Green Final glory chase

BOWLS:

THE 2013 Green Final Bowls Handicap gets under way tonight with action at four venues.

Eight players at each green will bid for a place on finals night which, for the first time in the competition's history, will be held at Moorside on July 6.

Two former winners are in action at Stanley Road - Dave Carpenter (1997) and Garry Coverdale (2010).

Draws will be made before play at all four venues, practice is from 6.30pm and matches start at 7pm.

At Nimble Nook: J Mountford handicap 4 (Cot); I Howarth 3 (Delph); L Schofield 2 (Friezland); C Brooks 2 (Royton Cricket); G Eckersley 2 (Springbank); B Gaskell 4, J Owen 4 (Stanley Road); A Whiteley 4 (Wrigley Mill).

North Chadderton: D Hibbert 4 (Ashton Cricket); G Oultram 4 (Coalshaw Green Park); M Gillies 2, E Worthington 3 (Nimble Nook); B Cooper 5, I Gorbutt 2 (Royton Cricket); Martin Hodson 2 (Springbank); M Allingan 4 (Springhead Libs).

Royton Cricket: S Mullington 3 (Buersil Park); I Rigney 4, S Rigney 5 (Hollinwood Cricket); A Buckley 2, M Fisher 5, S Mellor 3, B Seville 3, A Smallwood 3 (Nimble Nook).

Stanley Road: D Carpenter 3 (Delph); K McHugh 2 (Hopwood); G Woolley 4 (Moorside); C Kewley 5 (Nimble Nook); G Coverdale 3 (North Chadderton); A Bidwell 3, T Gowers 3, L Kewley 3 (Springbank).



TONGE closed the gap on Manchester Premier League leaders St Joseph’s when they registered a

12-1.5 (202-124) home victory over the King and Queen, Warrington.

Winners for Tonge were Darren Griffiths (21-6), Jimmy Derby (21-7), Steve Squire (21-8), Matt Gillies (21-9), Thomas Dobson (21-10), Gary Ellis (21-12), Chris Cooke (21-17), Colin Lane (21-17) and Graham Hickey (21-17).

Tonge are away to the Nursery Inn, Stockport, next Wednesday (7.30pm).