09 Jun Nearly 70 entries for Lower Division Trophy!
We have 68 bowlers entered into the Lower Division Trophy – a superb response from those who received invitations and from others who have also entered. As planned the competition will start with bowlers allocated to their preferred date of June 13 or June 20 and these are detailed below. Due to the excellent response the planned Finals day (June 27) will now be a further two knock-out rounds with the Finals Day later on in the season on a date to be announced. Once we know the final eight bowlers I will consult with them to arrange a date that is suitable to them all. The alternative to delaying the Final would have seen some bowlers having to play four matches on the same day which I felt was unacceptable.
Bowlers who are bowling this Friday will see their green allocation below. I have still to arrange greens for the following week but I am very grateful to the support of Marsh United and Lindley Lib in agreeing to host the games this week at short notice.
Each venue on June 13 and June 20 will see 17 bowlers allocated. That means one Preliminary round match followed by eight further matches, on June 27 I again will look to use two venues with two rounds played on each green. If my maths are correct then that will leave us with eight bowlers for the Finals day.
I will be updating all results on Bowlsnet so that bowlers at all venues can see the progress of the competition.
Bowlers allocated to Lindley Liberal club (please report to Competitions Secretary Paul English): Trevor Atkinson (Huddersfield Rec), Russell Auty (Broad Oak), David Bowker (Brockholes BC), Stewart Collier (Paddock I&C), John Crosland (Brockholes BC), Terry Fletcher (Lindley BC), , Graham Helm (Thongsbridge C&BC), Barry Hinchliffe (Marsh United), Dennis Lomax (New Mill WMC), David Matthews (Dalton BC), Colin McCluskey (Huddersfield Rec), Kevin McCluskey (Huddersfield Rec), Jimmy McPhillips (Paddock I&C), Jeffrey Oldroyd (Thongsbridge C&BC), Chris Wightman (Greenhead Park BC), Mark Warrender (New Mill WMC), Philip Woodthorpe (Holmfirth BC).
Bowlers allocated to Marsh Utd (please report to Neil Hinchliffe who has kindly offered to conduct the draw and oversee events):John Banks (Marsh Lib), Simon Cave (New Mill WMC), Derek Frost (D Brown Sports), Alan Hobson (Thorpe Green BC), Chris Jepson (Thorpe Green BC), John Kingdom (Thongsbridge C&BC), Alan Milnes (Lindley Lib), Steven Mitchell (Brockholes BC), Wayne Oglivie (Ravensknowle Park), Kim Scadden (Brockholes BC), Rupert Shires (Netherton Con), Grant Smith (Milnsbridge BC), Nick Swift (Brockholes BC), Graham Sykes (Brockholes BC), Malcolm Waddington (Meltham BC),Bryan Webb (Holmfirth BC), Mike Wood (Brockholes BC).
Bowlers who will participate on June 20 (Venues to be confirmed): John Aspinall (Skelmanthorpe Windmill), Stephen Auty (Skelmanthorpe Windmill), Andrew Beardsall (Hemplow BC), Leigh Billings (Elland C&BC), Mick Boyles (Kirkheaton C&BC), Thomas Chatfield (Slaithwaite C&BC), Mike Connor (New Mill WMC), Paul Crosland (Marsh Lib), Brian Gibson (Brockholes BC), Maurice Grange (Marsh Lib), Roy Greenwood (Elland C&BC), Arthur Haigh (Ravensknowle Park), Peter Hanson (Denby Dale B), Keith Hilton (Brockholes BC), John Hunsley (Longwood BC), Richard Kaye (Lindley Lib), David Kilner (Kirkheaton C&BC), Michael Kuszyk (Skelmanthorpe Windmill), Andrew Lodge (Kirkheaton C&BC), Craig Longbottom (Marsh Lib), John Lunn (Hemplow BC), Peter Mellor (Meltham BC), Andrew Norgate (Holmfirth BC), Graham Parr (Milnsbridge BC), David Peacock (Milnsbridge BC), Ken Roys (Marsh United), Chris Rushworth (Lindley Lib), Ian Schofield (Almondbury BC), Andrew Shaw (Marsh Lib), Aaron Stott (Meltham BC), Graham M Sykes (Milnsbridge BC), James Turney (Marsh Lib), Ken Whittaker (Thongsbridge C&BC), Graham Wilkinson (Lockwood Con),
Photo shows Chris Sykes on his way to winning the 2024 event.