Glaxo claim key win in Furness Senior relegation battle

It completed a double for the factory side, who had Rod Lewis, 21-3, and Tony Gorman, 21-5, in top form. Frank Ratcliffe and Ray Williams took the points for Hawcoat.

The Park first team proved too strong for Kirkby, winning 9-1, with Andy Waring Kirkby’s saviour in staving off the whitewash.

Leaders West Shore were another side to rack up a double, beating Barrow Island 8-3 at Cavendish Park and then 10-0 in the reverse fixture only days later.

There were single figure victories for Nick Reilly, 21-4, and Peter McDonald, 21-6, while Terry Marshall had a 21-4 triumph for the Island.

Walney Park were 9-1 winners against Roose Community, for whom skipper Chris Corkill took the point. Brian Usher, 21-6, and Matt McKellar, 21-9, were the pick of the crop for Walney.

Askam’s run of poor form continued with an 8-2 loss at Co-op SC, which sees them a mere seven points above the relegation places.

Leading the line for the Co-op were Peter Garner, 21-8, Les Vickers and Dave Irvine. Askam’s scorers were Peter Richards and Norman Milburn.

The remaining match in the division saw West Mount and Salthouse share the games four each at the Mount, but the visitors away with the aggregate points to win 7-4.

West Mount's victors included merit leader Kenny Baines, 21-9, and Johnnie Cross, 21-7, with Stan Edmondson, 21-2, and Peter Millar chipping in for Salthouse.

In Division Two, there were wins for the top four sides in the title chase.

Leaders Barrow Island saw Ulverston Cons draw level at the top.

The Island only won three games at Roose but took the aggregate to claim a 6-5 victory thanks to Kevin Slowey’s single-figure performance.

Ulverston Cons climbed up on the back of an 8-2 home success against Co-op SC B, with John Whiteway and Dennis Rogers gaining single-figure wins, as did the Co-op’s Alec Thompson.

Meanwhile, Co-op A claimed a 9-2 result at West Shore to keep their outside chances alive. In form were Roy Swinglehurst, 21-5, and Don Barrow, with Ron Clements, 21-6, West Shore's stand out man.

The other contenders, North Scale, won 8-2 at home to Ulverston Cons A as Glyn Stevens, Ray Sturgeon and Ernie Fullard shone.

Second-bottom West Mount B picked up a 7-3 success when playing host to King Alfred A, with three single-figure winners. It was a club double, with their A team triumphinh 9-2 at Salthouse A as Ken Horner, 21-3, Neil McKinnon and Peter Crosthwaite all took points.

Askam welcomed back their recent holiday-makers with a 6-4 win against Walney Park A, with Frank Murray, 21-4, and Bill Jinks, 21-9, securing the aggregate points.

RESULTS

DIVISION ONE

CO-OP S C 8 ASKAM 2 (154-123)

I Hall 18 N Milburn 21, P Dixon 21 S Currie 20, D Irvine 21 D Porter 12, R Orrell 21 R Kitchin 12, P Garner 21 E Tyson 8, L Vickers 21 R Whatley 11, A Head 10 P Richards 21, R Wood 21 R Park (L) 18.

WEST MOUNT 4 SALTHOUSE 7 (130-134)

K Baines 21 J Wardman 9, K Robinson 14 J Mason 21, J Hawkrigg 11 P Millar 21, C Taylor 21 R Burley 17, W Millard 2 S Edmondson 21, S Hocknell 21 M Marshall 17, M Pritchard 19 T Benson 21, J Cross 21 K Howarth 7.

BARROW ISLAND 3 WEST SHORE 8 (122-143)

H Dagger 20 B Chelton 21, R Walmsley 4 N Reilly 21, R Price 9 B Beard 21, W Burgess 6 P McDonald 21, J Hulston 21 K Murdoch 16, A Postlethwaite 20 M Lavender 21, T Marshall 21 D Day 4, D Heron 21 G Batte 18.

WALNEY PARK 9 ROOSE COMMUNITY 1 (158-109)

I Fairclough 21 R Rhodes 15, D Millburn 21 W Bowes 16, S Halesworth 21 G Gedling 17, J McDougal 21 J Johnson 15, M McKellar 21 T Fitzsimmons 9, J Whittall 21 N Whitehouse 10, A Walker 11 C Corkill 21, B Usher 21 K Boyd 6.

GLAXO S K 8 HAWCOAT PARK A 2 (161-108)

R Lewis 21 A Artis 3, T Gorman 21 J Bawden 5, J Davidson 15 F Ratcliffe 21, T Rhodes 21 R Woods 17, A Slater 21 J Tongue 16, D Crutchley 21 M Bowyer 17, N Macleod 20 R Williams 21, T Brown 21 J Hartley 8.

HAWCOAT PARK 9 KIRKBY 1 (166-95)

W McLaughlin 21 D Turnough 19, R Stewart 21 P Lee 9, W Heywood 21 I Broome 4, A Fay 19 A Waring 21, J Gill 21 B Rigg 15, J Curphey 21 R Tyson 10, A Kneale 21 G Dickinson 8, P Cain 21 J Leigh 9.

DIVISION TWO

NORTH SCALE 8 ULVERSTON CONS A 2 (157-117)

G Walker 21 A Fell 14, J Simpson 12 R Smith 21, G Stevens 21 K Bamber 7, J Charnley 19 R Hutton 21, I Dalton 21 D Luscombe 17, R Sturgeon 21 R Farren 10, T Quayle 21 P Tomsett 13, E Fullard 21 G Iredale 14.

ULVERSTON CONS 8 CO-OP S C B 2 (148-123)

K Birkbeck 21 G McDonald 19, J Benson 21 G Macgregor 16, R Postlethwaite 21 T Weir 16, J Whiteway 21 P Jefferies 9, R Smith 7 A Thompson 21, D Rogers 21 B Gill 7, E Shaw 15 J Fielding 21, L Preston 21 M Ellis 14.

WEST SHORE A 2 CO-OP S C A 9 (123-148)

P Fogarty 5 R Swinglehurst 21, M Burns 11 D Barrow 21, J Shipley 20 D Harwood 21, F Myerscough 21 A Logan 16, R Clements 21 J Proudfoot 6, A Fisher 18 G Akred 21, J Love 11 K Stirzaker 21, T McCall 16 D Watterson 21.

WEST MOUNT B 7 KING ALFRED A 3 (138-89)

S Thwaites 9 F Holmes 21, S Benson 18 A George 21, R Ward 21 J Baines 3, S Fleet 21 A Craig 10, M Boulton 21 D Taylor 8, R Kendall 6 C Callister 21, D Vickers 21 R Thomson (L) 5, L Ireland w/o.

ROOSE CONS A 5 BARROW ISLAND A 6 (139-150)

K Delves 21 P Minnis 15, G Rigg 21 F McKechnie 20, J Crabtree 21 T Elliott 15, B Taylor 16 D Dale 21, T White 13 J Heads 21, M Irving 21 K Wilson 18, A Turner 21 J Chaloner 19, B Doyle 5 K Slowey 21.

ASKAM A 6 WALNEY PARK A 4 (134-120)

G Caine 21 P Gauntlett 10, K Nicholson 12 G Stubbs 21, W Jinks 21 J Elliott 9, R Proctor 13 J Wood 21, F Murray 21 P Cargan 4, E Burrows 8 G Bartlett 21, E Armstrong 21 K Hackett 13, J Johnson 17 R Visick 21.

SALTHOUSE A 2 WEST MOUNT A 9 (121-157)

R Carroll 20 B Morrow 21, I Newby 21 M Hodgson 12, D Carruthers 11 P Crosthwaite 21, B Rawlings 19 J Turley 21, D Dryden 10 N McKinnon 21, J Parker 3 K Horner 21, E Salton 21 K Quinn 19, R Carlisle 16 N Parker 21.