MAGNIFICENT Moldgreen Con dominated the Golcar Liberal Club-sponsored and hosted Colne Valley Merit.

With six players in the 16-man final day card, it was highly likely that one player from the club would have a good run.

And when the semi-finals turned out to be all Moldgreen contests – it was a marvellous achievement for the club.

In the end it was 27-year-old Jon Metcalfe who claimed his first senior bowling title with a 21-5 victory against clubmate Dave Fisher in the well-supported final.

Garry Senior, captain of Moldgreen’s solid Subscription Cup side, said: “After a successful run in the Dearne and Don League, we withdrew our team from that competition to have a go in the Colne Valley League two years ago and this has been a magnificent achievement for our club.”

Three previous Merit winners – Ashley Daykin (1997), Paul Ingleby (1990) and Mark Sykes (2003 and 2004) – came croppers early doors with Daykin beaten 21-19 by Jack Dyson, of Brockholes, in the first round while Ingleby and Sykes fell 21-17 and 21-18 to Scott Tattersley and Fisher in the quarter-finals respectively.

But the man on song on the day was Metcalfe, who proved unstoppable in the final, dropping on a favoured mark, and leaving Fisher the bridesmaid in his second final in a month after he was beaten 21-17 by Slaithwaite’s Richard Mozley in the Huddersfield Bowling Association’s Summer Handicap.

Metcalfe, who won a first prize of £180, said: “I dropped on that mark right from the off, to and fro over the centre of the crown, and I decided I just had to stick with it – and it paid off.”

First round: S Tattersall (Moldgreen Con) 10 D Pollard (Bradley and Colne) 21, T Butterfield (Moldgreen Con) 14 A Graham (Moldgreen Con) 21, A Daykin (Netherton Con) 19 J Dyson (Brockholes BC) 21, J Metcalfe (Moldgreen Con) 21 N Small (Golcar Lib) 6, S Halsall (Cowcliffe Lib) 18 P Ingleby (Longwood BC) 21, S Tattersley (Moldgreen Con) 21 T Boothroyd (Crosland Moor) 11, A Byrnes (Slaithwaite CBC) 5 D Fisher (Moldgreen Con) 21, M Sykes (Milnsbridge BC) 21 M Wood (Lockwood Con) 15.

Quarter-finals: Pollard 16 Graham 21, Dyson 17 Metcalfe 21, Ingleby 17 Tattersley 21, Fisher 21 Sykes 18.

Semi-finals: Graham 15 Metcalfe 21, Tattersley 17 Fisher 21.

Final: Metcalfe 21 Fisher 5.

Results from the second week of the Colne Valley Floodlight League:

Slaithwaite CBC A (178) 2 Moldgreen Con A (157) 0, Longwood BC B (175) 0 Thorpe Green (187) 2, Moldgreen Con B (191) 2 Marsh Utd (168) 0, Golcar Lib A 177 0 Slaithwaite CBC B (195) 2, HRUFC BC (202) 2 Meltham BC B (152) 0, Lindley Lib (166) 0 Hemplow BC A (187) 2, Hemplow BC B (163) 0 Bradley and Colne B (210) 2, Broad Oak BC (199) 2 Golcar Lib B (192) 0, Milnsbridge BC B (176) 0 Milnsbridge Lib (205) 2, Moldgreen Con A (181) 2 Milnsbridge BC A (142) 0, Longwood BC A (182) 2 Meltham BC A (169) 0.

Crosland Moor (155) 0 Slaithwaite CBC A (186) 2, Thorpe Green (157) 0 Marsh Utd (196) 2, Slaithwaite CBC B (195) 2 Moldgreen Con B (166) 0, Golcar Lib A (195) 2 Longwood BC B (185) 0, Meltham BC B (162) 0 Linthwaite Hall (199) 2, Hemplow BC A (191) 2 Bradley and Colne A (186) 0, Lindley Lib (187) 2 HRUFC BC (181) 0, Bradley and Colne B (180) 2 Golcar Lib B (173) 0, Milnsbridge Lib (193) 2 Broad Oak BC (168) 0, Milnsbridge BC B (165) 0 Hemplow BC B (181) 2.