Bowls community rallies round after horror crash
Date published: 27 July 2010
CROWN green bowling in Greater Manchester has been rocked by news of Sunday’s M62 minibus crash which left several top players with serious injuries.
County men Nicky Brooks, Andrew Lowe, Mark Dwayre and Thomas Dobson each suffered broken bones, cuts and bruises in the smash.
The accident, which made the national news, sparked numerous messages of support and concern on bowls website 21up.
Brooks, Dwayre and Dobson had been due to represent Greater Manchester in Sunday’s County Championship semi-final against the North Midlands.
The selectors will need to make changes for the home leg at the George and Dragon, Hyde, where Brooks and Dobson, members of Tonge BC in the Manchester Premier League, were due to play.
Dwayre (Royton) was picked for Manchester’s away team in Coventry.
The original draw was:
At George and Dragon (Manchester names first): Darren Griffiths v Martin Walker; David Walker v Darren Plenderleith; Chris Haynes v Pete Spencer; Lee Turner v Jamie Dunn; Nicky Brooks v Noel Bates; Mike Gee v David Smith; Colin Lane v Phil Perry; Matt Gillies v Jim Robertson; Michael Holden v Stuart Nash; Thomas Dobson v Alan Belcher; Ryan Goodman v Shane Day; Gareth Gwilliam v Stuart Perry.
At Coventry: Jimmy Derby v Steve Pratt; Andy Buckley v Richard Burdett; Gary Ellis v Matt Aspin; Nigel Greenhalgh v Les Haylor; Steve Copeland v Willie Beal; Darren Holt v Anthony Wood; Paul Heap v Barrie Shaw; Mark Dwayre v Leigh Burdett; Colin Price v Kit Kitlinski; Alan Hodson v Mark Burdett; Peter Craig v Brian Pearson; Andy Cairns v Paul Haylor.
Play gets under way at 2pm.
