Eight is great for Waterloo

TROPHY TIME: Failsworth Bowls League presentation night at Stanley Road Conservative Club. Pictured are Harry Marsden (left), Jack Lewis, Tony Bonter of Castle Cup winners Dog and Partridge, Paul Heap, league president Frank Lees, Mike Knott, Graham O’Neill and Martin Hodson.

WATERLOO and Taunton moved above Hopwood in the ‘A’ division of the Inbev Winter Bowls League at Chadderton Cot when they beat their fellow title hopefuls 8-3.

Leaders Royle were made to fight all the way before securing a 7-4 victory over New Street, while Radcliffe sneaked the aggregate against Springbank to register a 6-5 success.

Tonge returned from their week off in the ‘B’ division to beat improving Dogwood 7-4.

Seven players scored 17 in the Prestwich v Vixens fixture but, unfortunately for the latter, that figure was achieved by six of their representatives as they lost 10-1.

Nimble Nook beat Failsworth 9-2, but the two points were enough for Failsworth to move off the bottom.

‘A’ division

Radcliffe (139) 6 Springbank (132) 5: J Carr 19 B Stapleton 21, K Newbury 13 S Copeland 21, I Turrell 21 D Crabtree 15, T Lytham 20 A Hodson 21, M Middleton 21 M J Hodson 3, C Weekes 10 J Hynes 21, T Taylor 21 W McDermott 9, N Turrell 14 M Hodson 21.

Hopwood (136) 3 Waterloo & Taunton (150) 8: N Greenhalgh 17 A Walker 21, K McHugh 21 M Flitcroft 12, P Wakeling 17 C Roberts 21, C Chapman 21 J Blezzard 19, R Goodman 21 L Turner 14, S Bolton 12 A Critchlow 21, B Cosgrave 10 G I Wilson 21, M Heselwood 17 C Heyes 21.

New Street (129) 4 Royle (138) 7: J Taylor 10 J Wade 21, A Cairns 21 E Davies 14, D Moulton 21 T Hedderman 20, A Lowe 21 M Clough 14, T Collinge 9 D Murray 21, J Lorimer 19 P Fielding 21, A Collinge 7 G Coverdale 21, A Shackleton 21 M Connolly 6.

‘B’ division

Dogwood (144) 4 Tonge (149) 7: G Hallsor 9 P Byrom 21, C Breakell 18 M Hargreaves 21, R Crossley 21 M Baguley 18, P Heighway 21 C Bennett 10, R Collier 20 A Jackson 21, W Flanagan 21 P G Brooks 19, D Dawson 13 P Butler 21, A Bonter 21 A Gardner 18.

Prestwich (164) 10 Vixens (131) 1: J Woodward 21 A Woolley 17, S Cameron 18 B Cooper 21, S Blaymire 21 B Flanagan 17, S Dixon 21 S Winterburn 17, S Morley 21 C Apps 17, I Luckett 21 D Fish 8, G Martin 21 M Harrington 17, J Davies 21 A Burgess 17.

Lower Failsworth (117) 2 Nimble Nook (153) 1: J Anderson 21 E Worthington 7, A Farrer 20 F Cassidy 21, G Goldrick 8 S Mellor 21, M Burgess 8 B Seville 21, J Melia 21 C Seville 20, K Cromwell 6 R Nisbet 21, B Yates 15 R Price 21, J Halliwell 18 D Booth 21.


FAILSWORTH’S Alan Bidwell beat Hyde’s Jack Hargreaves 21-16 in the final of the latest Hurst Band BC winter competition, sponsored by GBA Scaffolding Services of Ashton.

Bidwell defeated Keith Matley (Hyde) 21-19 in the semi-finals, while Hargreaves pipped Dave Roberts (Ashton) 21-20.

Darren Coles (Ashton) won the consolation final, defeating Graham White (Mossley) 21-20.