County team suffer defeat

BOWLS:

GREATER Manchester’s Endsleigh County Championship hopes hang by a thread following their defeat by Shropshire yesterday.

The decision to use Walmersley Conservative Club in Bury as the home green backfired, though there were individual wins for Nimble Nook pair Andrew Buckley and Matt Gillies.

All four counties have won one game each, so the group winners will be decided next month



THE Chronicle-sponsored Green Final Bowls handicap gets under way on Friday.