Hawcoat maintain advantage in Furness Bowling League

They continue to evade the grasp of the Police, who in turn are seven points clear of King Alfred, with Lindal a further five points back in fourth. The Alfred and Lindal haved a game in hand of the teams above them.

Ominously for the other clubs, the leaders have home games against Askam, Red River and Police before completing their season at Roose Community.

Hawcoat returned with 10 points from a tough away match at Post Office, with Gary Harris, 21-7, and Tonie Moxham, 21-8, their leading winners. Barry Woodall had the game’s best score of 21-6 for the Posties.

King Alfred beat rivals Police 11-3, with Tony Whitehouse in tremendous form, triumphing 21-5. John Reilly, 21-8, and Barry Lowden – keeping his one-win merit lead advantage – were also successful . Stewart Turnbull, 21-9, was the Coppers' best.

Lindal are clinging on to hopes of retaining their title, but they must rely on a collapse from their rivals after losing 10-4 at Red River, where Keith Roebuck, 21-8, and Andy McDonald won in style. Daniel Smith had a good success for the Villagers as he remains second in the merit standings.

Hawcoat Park A must have thought they had their first win of the season in the bag when 7-3 up and 20 in front on the aggregate at home to Salthouse. But visiting captain John Taylor had other ideas and came off the green a 21-5 winner. Chris Lloyd carded a 21-11 scoreline and earned his team a 8-7 victory.

Roose Community had a 11-4 success at Dalton CC, with Tom Harris, 21-6, and Derek Yates, 21-8, the men in form. Jack Singleton took a 21-8 triumph for the Cricketers.

At Walney Park, Co-op SC's poor season continued with a 9-5 loss, despite a great 21-5 win from Dave Jackson. Paul Millburn, 21-7, and Kevin Dixon, 21-8, were leading Park players.

In Division Two, King Alfred A are looking good for the title after visiting Barrow Island and coming away with the most points any team has managed this season, 11. Ian McDonald, 21-6, was their star player.

After 11 consecutive wins, Dave Leece has been knocked off the top of the merit table after losing 21-18 to another contender, Roly Price. Leece does have a game in hand on his main rivals.

Lindal A's 13-1 thrashing of bottom side Kirkby means are 14 points adrift of the leaders. Dave Bennett, 21-0, John Crompton, 21-2, Kevin Rooney and Dave Mackenzie, both 21-5, and Ian Leach, 21-9, excelled, with Stewart McGlaughian preventing a clean sweep.

Glaxo SC have not given up hope of promotion as their 11-4 win at rivals North Scale moved them five points behind the Walney club with a game in hand. Four of the works side's remaining six matches are at home.

Chris D’Leny was in terrific form for the visitors, winning 21-5, while homester Chris Irvine is still unbeaten after 16 matches.

John Atkinson triumphed 21-3 as Co-op SC A beat Hawcoat Park B 12-2, and victories from Trevor Taylor, 21-5, and Alan Stevenson, 21-7, helped Kirkby A overcome West Shore 12-2.

A 21-6 scoreline from Jeff Howard was cancelled out by Chris Atkinson winning 21-4 as Askam A came away from Roose Community A 9-6 to the good.

Despite losing three games 21-20, Salthouse A beat King Alfred B 8-6, with Geoff Carlisle’s 21-7 success helping them take the aggregate.

With all of the bottom-four teams still to play, Police A look nailed-on to lift the Division Three title.

Four club stalwarts, Nigel Burns, 21-2, Keith Churchman, 21-3, Arthur Adams, 21-6, and Ian McBride, 21-8 helped them beat Red River A 11-3, for whom Dave Pullin had a fine win to remain a point behind Chris Johnson and still in contention to lift the merit prize.

Johnson won 21-10 and Ian Littlewood 21-9 for a West Mount B team growing in confidence with their eighth victory from their last nine games. Their latest victims being the side above them, Walney Park A. Mark Lamb, 21-6, and Paul Cargan, 21-7, were the Park side's best.

Dalton CC A are almost certain of being promoted after winning 12-3 at Roose Community B, with single-figure triumphs from Harry Dagger, 21-3, Geoff Langhorn, 21-5, Peter Davey, 21-6, and Keith Birkbeck, 21-9.

Hawcoat Park C claimed their second win of the season in style, beating Salthouse B 13-1. Andrew McNicol, 21-5, Neil Coward, 21-6, and Mike Muldoon, 21-7, did the business.

Around the corner, wins of 21-5 by Gerry McDonald and 21-7 from Peter Jeffries helped Co-op SC B beat Barrow Island A 8-6.

Barry Morrow, 21-3, was the star as West Mount came back from Glaxo SC A 11-4 to the good, and in an all-Walney affair, Walney Park B defeated rivals West Shore A 11-3, with Jim Elliott, 21-4, and Alan McMurray, 21-6, the men in form.

RESULTS

DIVISION ONE

KING ALFRED v POLICE

B Lowden 21 B Thornton 13, T Whitehouse 21 S Price 6, M Barrow 9 S Turnbull 21, D Edmonds 21 K Toal 15, J Hinde 21 S Nott 14, P Bennett 21 G Wood 20, S Fullard 21 M Johnson 19, J Reilly 21 M Clegg 8, P Harris 16 M Curwen 1, G Hall 21 M Simpson 17, D Whitehead 14 S Brown 21, P Roberts 21 P Curwen 17. Totals: 11 (228) and 3 (192).

RED RIVER v LINDAL

D Jones 14 D Smith 21, A McDonald 21 D Kent 9, S Aspinall 21 S Perry 19, S Halesworth 21 A Armstrong 20, K Roebuck 21 P Kissock 8, N Aspinall 21 P Thompson 17, G Mills 21 D Dickinson 12, D Shaw 21 A Moore 16, R Jones 19 S Smith 21, J Millar 14 C Crellin 21, C Sharples 12 D Naylor 21, P Ryan 21 S Naylor 14. Totals: 10 (227) and 4 (199).

POST OFFICE v HAWCOAT PARK

J Boardman 12 R Moxham 21, M Lavender 7 G Harris 21, Z Walker 21 R Barrow 14, S Walker 12 C Knipe 21, M Fieldhouse 8 T Moxham 21, S Waugh 18 P Cain 21, I Pullin 21 P McDonald 19, A Oldfield 16 B Stewart 21, B Woodall 21 K Judge 6, J Kells 21 T Kneale 14, D Mellen 17 B Christian 21, C West 21 W Heywood 10. Totals: 5 (195) and 10 (210).

DALTON CC v ROOSE

G Jones 21 P Lewis 20, K Alexander 13 B Burgess 21, S Davey 13 C Whitehouse 21, A Edwards 8 D Yates 21, M Steele 16 M Watt 21, D Smith 19 R Rhodes 21, K Banks 17 B Bowes 21, R Griffiths 7 M Hool 21, E Wall 21 G Gedling 16, J Benson 21 C Corkill 18, S Barron 6 T Harris 21, J Singleton 21 B Pooley 8. Totals: 4 (183) and 11 (230).

HAWCOAT PARK A v SALTHOUSE

B McLaughlin 21 D Rogers 14, M Procter 21 B Thompson 14, D Hird 17 G Thompson 21, J Curphey 21 A Asbury 11, J Bawden 11 C Lloyd 21, N Reilly 11 J Mason 21, G Maudsley 21 J Park 15, R Woods 14 J Wardman 21, D Hodgson 5 J Taylor 21, A Artis 21 B Asbury 16, M Bowyer 21 S Mason 17, J Stewart 21 K Howarth 19. Totals: 7 (205) and 8 (211).

WALNEY PARK v CO-OP SC

B Harding 21 D Phizacklea 15; P Hewitson 11 D Dawes 21, D Millburn 21 K Brown 18, M Edmonds 14 D Southward 21, J McDougal 21 D Pedley 10, P Millburn 21 M Ryder 7, M Howard 21 D Ryder 17, K Dixon 21 P McHugh 8, J Whittall 21 D Irvine 13, S Taylor 14 A Fay 21, C White 12 I Sim 21, B Rawlinson 5 D Jackson 21. Totals: 9 (203) and 5 (193).

DIVISION TWO

LINDAL A v KIRKBY

K Johnson 21 M Cleasby 16, K Rooney 21 I Parkinson 5, B Andrews 21 N McAlley 17, D Rooney 21 D Marshall 14, T Macpake 21 S Goodwin 16, A Spelman 21 D Tray 15, R Barclay 21 J Battersby 17, J Crompton 21 B Rigg 2, I Leach 21 P Park 9, D Bennett 21 Walk Over 0, D Mackenzie 21 P Diamond 5, D Scholes 13 S McGlauchlan 21. Totals: 13 (244) and 1 (137).

KIRKBY A v WEST SHORE

D Turnough 21 J Richardson 13, T Taylor 21 B Chelton 5, P Lee 21 L Wilson 10, R Bainbridge 21 T Wilson 17, G Preston 21 D Linton 20, A Stevenson 21 T White 7, G Leatherland 21 P Fogharty 17, I Broome 21 M Burns 19, M Wright 21 D Day 16, K Nugent 21 J Pattinson 19, R Tyson 13 D Coverdale 21, S Hurst 13 T Richardson 21. Totals: 12 (236) and 2 (185).

NORTH SCALE v GLAXO SK

C Irvine 21 R Lewis 18, L Johnson 5 C D'Leny 21, S Porter 21 G Hill 14, G Walker 15 N McLeod jnr 21, J Johnson 17 D Bell 21, T Gauntlett 21 P Viney 18, J Charnley 17 T Gorman 21, I Thompson 18 D Nicholson 21, M Comish 15 D Kavanagh 21, J Lindsay 21 E Worsley 17, P Sullivan 19 A Houlden 21, T Quayle 13 P Brown 21. Totals: 4 (203) and 11 (235).

CO-OP SC A v HAWCOAT PARK B

B Corkill 21 G Dodd 16, P Phizacklea 21 R Twiname 11, L Vickers 21 E France 15, S Urmston 21 J Lavender 13, J Proudfoot 21 I France 15, D Harwood 21 A Woods 11, R Orrell 21 G McFarlane 15, J Atkinson 21 R May 3, S Pryer 21 J Hartley 19, D Benn 21 M Kittley 11, D Wilson 14 J Gill 21, D Watterson 15 P Davies 21. Totals: 12 (239) and 2 (171).

SALTHOUSE A v KING ALFRED B

A Woods 21 K Mills 16, S Howarth 11 T George 21, J Weston 21 S Hogg 12, G Carlisle 21 J Kolbe 7, M Smith 20 M Wall 21, P Tompkinson 21 B Cleasby 13, I Walker 20 G Hogg 21, D Mountford 20 C Callister 21, R Carroll 16 I Pearson 21, K Thompson 21 F Holmes 16, R Burley 18 E Lowden 21, R Keagan 21 G Pritchard 12. Totals: 8 (231) and 6 (202).

ROOSE A v ASKAM A

C Burton 21 G Knowles 16, K Delves 19 K Knowles 21, J Crabtree 4 C Atkinson 21, M Irving 21 R Kitchin 12, N Whitehouse 13 C Haworth 21, T Fitzsimmons 12 S Currie 21, J Johnson 12 J Hamilton 21, K Boyd 21 S Wearing 15, R Nicholson 21 D Porter 20, J Howard 21 O Richards 6, R Fisher 21 J Kirk 14, N McKinnon 12 I Jones 21. Totals: 6 (198) and 9 (209).

BARROW ISLAND v KING ALFRED A

D Leece 18 R Price 21, S Hunter 21 I Gomersall 10, P Minnis 12 L Barnard 21, D Slowey 16 R Holmes 21, D Dent 14 J Kolbe 21, J Hulston 13 E Backhouse 21, K Magee 15 J McDonald 21, R Walmsley 21 G Rawley 18, F Mckechnie 21 C Turnbull 17, D Dale 21 A Mason 15, D Heron 13 S Atkinson 21, J Hunter 6 I McDonald 21. Totals: 4 (191) and 11 (228).

DIVISION THREE

POLICE A v RED RIVER A

R Wilson 19 D Pullin 21, N Burns 21 H Curwen 2, B Winder 21 D Coulter 12, D Little 10 I Perry 21, A Crighton 21 B Burrows 16, A Adams 21 J Sharples 6, K Churchman 21 J Brady 3, J Shipley 21 D Bell 15, B Clegg 21 J Jackson 11, I McBride 21 D Thompson 8, D Buck 18 D Woodend 21, S Fleet 21 R Hall 16. Totals: 11 (236) and 3 (152).

HAWCOAT PARK C v SALTHOUSE B

R Williams 21 R Crompton 10, K Robinson 21 D Smith 10, S Sloan 21 J Last 19, S Lidicott 18 J Truman 21, R Tooze 21 A Carswell 16, D Williams 21 S Barrow 19, N Coward 21 J Smith 6, M Muldoon 21 J Newby 7, A McNicol 21 M Last 5, N Parker 21 J Parker 20, J Hendley 21 S Buckley 19, T Lashmar 21 T Benson 14. Totals: 13 (249) and 1 (166).

WALNEY PARK B v WEST SHORE A

T Muldoon-Smith 21 R Clements 14, G Bartlett 21 S Woods 19, J Elliott 21 B Carson 4, G Stubbs 21 F Myerscough 10, R Visick 21 K Johnson 16, T McDougal 8 G Wrathall 21, N McMillan 21 W Kerr 15, J McHale 9 D Leach 21, B Dodding 21 Loaned Player 14, D Artis 21 T McCall 19, A McMurray 21 A Fisher 6, B Usher 18 P Holmes 21. Totals: 11 (224) and 3 (180).

WEST MOUNT B v WALNEY PARK A

C Johnson 21 P Gauntlett 10, A Hopkins 21 R Smith 11, S Holmes 21 M McKellar 17, C Butler 13 M Davey 21, I Littlewood 21 L Smith 9, John Crosthwaite 17 T Ducie 21, A Hudson 21 I Worthington 13, R Massey-Holmes 21 J Howard 10, S Thwaites 7 P Cargan 21, J Brannon 21 R Repton 17, K Hudson 21 I Dalton 18, R Williams 6 M Lamb 21. Totals: 10 (211) and 4 (189).

CO-OP SC B v BARROW ISLAND A

J Huitson 8 J O'Leary 21, G McDonald 21 A Postlethwaite 5, D Barrow 21 T Elliott 17, K Stirzaker 9 K Wilson 21, A Turner 21 B Crawford 10, M Moore 19 J Heads 21, A Thompson 21 B Linklater 14, M Ellis 15 M Jones 21, P Jeffries 21 J Challinor 7, G Macgregor 15 M Bram 21, S Whitehouse 21 N McDonald 11, J Fielding 17 J Humphrey 21. Totals: 8 (209) and 6 (190).

GLAXO SK A v WEST MOUNT

H Tomsett 21 M Hodgson 19, C Adshead 19 C Taylor 21, T Wright 18 M Pritchard 21, T Tomsett 12 P Crosthwaite 21, A Slater 21 K Quinn 15, M Speight 3 B Morrow 21, G Fisher 12 M Grainger 21, B Smith 8 J Cross 21, D Moore 21 S Benson 7, R Spencer 10 B Ward 21, R Rogers 21 D Vickers 12, D Ollett 16 D Greenhow 21. Totals: 4 (182) and 11 (221).

ROOSE B v DALTON CC A

R Chissim 21 C May 15, D Graham 21 A Newsham 12, N Brindley 14 G May 21, B Taylor 20 B Woodburn 21, D Staunton 21 C Norman 19, P Round 12 S Jones 21, T Chissim 5 G Langhorn 21, E O'Hare 9 K Birkbeck 21, V Pollock 3 H Dagger 21, A Taylor 16 A Haines 21, W Gordon 10 J Bridle 21, J Postlethwaite 6 P Davey 21. Totals: 3 (158) and 12 (235).