Brighouse trio to the fore!

May 9 2008 by Linzi Nicholson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

BRIGHOUSE bowlers dominated qualifying rounds in the Clifford Crawshaw Classic at Sowerby Bridge Hill Crest, with Chris Mordue, Tony Riley and Bob Whitfield all getting through.

First round: D Sillitoe (Doncaster) 29 R Bentley (Cleckheaton) 31, T Helliwell (Wrexham) 19 C Mordue 31, M O’Brien (Doncaster) 19 T Riley (Brighouse Spts) 31, G Davies (Wrexham) 26 M Gillies (Tonge) 31, T Roberts (Wrexham) 31 G Smith (Leeds) 27, B Kirk (Stoke) 31 J Dewey (Burton) 18, J Richardson (Doncaster) 30 K Tilling (Burton) 31, R Crowther (Huddersfield) 21 B Whitfield (Brighouse Spts) 31.

Second round: Bentley 19 Mordue 31, Riley 31 Gillies 19, Roberts 31 Kirk 22, Tilling 13 Whitfield 31.

Jim Derby makes his bid for a hat trick of Classic titles tomorrow.

He takes on James Senior, of Elland, in the first round.

First round: S Wallace (Birmingham) v G Bradford (Greetland), A Spragg (Chesterfield) v S Moseley (Shrewbury), J Derby (Radcliffe) v J Senior (Elland), G Herbert (Birmingham) v A Judson (Shrewsbury), G Hirst (Lower Hopton) v N Cranston (Sandal), A Marshall (Shrewsbury) v R Jackson (Sheffield), R Brook (Mirfield OB) v C Wraight (Shrewsbury), I Ross (Sheffield) v G Wilson (Oldham).