Bowls: Victory takes vets to top of the table

Jun 23 2009 by Mel Booth, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

THE Huddersfield veterans team scored an emphatic victory in their latest outing.

The Perrys-sponsored team scored a 41-15 win over Skipton in the Inter-District competition.

Both teams had excellent results against another of the league’s front runners and Huddersfield lead the league byŠ32 points, although Bradford, the teams’ next opponents, have a game in hand.

The Skipton match scores were:

Away (at Silsden, Huddersfield names first): R Tipple 21 C Wortley 12,ŠM McCluskey 21 v A Ripley 13, Š B Nicholl 15 K Koppen 21,ŠF Griffin 21 D Calvert 7, D Crowther 19 I Wade 21,ŠR Armitage 19 T Akers 21,ŠV Smith 21 L Hubbuck 15,ŠE Haigh 21 L Buxton 15. Match score 20-8.

Home (atŠMeltham): B Starkey 21 G Whitham 15,ŠT Sykes 21 T Hargreaves 16,ŠŠH Pennington 11 D Stone 21,ŠD Burnand 21 B Turnbull 12, D Hirst 21 K Baker 4,ŠR Sutton 7 v P Deighton 21,ŠR Norcliffe 21 A Pennington 6, F Greenwood 21 B Hardwick 11. Match score 21-7

Squads for Bradford matches on Friday are:

AwayŠ(at Oakenshaw Park): R Armitage, D Crowther, T Emerson, PR Green, F Griffin, E Haigh, M McCluskey, B Nicholl,ŠV Smith, R Tipple.

HomeŠ(at Meltham): D Burnand, F Greenwood, D Hirst, R Norcliffe, H Pennington, T Randerson, B Starkey, R Sutton, T Sykes, I Wrigley.Š