THE first round of the Over 70s Bowling competition will be held a week tomorrow, Friday July 9 (2.00).

It’s bowl down to four at each venue, and the draw is:

BROAD OAK

First round – (A) F Greenwood (Golcar Lib) (scr) v J Townend (Paddock IC) (6), G Mizon (Syngenta) (3) v P Hirst (Lowerhouses) (7), B Summers (Syngenta) (3) v A Hitchin (Lindley Lib) (5), C Burgess (Syngenta) (3) v P Ramsden (Lockwood Con) (4), G Stockton (Almondbury Lib) (5) v Winner of A.

DALTON

First round – (A) W Writtrick (Clayton West) (6) v K M Herbert (Skelmanthorpe) (3), T Hirst (Hudds RUFC) (5) v A Habergham (Marsh U) (3), H Senior (Bradley and Colne) (4) v D Iredale (Rastrick) (4), M Hopley (Almondbury BC) (3) v D Brook (Meltham) (3), B Shah (Paddock IC) (4) v Winner of A.

LOCKWOOD CON

First round – (A) A Tracey (Lindley Lib) (3) v B Wrathall (Meltham) (5), J Hewitt (Lindley Lib) (2) v P Preston (Milnsbridge) (5), J Sheard (Netherton Con) (3) v P Fenton (Almondbury BC) (5), D Crowther (Almondbury Lib) (scr) v D Sykes (Lindley Lib) (5), G Austen (Syngenta) (6) v Winner of A.

MARSH U

First round – T Butterfield (Holmfirth) (6) v H Hopkins (Golcar Lib) (4), D Barrett (Almondbury BC) (4) v K Kidman (Rastrick) (4), B Faichney (Syngenta) (6) v L Tracey (Lindley Lib) (4), J Garside (Golcarf Lib) (4) v B Skuse (Golcar Lib) (5).

MILNSBRIDGE

First round – (A) A E Brown (Syngenta) (6) v J Strachan (Syngenta) (6), A Wilkinson (Broad Oak) (4) v J Horvath (Primrose Hill) (5), R Ramsey (Syngenta) (3) v B Eastwood (Synenta) (3), W Blackburn (Lindley BC) (5) v B Parker (Paddock IC) (4), H Maxwell (Thorpe Green) (4) v Winner of A.

NEW MILL

First round – (A) J B Roebuck (Milnsbridge) (5) v L G Swaine (Meltham) (3), D Sykes (Marsden Park) (5) v T Blackburn (Lindley BC) (3), P Brierley (Primrose Hill) 5) v A Wrigley (Broad Oak) (4), R Turner (Skelmanthorpe) (2) v G Cowgill (Lindley Lib) (2), R Sutton (Waterloo) (scr) v Winner of A.

NEWSOME

First round – R Blakey (Hudds RUFC) (5) v B Starkey (Milnsbridge) (scr), G L Nash (Syngenta) (6) v M McMahon (Broad Oak) (4), S Kelly (Bradley and Colne) (3) v J Sharland (Bradley and Colne) (4), R Hirst (Waterloo) (scr) v T Barker (Milnsbridge) (2), B Dyson (Almondbury BC) (6) v Winner of A.

THORPE GREEN

First round – G Boyes (Meltham) (6) v J D Haigh (Milnsbridge) (3), F Barraclough (Marsh U) (3) v B Peaker (Newsome) (3), T Sykes (Marsh U) (scr) v F S Walker (Syngenta) (3), F Griffith (Waterloo) (scr) v P Barron (Syngenta) (6), J Fawcett (Holmfirth) (6) v Winner of A.