Dev Colts 5 Dev Cougars 0 It's official, Devonshire Colts have ascended to the summit and have the silverware to prove it.

Fittingly Easter Sunday saw Colts anointed kings of the Coca Cola First Division before a small band of the club's faithful, after having endured 24 years of failure.

Colts actually secured the title a week ago after downing St. George's Colts 4-0 but were forced to wait eight days before being presented the hardware that accompanies such distinction.

Yesterday saw them cap off a highly successful season with a 5-0 bashing of Devonshire Cougars at BAA Field.

Immediately following the final whistle there were Colts huddled in the centre of the pitch reflecting upon that which they had achieved and already peering toward the future.

"We did it this year, we can do it again next year. Let's just keep our heads and we can do it again. We have one trophy, we can get more,'' said captain and defensive cornerstone Shannon Burgess before he and his team-mates broke into a rendition of the Lord's prayer.

Indeed there was an unmistakable glow as each member climbed the steps towards a makeshift podium to receive their winners' medals and the gleaming silver goblet that will rest in their possession for the next year at least.

And while it may have been somewhat anticlimactic to receive honours more than a week after being confirmed for first place there could be no dampening the joy exhibited by the players and fans alike.

"It's been a long time coming and I think well deserved. We just needed to get over the step and a lot of it has to do with maturity and I feel we had a lot of discipline this year that helped us through that,'' said a beaming Mark Ray who, like the team, had to fight through a bad patch early in the season when he could do little right.

"It was just about scoring goals. During that early part we weren't playing bad. We were playing good but we just weren't scoring. Once we started scoring it didn't stop until the Dudley Eve, but we got over that and this is something where you can't say it's luck because we've been consistent all year round and the guys deserve it.'' Meanwhile for forward Ellington Weldon the reward was long overdue.

Having entered the top flight 11 years ago as a precocious teenage phenom his lot had been one of more disappointment than celebration.

"It feels pretty good. I've been in seven finals and to win this one is really different because it's over the stretch of the whole season...we won and I'm real glad for that,'' said Weldon. "Finals are a one shot deal on that day and there's more prestige for that day but I'm happy for this. "When I first started I was playing with Jeff (Richardson) and those guys and it was a struggle then, always playing for survival, to avoid relegation, and now to go out and try to win things is a big difference.'' Their season now over, Colts have time to rest and further reflect on a job well done before beginning preparations for the next campaign.

Skipper Burgess again emphasised this to be a team not having reached its peak and well capable of producing more championships.

"For now we can relax and think about what we did this season, enjoy it, take a couple of months off and then start all over again.'' "We have a good young team but we may be missing one or two experienced players. But if the younger guys stay together and learn from the experience already around them we can do good for years to come.'' Yesterday's match saw Colts overrun visiting Cougars spurred by a Keishon Smith hat-trick and single goals from Jermaine Belboda and Weldon.