Street in surprise success

BOWLS: NEW Street sprang a surprise in the Ben Shaw’s Team Knock-Out at Chadderton Cot when they defeated recently-crowned ‘A’ Division champions Waterloo and Taunton.

Receiving 20 start, New Street had four winners, including Les Toth (21-10), Kevin Newbury (21-9) and Mark Prosser (21-12).

And although Alan Critchlow (21-9) and Charlie Roberts (21-6) hit back for Waterloo, they could not pull back the deficit and succumbed by 10 points.

In other first-round matches, Prestwich beat Nimble Nook, Royle overcame Cot, Lees/Springhead defeated last year’s beaten finalists Vixens and Failsworth beat Dogwood.

Reigning champions Springbank will take on Hopwood tonight (7pm).

North Chadderton and Stalybridge received byes into the quarter-finals.

Nimble Nook (20) 155 Prestwich (40) 178: R Nisbet 21 G Martin 11, R Price 21 S Blaymire 5, A Comer 7 S Cameron 21, D Booth 17 S Morley 21, F Cassidy 21 A Conchie 17, S Mellor 15 J Davies 21, R Ankers 19 I Luckett 21, S Schofield 14 S Dixon 21.

Waterloo and Taunton (Scr) 135 New Street (20) 145: P Leah 10 L Toth 21, A Walker 12 M Prosser 21, L Turner 21 R J Lorimer 16, J Blezzard 9 K Newbury 21, A Critchlow 21 C Whittaker 9, C Roberts 21 A R Collinge 6, C Heyes 21 M Holden 10, L Greenhough 20 M Suthers 21.

Chadderton Cot (30) 136 Royle (10) 171: R Mack 16 A Rushton 21, G Tomkinson 9 M Clough 21, P Biram 17 T Hedderman 21, A Gardner 19 E Davies 21, A Jackson 21 G Coverdale 14, C Bennett 9 D Murray 21, P G Brooks 11 M Gillies 21, F Shaw 4 P Fielding 21.

Failsworth (50) 208 Dogwood (60) 164: P Gleaves 21 A Simpson 19, J Fox 14 G Hallsor 21, G Goldrick 21 C Breakell 7, B Yates 21 D Naylor 14, K Cromwell 18 R Collier 21, M Burgess 21 J Lewis 12, J Halliwell 21 P Heighway 5, J Grey 21 A Bonter 5.

Vixens (50) 164 Lees/Springhead (30) 196: J Rayner 21 T Rogers 19, A Woolley 17 B Reddyoff 21, B Cooper 18 C Bradbury 21, A Burgess 9 P Edwards 21, M Harrington 12 S Wild 21, B Flanagan 16 W Roberts 21, C Kewley 10 M McClean 21, P Norton 11 P Roberts 21.