Bowls: Morley strong for win

Oct 23 2008 by Mel Booth, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

BRIAN MORLEY won the second ‘16’ of the season at the Griffin.

He defeated new member Danny Beeby 21-15 in the final after playing consistently well throughout the competition.

First round – M Hampshaw 14 D Beeby 21, R Mozley 21 M Richardson 9, G Senior 21 J Abbott 9, D Walkden 21 S Pollard 15, P Ingleby 21 R Whitwam 15, E Haigh 21 P Kain 13, B Walsh 21, H Ellis 18, R Taylor 6 B Morley 21.

Second round – Beeby 21 Mozley 13, Senior 21 Walkden 15, Ingleby 21 Haigh 14, Walsh 9 Morley 21.

Semi-finals – Beeby 21 Senior 18, Ingleby 16 Morley 21.

Final – Beeby 15 Morley 21.

The Griffin Pairs gets under way on Sunday (noon) with 10 pairs doing battle for a place in the final on Sunday, November 2.

Preliminary round (odds in brackets): B Gibson and G Woodruff (25-1), D Walkden and J Ollerenshaw (25), R Crowther and C Davies (8), P Kain and B Walsh (20), K O’Prey and W Higgins (40), G Senior and D Reeves (8), P Ramsden and S Pollard (33), B Morley and W Dews (8), A Hirst and P Coneely (50), T Wilson and B Tinker (25).

Those with byes: R Taylor and M Wood (25), A Daykin and T Holmes (6), P Ingleby and A Crowther (9/2), D Scott and M Pollard (16), R Sutton and D Hartley (12), MJ Sykes and P Hopkinson (12).

The Huddersfield Bowling Association presentation night is this Friday, October 24, at Broad Oak BC (8.00).

A Winter Sweep 32 is being staged at Spen Victoria on Saturday with £160 for the winner and £320 in prizemoney.

Draw – (start 10.30): R Tiler v R Swift, C Mordue (Brighouse) v M Watkin, V Senior v S Tattersley (Moldgreen), F Griffin (Huddersfield) v J Wilcox, P Sigsworth (Netherton) v P Rosser, K Brenkley v D Buckley, D Myers v D Jones (Moldgreen), J Hatzer (Halifax) v C Davies (Slaithwaite), T Riley (Brighouse) v L Buxton, R Brook (Mirfield) v G Foulkes, D Rodgers v P Wilcox, J Mordue (Brighouse) v A Tattersley (Almondbury), D Scott (Lower Hopton) v R Dunford, J Tiler v D Reeves, R Thompson v Keith Hatzer (Halifax), J Edmondson (Brighouse) v D Doman.

TEAM Netherton won the Four Person event at Milnsbridge BC, beating Lower Hopton in the showpiece, and there was a further celebration for members Ashley Daykin and Steven Hirst, who also took the Open Pairs.

The story could have been different, however, as Hirst lost his game in the semi-final of the team event 21-10 to Peter Kain while Steven Haigh lost to Craig Gant 21-15, meaning Netherton were 26 behind at half way to Brockholes.

Paul Sigsworth pulled it back with a 21-14 win, but it still left Daykin needing a solid victory against Jack Dyson.

He superbly bowled a mark across the middle of the green which Dyson just couldn’t master and he took it 21-6, giving Netherton a six-point victory.

In the final, Hirst beat county colleague Graham Hickey 21-10 and, from then on, Netherton were too strong.