Bowls: Battle of clubmate Nathans is won by Haigh
Jul 9 2009 by Chris Roberts, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
NATHAN HAIGH won the Huddersfield Bowls Association Under 14 Girls and Boys Handicap at Hemplow.
Haigh beat his Newsome WMC teammate Nathan Oakes 15-7 in the final of the Marsden Enhancement Committee-sponsored event.
The younger Oakes had no answer to Haigh’s brilliant corner bowling.
Oakes had come through the top half of the draw beating Broad Oak’s Rhys Beaumont 15-9 in the semis while Haigh was victorious against the more experienced Anton Haigh (Penistone BC) 15-7 in his semi-final clash from the tougher bottom half draw.
Thirty-five boys and girls took part in the tournament, where some of the younger players on a seven start gave the older players some anxious moments as the games were only 15-up.
Anton Haigh suffered one of these scares as he scraped home against his seven-year-old teammate Ethan Wareing 15-11, Wareing being 11-2 up at one stage.
The two winners for the best boy and girl were Conor Burhouse of Milnsbridge BC and Meg Lumb from Kirkheaton Con.
Results:
Prelims – S Ladbroke (Milnsbridge BC) (4) 11 J Chesswas (Brockholes BC) (5) 15, J Evans (Broad Oak BC) (4)10 A Holmes (Newsome WMC) (5) 15, O Fox (Kirkheaton Con)(5) 5 J Sykes (Milnsbridge BC)(5)13.
Last 16 – A Conroy (Kirkheaton Con) (2)11 R Beaumont (Broad Oak BC) (2)15, J Wood (Kirkheaton Con) (5)15 J Dickinson (Brockholes) (4)14, C Beaumont (Broad Oak BC) (4)12 H Lumb (Kirkheaton Con) (5)15, J Wiltshire (Penistone BC) (5)12 N Oakes (Newsome WMC) (5)15.
Last 32 – B Radcliffe (Bradley & Colne) (4)13 A Conroy (Kirkheaton Con) (2)15, J Wareing (Penistone BC) (Scr) 7 R Beaumont (Broad Oak BC) (2)15, C Burhouse (Milnsbridge BC) 8 J Wood (Kirkheaton Con)(5)15, M Lumb (Kirkheaton Con) 4)10 J Dickinson (Brockholes) 4) 5, K Hemingway (Kirkheaton Con) (5) 9 C Beaumont (Broad Oak BC) (4)15, H Lumb(Kirkheaton Con) (5)15 M Lawrence (Brockholes BC) (2) 6, J Wiltshire (Penistone BC) (5)15 J Ellis (Brockholes BC) (7) 7, Cam Ghaffar (Newsome WMC) (7)10 N Oakes (Newsome WMC) (5)15, A Haigh (Penistone BC) (Scr)15 M Payne (Kirkheaton Con) (2) 8, C Lawrence(Kirkheaton Con) (3) 5 E Wareing (Penistone BC) (7)15, D Moxon (Newsome WMC) (3)10 T Marsland (Penistone BC) (3)15, M Hoyle (Broad Oak BC) (3)15 Chloe Ghaffar (Newsome WMC) (5)13, H Jackson (Newsome WMC) (6)15 A Jones (Penistone BC) (Scr) 8, A Pulcella (Newsome WMC) (5) 6 N Haigh (Newsome WMC) (3) 15, R Mcgowan (Bradley & Colne) (3)15 J Chesswas (Brockholes BC) (5) 7, A Holmes (Newsome WMC) (5)15 O Fox (Kirkheaton Con) (5) 5, A Haigh (Penistone Bc) (Scr) 15 E Wareing (Penistone BC) (7)13, T Marsland (Penistone BC) (3) 15 M Hoyle (Broad Oak BC) (3) 8, H Jackson (Newsome WMC) (6) 11 N Haigh (Newsome WMC) (3)15, R Mcgowan (Bradley & Colne) (3) 12 A Holmes (Newsome WMC) (5) 15.
Quarter Finals – R Beaumont (Broad Oak BC) (2) 15 J Wood (Kirkheaton Con) (5) 6, H Lumb (Kirkheaton Con) (5) 11 N Oakes (Newsome WMC) (5) 15, A Haigh (Penistone BC) (Scr) 15 T Marsland (Penistone BC (3) 7, N Haigh (Newsome WMC) (3) 15 A Holmes (Newsome WMC) (5) 11.
Semi Finals – R Beaumont (Broad Oak BC) (2) 9 N Oakes (Newsome WMC) (5) 15, A Haigh (Penistone BC) (Scr) 7 N Haigh (Newsome WMC) (3) 15.
Final – N Oakes (Newsome WMC) (5) 8 N Haigh (Newsome WMC) (3) 15.
