THE Co-op recorded their first victory of the season in the Sharples Lettings-sponsored Furness And District Men’s Bowling League Division One after a narrow 9-6 away win at fellow strugglers King Alfred A.

In a very tight fixture it was left to Johnny Benn and Nathan McHugh to secure the aggregate, winning 21-7 and 21-8 respectively. Jack Kolbe and Ian McDonald were in fine form for the Walney side.

The win narrowly moves the Co-op out of the bottom two with a game in hand.

Leaders Salthouse A hosted third-placed Lindal A in Division Two and it was the home side that came away 9-5 winners. Adam Miller, Adam Smith and Steve Howarth were the pick of the Salthouse winners. Alf Moore bowled superbly at top man to win 21-13. The win puts the Salthouse side level on points with second-laced Glaxo.

Division Three leaders Walney Park A suffered their second defeat of the season at the hands of Roose B. Jack Crabtree, Ron Nicholson and Kenny Delves all bowled solidly for the home side. Alan McMurray continued his unbeaten season with a superb 21-19 win over Neil McKinnon.

DIVISION ONE

LINDAL v HAWCOAT PARK

A Armstrong 18 R Moxham 21, P Kissock 21 B Christian 18, C Whitehouse 21 C Knipe 12, P Thompson 10 R Barrow 21, K Toal 21 B McLaughlin 18, D Smith 21 T Kneale 15, S Perry 21 B Stewart 17, I France 21 D Hird 11, D Kent 21 W Heywood 6, D Naylor 21 M Procter 8, M Dickinson 20 P Cain 21, S Smith 9 G Harris 21. Totals 10 (225) and 4 (189).

POLICE v SALTHOUSE

S Nott 10 D Rogers 21, R West 21 B Asbury 10, S Price 21 J Taylor 18, G Wood 21 J Mason 19, M Simpson 21 C Lloyd 15, R Wilson 12 G Thompson 21, D Buck 21 B Thompson 9, P Johnston 21 J Wardman 19, G Critchley 16 J Park 21, S Brown 18 A Asbury 21, A Crighton 17 D Leech 21, N Burns 21 D Thompson 17. Totals 9 (220) and 5 (212).

ULVERSTON CONS v DALTON CC

K Clark 18 G Jones 21, P Clark 21 R Wearing 18, B Harding 16 G Mills 21, S Porter 21 E Wall 6, P Earley 21 H Dagger 12, C Irvine 21 K Alexander 8, D Monks 16 K Banks 21, K Dixon 17 A Edwards 21, K Birkbeck 21 A Newsham 17, J Benson 10 B Parkinson 21, J Hamilton 21 G May 10, K Dunlop 21 S Jones 14. Totals 9 (224) and 5 (190).

KING ALFRED A v COOP SC

P Roberts 21 P McHugh 16, J Kolbe 21 D Phizacklea 13, R Holmes 20 M Gordon 21, J McDonald 15 D Dawes 21, I McDonald 21 D Pedley 13, L Barnard 19 M Ryder 21, K Mills 21 D Benn 19, A Mason 8 N McHugh 21, R Price 21 P Garner 14, G Rawley 7 J Benn 21, B Brown 19 B Corkill 21, C Turnbull 21 K Brown 19. Totals 6 (214) and 9 (220).

ROOSE v RED RIVER

B Bowes 13 M Coulter 21, M Curwen 21 A McDonald 20, M Watt 9 K Roebuck 21, R Allen 21 R Jones 14, K Johnson 8 P Ryan 21, C Emanuel 20 N Aspinall 21, J Duffin 21 S Halesworth 17, D Yates 21 S Aspinall 9, M Hool 21 D Jones 7, P Lewis 21 D Pullin 18, K Boyd 12 B Burrows 21, H Curwen 21 D Coulter 15. Totals 9 (209) and 5 (205).

HAWCOAT PARK A v KING ALFRED

M Steele 13 S Atkinson 21, P McDonald 14 M Barrow 21, G Maudsley 14 B Lowden 21, E France 4 P Bennett 21, J Bawden 10 D Edmonds 21, K Judge 17 T Whitehouse 21, D Shaw 18 J Hinde 21, R Woods 21 S Fullard 18, D Hodgson 5 D Whitehead 21, J Curphey 21 G Hall 15, R Twiname 6 J Reilly 21, A Fay 14 P Harris 21. Totals 2 (157) and 13 (243).

DIVISION TWO

KIRKBY A v ROOSE A

N McAlley 21 R Rhodes 11, A Waring 21 J Johnson 7, T Taylor 21 B Burgess 12, P Tyson 21 R Fisher 13, D Tray 19 M Irving 21, R Bainbridge 21 C Burton 9, S Taylor 21 J Howard 8, B Rigg 21 T Fitzsimmons 11, M Wright 21 B Ashworth 18, A Stevenson 16 G Gedling 21, G Corcoran 21 N Whitehouse 17, E Baxter 20 B Pooley 21. Totals 11 (244) and 3 (169).

WALNEY PARK v GLAXO SK

P Hewitson 21 T Gorman 7, J McDougal 21 D Ashburner 10, K Dixon 21 L Worsley 10, D Millburn 21 D Bell 18, P Millburn 20 R Lewis 21, Ma Edmonds 17 D Steel 21, M McKellar 9 D Sankey 21, R Keegan 21 D Nicholson 14, P Gauntlett 21 D Kavanagh 20, K Ogilvie 21 N McLeod Jnr 12, J Whittall 21 P Viney 11, C White 21 Unlisted Player 20. Totals 11 (235) and 3 (185).

HAWCOAT PARK B v WEST MOUNT

J Gill 20 K Baines 21, A Woods 17 B Morrow 21, P Davies 21 P Crosthwaite 13, M Kittley 21 K Robinson 9, J Stewart 21 M Hodgson 20, A Artis 20 M Grainger 21, J Lavender 21 M Pritchard 15, D Lee 17 J Hawkrigg 21, G McFarlane 21 N Parker 12, J Hartley 21 B Ward 13, T Lashmar 11 M Boulton 21, R Williams 21 J Cross 18. Totals 9 (232) and 5 (205).

SALTHOUSE A v LINDAL A

P Millar 13 A Moore 21, S Howarth 21 D Dickinson 12, T Benson 21 T Macpake 16, A Smith 21 R Barclay 13, M Marshall 12 K Rooney 21, A Wood 11 B Andrews 21, M Burns 21 T Blackledge 15, P Tompkinson 12 C Crellin 21, G Carlisle 21 P Rooney 16, S Edmondson 21 A Spelman 16, M Smith 16 Jo Crompton 21, A Miller 21 D Bennett 4. Totals 9 (211) and 5 (197).

BARROW ISLAND v KIRKBY

S Hunter 21 D Turnough 18, J Adams 19 I Parkinson 21, P Minnis 21 G Preston 16, K Slowey 15 Jo Battersby 21, M Jones 21 P Lee 10, R Walmsley 20 J Leigh 21, D Dent 21 J Parrington 5, D Slowey 21 D Slater 13, K Wilson 21 M Delbridge 9, D Heron 21 S Goodwin 20, F McKechnie 21 K Robinson 13, T Marshall 21 G Dickinson 17. Totals 11 (243) and 3 (184).

NORTH SCALE v WEST SHORE

L Johnson 21 J Boardman 13, J Johnson 21 D Rawlings 2, J Simpson 6 B Chelton 21, G Stevens 21 R Thomson 9, P Sullivan 15 K Murdoch 21, J Charnley 19 R Holmes 21, T Quayle 9 N Reilly 21, J Lindsay 21 S Woods 8, G Walker 21 P Fogharty 9, M Comish 15 J Richardson 21, I Dalton 6 P Lavender 21, T Gauntlett 21 L Wilson 16. Totals 8 (196) and 6 (183).

DALTON CC A v ASKAM A

D Smith 8 B Sears 21, D Milner 16 G Caine 21, P Davey 10 L Knowles 21, R Sharples 21 S Currie 11, B Wearing 21 G Casson 14, D Grainger 14 R Kitchin 21, G Langhorn 10 J Hamilton 21, B Woodburn 21 K Nicholson 6, D J Bell 21 B Jinks 11, J Bridle 7 K Rigg 21, D Luscombe 5 W Coates 21, K Clarke 21 S Fisher 11. Totals 5 (175) and 10 (200).

DIVISION THREE

KING ALFRED B v COOP SC B

F Holmes 10 G McDonald 21, I Pearson 19 J Huitson 21, M Tinning 21 D Barrow 18, G Pritchard 21 G Ackred 18, B Cleasby 21 G Macgregor 11, I Gomersall 21 D Jackson 6, T George 21 P Jeffries 2, J Reilly 21 M Ellis 11, M Wall 21 M Moore 8, C Callister 21 M Yardley 9, K Sewell 10 A Logan 21, S Hogg 21 J Hayes 2. Totals 11 (228) and 3 (148).

GLAXO SK A v WEST MOUNT B

T Tomsett 18 I Littlewood 21, B Smith 21 S Thwaites 13, H Tomsett 7 C Johnson 21, G Fisher 19 J Crosthwaite 21, D Moore 21 C Butler 16, T Wright 21 A Hudson 16, A Slater 21 O Boothroyd 13, L Tomsett 21 K Hudson 4, C Adshead 21 R Massey-Holmes 16, P Dickson 17 S Holmes 21, G Skinner 21 R McKenna 14, T Lawson 10 J Brannon 21. Totals 9 (218) and 5 (197).

WEST SHORE A v POLICE A

R Clements 19 D Little 21, G Wrathall 14 B Winder 21, P Chesworth 21 M Luscombe 18, W Kerr 8 B Clegg 21, A Fisher 7 N Chanin 21, Unlisted Player 18 K Churchman 21, R Simpson 21 S Fleet 9, J Pattinson 5 A Adams 21, P Tomsett 9 G Bleasdale 21, B Carson 14 J Shipley 21, T McCall 12 M Burns 21, Loan Player 10 F Murray 21. Totals 2 (158) and 13 (237).

COOP SC A v HAWCOAT PARK C

D Watterson 21 J Hendley 10, S Pryer 10 N Coward 21, J Proudfoot 21 I France 15, Jo Atkinson 21 D Williams 9, A Turner 21 M Muldoon 8, P Phizacklea 21 S Lidicott 8, R Wood 21 E Whitehead 16, D Harwood 21 A Troughton 6, A Thompson 21 J Moore 6, R Orrell 21 R May 18, L Vickers 21 T Fereday 17, D Wilson 21 A McNicol 8. Totals 13 (241) and 1 (142).

ROOSE B v WALNEY PARK A

N McKinnon 19 A McMurray 21, R Nicholson 21 J Sharples 17, P Dixon 21 M Davey 18, K Delves 21 I Worthington 18, B Maltman 21 P Cargan 13, R Chissim 21 C Sharples 10, J Crabtree 21 B Usher 9, T Chissim 21 S Lackey 17, N Brindley 19 J Elliott 21, T White 10 T Muldoon-Smith 21, V Pollock 3 I Fairclough 21, B Doyle 21 L Smith 20. Totals 10 (219) and 4 (206).

WALNEY PARK B v BARROW ISLAND A

G Bartlett 9 E Harkins 21, B Holland 10 J Heads 21, R Visick 21 P Woodall 16, G Stubbs 21 J O’Leary 10, T McDougal 21 M Bram 15, B Dodding 21 J Challinor 5, D Artis 13 D Dale 21, R Smith 20 A Postlethwaite 21, J Clarke 20 N McDonald 21, K Irvine 6 J Hunter 21, K Law 21 K Goude 9, Walk Over 0 Unlisted Player 21. Totals 5 (183) and 10 (202).