Matt books final date for Classic

NIMBLE Nook’s Matt Gillies

NIMBLE Nook’s Matt Gillies has reached the finals of the £3,000 Moorside Classic.

Gillies defeated Ray Broadfield 21-17, Vince Senior 21-18 and Allan Thompson 21-11.

The other qualifiers in the latest heats were Richard Dandy, Paul Dudley and Dean Ferris.

Results:

First round: John Bennett 15, Glenn Storer 21; Colin Leishman 20, Chris Firth 21; Matt Gilmore 8, Paul Dudley 21; Mark Ferris 21, Glynn Picknell 19; Tom Langford 21, Danny Sillitoe 18; Lee Cavill 16, John Hambleton 21; Anthony Thompson 20, Phil Hill 21; John Pearson 13, Dean Ferris 21; Ben Stapleton 21, Steve Hipwell 18; Phil Clinton 15, Allan Thompson 21; Phil Wakefield 10, Vince Senior 21; Ray Broadfield 17, Matt Gillies 21; Carl Bonatti w/o; George Shaw 21, Andrew Sykes 20; Paul Heap 21, Gary Cooper 8; Dave Fisher 17, Richard Dandy 21.

Second round: Storer 21, Firth 16; Dudley 21, M Ferris 19; Langford 17, Hambleton 21; Hill 10, D Ferris 21; Stapleton 9, Thompson 21; Senior 18, Gillies 21; Bonatti 20, Shaw 21; Heap 20, Dandy 21.

Third round: Thompson 11, Gillies 21; Shaw 20, Dandy 21; Storer 15, Dudley 21; Hambleton 14, D Ferris 21.


TONGE will play Hopwood in the final of the Greater Manchester Premier Cup.

Tonge defeated Springbank at Hopwood Unionist Club, Heywood, on Thursday night, while Hopwood beat Tameside outfit Hadfield.

The date and venue has yet to be fixed.


JIMMY Derby (Nimble Nook/Tonge) bowled superbly to win the £600 top prize in the Tommy Braddock Memorial Tournament at Tottington BC.

Radcliffe-based Derby beat his neighbour Paul Dudley 21-16 in the final.


ROGER Crowther, who plays for Nimble Nook in the Chadderton League, was beaten 21-8 by former Tonge player Graham Hickey (Halifax) in the final of the £1,400 Marsh United Open in Huddersfield.


THE semi-finals and final of the Chadderton League’s Swallow Cup will take place at North Chadderton Social and Bowling Club on Sunday (noon).

The teams involved are Uppermill, Westwood, Royton and Springbank ‘A’.


SADDLEWORTH League delegates will meet at Lees and Hey Conservative Club tonight (8 o’clock) when all trophies must be returned.