Springbank lift Swallow Cup

Barrie Clark (left) and Brian Biggins (Springbank), winners of the Veterans League’s Jack Fitton pairs, receive their trophy from League President Bill Connolly (centre).

SPRINGBANK won the Chadderton League’s Swallow Cup for the third time in five years when they defeated Delph by 40 chalks in Sunday’s final at Nimble Nook.

In the semi-finals, Springbank proved too strong for Waterloo and Taunton ‘B’, while Delph overcame the challenge of North Chadderton Social and Bowling Club.

Semi-finals:

North Chadderton (17) 176, Delph (11) 204: A Rowbottom 10, T King 21; D Mountford 16, B Taylor 21; J Ashton 19, J White 21; J Mountford 21, D Carpenter 13; R Prime 21, I Howarth 12; J Sutcliffe 14, D Langfield 21; J Irons snr 13, J Lord 21; B Rowbottom 20, J Foster 21; T Johnston 10, W Holland 21; M Ray 15, G Cowap 21.

Waterloo and Taunton ‘B’ (scr) 158, Springbank (8) 200: P Leah 21, G Woolley 19’ A Walker 16, A Bidwell 21; A Critchlow 21, P Heap 11; N Marsden 14, A Hodson 21; W Munro 21, W McDermott 15; J Blezzard 5, M Hodson 21; D Hibbert 18, G Smedley 21; L Lawton 16. D Robinson 21; D Kenyon 18, D Buckley 21; L Greenhough 8, J Hynes 21.

Final:

Delph (11) 166, Springbank (11) 206: T King 21, G Woolley 14; K Lord 17, D Buckley 21; W Holland 18, A Bidwell 21; J White 20, D Robinson 21; G Cowap 5, M Hodson 21; I Howarth 12, W McDermott 21; D Carpenter 16, D O’Brien 21; J Foster 13, J Hynes 21; D Langfield 12, G Smedley 21; B Taylor 21, P Saville 16.


ANDY Buckley gave a man-of-the-match performance at Crompton as Greater Manchester defeated Shropshire in the semi-finals of the Endsleigh County Championship.
Buckley defeated former Waterloo champion Andrew Moss 21-11 in the home leg as Manchester won by 55 chalks.

But Manchester found it much tougher away from home at Greenfields BC, Shrewsbury, going down by 46 chalks despite man-of-the-match Gary Ellis’s 21-8 victory over Dave Hoffman.

At Crompton (Manchester names first): Darren Griffiths 21, Peter Farmer 14; Colin Lane 21, Derek Wright 20; Buckley 21, Moss 11; Matt Gillies 5, Charlie Weaver 21; David Walker 21, Chris Grocott 10; Paul Heap 21, Spencer Clarke 12; Chris Heyes 21, Glyn Picknall 14; Michael Holden 21, Alan Davidson 15; David Thornley 21, Mark Holland 17; Alan Hodson 21, Paul Latham 9; Peter Craig 21, Ian Gaut 20; Mark Dwayre 21, Dave Rhodes 6.

Manchester 235, Shropshire 180.

At Greenfields: Jimmy Derby 21, Glyn Herbert 18; Andy Cairns 21, Paul Williams 20; Nigel Greenhalgh 21, Wayne Phillips 16; Ryan Goodman 11, Rich Goddard 21; Nicky Brooks 8, Simon Parsonage 21; Steve Copeland 20, Callum Wraight 21; Andrew Lowe 9, Mike Beer 21; Chris Haynes 12, Keith Wall 21; Colin Price 14, Colin Beaman 21; Ellis 21, Hoffman 8; Gareth Gwilliam 10, Andy Duckett 21; Lee Turner 16, Wayne Rogers 21.

Manchester 184, Shropshire 230.

Overall: 419–410.

Greater Manchester will play Derbyshire in the final on Sunday, September 2.