Clean sweep for rampant Waterloo

WINTERS BOWLS

WATERLOO and Taunton gave their Inbev Winter Bowls League ‘A’ Division championship hopes a huge lift with an 11-0 whitewash of Radcliffe on the Chadderton Cot artificial surface.

But they still trail champions Royle, who maintained their grip on the title race with a 10-1 defeat of Springbank.

New Street maintained their recent improvement with an 8-3 victory over Springhead.

In the ‘B’ Division, Tonge strengthened their position at the top with a 9-2 defeat of Vixens, a result Nimble Nook matched against Prestwich.

North Chadderton defeated Dogwood 8-3.

‘A’ DIVISION

Radcliffe (109) 0 Waterloo & Taunton (168) 11: K Newbury 18 C Roberts 21, T Lytham 18 L Lawton 21, M Middleton 20 C Heyes 21, T Taylor 6 A Critchlow 21, I Turrell 16 L Turner 21, M O’Neil 13 J Blezzard 21, A Weekes 4 A Walker 21, C Weekes 14 L Greenhalgh 21.

Springbank (121) 1 Royle (165) 10: G Smedley 7 P Fielding 21, Martin Hodson 15 T Hedderman 21, B Stapleton 16 M Gillies 21, L Roberts 16 M Connolly 21, W McDermott 20 M Clough 21, J Hynes 18 G Coverdale 21, A Hodson 8 A Rushton 21, D Crabtree 21 J Wade 18.

New Street (145) 8 Lees/Springhead (121) 3: G Whitehead 12 A Tupman 21, D Moulton 21 B Reddyoff 8, M Prosser 17 M McClean 21, M Holden 11 T Rogers 21, M Suthers 21 J Ashton 16, R J Lorimer 21 A Cooke 14, A Cairns 21 P Tupman 12, A Shackleton 21 P Edwards 8.

‘B’ DIVISION

Prestwich (107) 2 Nimble Nook (163) 9: S Morley 21 R Price 20, J Davies 7 R Nisbet 21, G Martin 11 D Booth 21, M Davenport 7 R Ankers 21, S Dixon 12 A Comer 21, A Davenport 21 E Worthington 17, S Cameron 15 S Schofield 21, A Conchie 13 B Seville 21.

Vixens (116) 2 Tonge (149) 9: B Flanagan 21 G Tomkinson 12, H Lewis 13 P Butler 21, C Apps 11 A Gardner 21, M Harrington 19 C Bennett 21, A Burgess 21 A Jackson 11, B Cooper 19 P Byrom 21, D Fish 9 G Gardner 21, A Woolley 3 M Hargreaves 21.

Dogwood (123) 3 North Chadderton (141) 8: D Dawson 12 D Mountford 21, C Breakell 21 G Flint 8, D Brierley 21 J Ashton 17, R Crossley 11 J Irons Snr 21, W Flanagan 18 J Irons Jnr 21, P Heighway 21 J Rudkin 11, F Shaw 6 M Ray 21, J Lewis 13 W Holland 21.