.

Trowbridge will have to be content with another year in the Wiltshire League next season but Baggs hopes the club can put plans in place to go up to the Toolstation League in 2017-18.

Should those come to fruition, Baggs says his troops will be ready to respond on the pitch as he plots a path to keep hold of their title.

“We have sat down with the chairman (Ralph McCaldon) and I think the plan is to apply for promotion,” said Baggs.

“I think there are plans to do some development on the ground and add in floodlights but it just takes a little bit of time.

“We know it won’t happen for next season but we would like to do it in the near future.

“For the first time in a few years, everything is in place on the field. We just need the club to hold up on their end of the bargain now.

“We know how tough it is to retain a title but we will give it our best shot and if we could, and got promotion too, it would be a fantastic achievement.

“If you look at the local scene, Westbury and Warminster have struggled in Division One of the Toolstation League for a few years and the likes of Calne have not done anything special.

“It’s only really Melksham and Bradford who have consistently done well, so I think there’s certainly scope for Trowbridge to be competitive at Toolstation League level.”

Town have had to do it the hard way as they have had to play catch-up all season. The Bees did not play a single fixture in either December or February and they went more than four months without a home game due to flooding problems at their Woodmarsh ground.

“People have probably expected us to win it for a long time but with that expectation comes added pressure, so to get it done with two games to go is a great achievement,” added Baggs.

“Everyone knows how bad the ground is and it does play a factor. Everyone has games called off but when you can’t play at home for four months, then it really does make it tough.

“It’s more difficult than people realise, so it’s a huge credit to the team that they’ve stuck together and pulled through.”

Wroughton also got their hands on silverware at the weekend as they lifted the Fountains Trophies Senior Knockout Cup with a 2-1 success over Chippenham Park Development.

There was only one other league game on Saturday, which saw Royal Wootton Bassett Town Reserves romp to a 5-1 success at home to Vale of Pewsey.