Bowls: Yorkshire start with Roses rout

May 7 2009 by Peter Barrow, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

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YORKSHIRE began their county campaign with a crushing 474-380 victory over Lancashire.

The home squad led the way at Newsome WMC with a 240-180 success and the away team were equally convincing in victory with a 234-200 margin at Garswood Labour Club in Ashton-in-Makerfield.

At Newsome WMC: P Ingleby (Lockwood BC) 21 A Wightman (King & Queen) 17, W Moseley (Lockwood Con) 21 T Johnstone (St Oswalds) 20, S Haigh (Netherton Con) 21 S Brown (K&Q) 14, P Sigsworth (Netherton Con) 21 D Ainsworth (Scarisbrook NSC) 14, S Hirst (Netherton Con) 21 A Manual (K&Q) 8, P Jagger (Spen Victoria) 21 L Wells (K&Q) 11, S Fisher (Morton House) 20 C Cooke (Alexandra Park) 21, G Higgins (Ossett Flying Horse) 21 D Jarrett (Ince Parish) 5, S Pinfield (Lower Hopton WMC) 16 D Watkins (St Josephs) 21, M Robinson (Morton House) 21 I Brown (Ince Parish) 11, D Fisher (Morton House) 15 D Morrison (K&Q) 21, A Daykin (Netherton Con) 21 J Taylor (K&Q) 17. Yorkshire 240 Lancashire 180.

At Garswood and Simms Labour Club Ashton-in-Makerfield: C Newton (Lower Hopton WMC) 19 N Shaw (Garswood Hall) 21, L Lawton (Lower Hopton WMC) 21B Naylor (Garswood Hall) 6, G I Wilson (Lower Hopton WMC) 21 N Bithell (Garswood Hall) 17, J Hanson (Pudsey BC) 21 C Marshall (Garswood Hall) 11, N White (Thongsbridge CBC) 21 P Clegg (Goldbourne SSC) 20, J Edmondson (Eccleshill) 21 B Speed (Garswood Hall) 20, J Davidson (Eccleshill) 21 P Marrow (Garswood Hall) 18, L Griffin (Lower Hopton WMC) 16 B Simm (North Ashton Village) 21, G Hickey (Lower Hopton WMC) 11 A Garside (Garswood Hall) 21, G Smith (Lower Hopton WMC)20 D Tabaner (Garswood Hall) 21, R Hitchen (Lower Hopton WMC) 21 M Britton (Whelley Lane Club) 12, C Murdue (Brighouse Sports) 21 B Farrell (Garswood Hall) 12. Yorkshire 234 Lancashire 200.

The final of the John Smith’s 2009 Classic will be held at Cleckheaton Sports Club on Saturday (start 6pm) and the finalists are:

Chris Slater (Colwyn Bay), Gary Ellis (Whitefield), Nicky White (Thongsbridge), Malcolm Wensley (Clitheroe), Kevan Shaw (Westhoughton), Andy Mailer (Sheffield), Alec Heeps (Warrington), John Ambleton (Stockport), Jeremy D Muff (Holmes Chapel), John Bennett (Stockport), Dave Jackson (Macclesfield), Phil Boydell (Leigh), Tommy Johnstone (Warrington), Matt Beever (Sheffield), Liam Griffin (Leeds) and John Senior (Thongsbridge).

The latest qualifiers in the Clifford Crawshaw Classic, played at Hill Crest BC, were: Chris Mordue, Andy Spragg, Tommy Johnstone and Gary Smith.

First round: S Goodwin (Warrington) 22 C Mordue (Bradford) 31, D Spragg (Chesterfield) 31 M Sykes (Huddersfield) 19, C Armitage (Warrington) 31 T Riley (Brighouse Sports) 18, A Spragg (Chesterfield) 31 P Boydell (Leigh) 21, T Johnstone (Warrington) 31 R Bentley (Cleckheaton) 20, A Hill (Atherton) 30 M Fowler (Bradford) 31, A Heeps (Warrington) 28 G Smith (Leeds) 31, D Sillitoe (Doncaster) 20 G McCafferty (Bradford) 31.

Second round: C Mordue 31 D Spragg 12, C Armitage 21 A Spragg 31, T Johnstone 31 M Fowler 20, G Smith 31 G McCafferty 30.

Saturday’s draw (start 6pm):

First round: C Wraight (Shrewsbury) v M Foster (Worsley), J Wilcox () v D Ogden (Laurel Crescent), D Baskerville (Hale) v P Dudley (Radcliffe), P Bailey () v A Whitman (Shrewsbury), D Griffiths (Chadderton) v C Bebbington (Warrington), J Derby (Radcliffe) v R Hiley (Kingston), R Morgan (Sale) v A Judson (Shrewsbury).