THE first round of the Veterans Pairs will be played next Thursday, May 31 (1.30). It’s play down to four on each of eight greens. The draw is:
CROSLAND MOOR
First round – Garner and Winterburn (Netherton Con) (2) v Wheelwright and Homes (Slaithwaite) (7), Haigh and Shaw (Lockwood Con) (2) v Berry and Armitage (Hemplow) (5), Barrett and Hoult (Almondbury BC) (3) v Booth and Whiteley (New Mill) (6), Winner of Walker and Eastwood (Canalside) (4) and Womersley and Woodhouse v Winner of Lunn and Nutton (Lindley Lib) (4) and Hirst and Thomas (Lowerhouses) (6).
LOCKWOOD CON
First round – Greenwood and Manson (Golcar Lib) (scr) and Kinlock and Hopkinson (Lindley Lib) (4), Law and Cowgill (Lindley Lib) (4) and Rangely and Brook (Netherton Con) (2), Crawley and Sharp (Newsome) (4) and Lockwood and Davison (Skelmanthorpe) (5), Winner of Maxwell and Maxwell (Thorpe Green (4) and Green and Hallos (Brockholes) (3) v Winner of Beaumont and Sharpe (Almondbury Lib) (3) and Morris and Hoyle (Springwood) (4).
LINDLEY LIB
First round – Joyce and Hall (Rastrick) (4) and Nash and Faichney (Canalside) (6), Bennett and Beeny (Golcar Lib) (4) and Walsh and Randerson (Milnsbridge) (2), Haigh and Fitzgerald (Newsome) (4) and Ramsden and Stephenson (Almondbury Lib) (3), Winner of Kidman and Iredale (Rastrick) (2) and Wilkinson and Wrigley (Broad Oak) (4) v Winner of Goodyear and Wrigley (Clayton West (5) and Hardy and Moore (Paddock) (4).
SLAITHWAITE
First round – Walker and Armitage (Kirkheaton Con) (3) v Holroyd and McGee (Rastrick) (4), Blackburn and Blackburn (Lindley BC) (5) and Cook and Perry (Marsden Park) (5), Tracey and Tracey (Lindley Lib) (4) and Ellis and Swain (Meltham) (4), Barker and Hirst (Milnsbridge) (1) v Winner of Patchell and Jones (Almondbury Lib) (3) and Abbott and Gibson (Meltham) (2).
NETHERTON CON
First round – Barraclough and Habergham (Marsh U) (4) v Preston and Roebuck (Milnsbridge) (5), Hirst and Kaye (Lindley Lib) (4) and Baxter and Brook (New Mill) (6), Gatenby and Stout (Springwood) (4) and Ramsden and Mellor (Lockwood Con) (4), Sanderson and Lees (Almondbury BC) (4) V Winner of Walls and Lynes (Brockholes) (3) and Nicholson and Sykes (Brockholes) (3).
ALMONDBURY LIB
First round - Wright and Hewson (Milnsbridge) (3) and Sheard and Howe (Netherton Con) (2), Horner and Partner (Paddock) (6) and Sutton and Fellows (Meltham) (2), Fielding and Wadsworth (Thorpe Green) (4) and Swift and Peacock (Milnsbridge) (5), Smith and Partner (Rastrick) (4) v Winner of Sykes and Taylor (Marsh U) (scr) and Townend and Sykes (Paddock) (5).
THORPE GREEN
First round – Nicholls and Wilson (Elland) (scr) and Manning and Fisher (Lockwood Con) (4), O’Prey and Lowery (Crosland Moor) (2) and Schofield and Frost (Crosland Moor) 6), Ellis and Mallinson (Lockwood Con) (5) v Peaker and Sawyer (Newsome) (4), Crines and Brearley (Primrose Hill) (5) v Winner of Emerson and Hick (Almondbury BC) (2) and Marsden and Swales (Rastrick) (4).
RASTRICK
First round – Peaker and Bottomley (Newsome) (4) and Wimpenny and Sheard (Meltham) (5), Sykes and Matthews (Marsden Park) (5) and Myers and Senior (Brockholes) 5), Aldridge and Riley (Almondbury Lib) (6) v Griffin and McCluskey (Waterloo) (scr), Turner and Ashworth (Skelmanthorpe) (4) v Winner of Lord and Holt (Skelmanthorpe) (5) and Byrne and James (Marsh U) (3).
