A RIDDLESDEN firework display company has sparkled again in a top contest.

Optimum Fireworks has won the coveted Firework Champions title for the second year running.

It beat off competition from two other leading display teams to take the honours, at Capesthorne Hall in Cheshire.

Each entrant staged a display, choreographed to music, and an audience vote then decided the winner.

Philip Cooper, who runs Optimum Fireworks with partner Rebecca, said they were delighted to retain the title.

"It was a great event – albeit a very wet one due to a thunderstorm arriving about three hours before the start," he said.

"However, luckily, the rain had mostly stopped by the time the event began.

"It was a very tough competition, with some great displays."

The winning display can be viewed at vimeo.com/optimumfireworks.