KING Alfred were quick out of the blocks in the opening round of Furness Senior Citizens Bowling League matches.

They whitewashed Kirkby 10-0 in their first Division One match.

Leading winners for the Alfred were Steve Atkinson, Jeff Hinde and Ray Holmes, each with single-figure successes. 

Reigning champions Hawcoat Park opened up with a solid performance, dropping only one game in beating neighbours Co-op SC 9-1.

Eddie France was the pick for Hawcoat, with Co-op’s point coming from Phil Dixon. 

Division newcomers Dalton CC A and Glaxo SK both suffered defeats, to West Shore and Salthouse respectively.

Hawcoat Park A made it a double for the club, triumphing at newly-named Roose Community 9-2. There were 21-7 wins for Frank Ratcliffe and home bowler Jimmy Johnson.

West Mount made an impressive start to the season, beating Barrow Island 9-1 at home, with Roley Price staving off a whitewash.

Another side to emerge as 9-1 victors were Askam, with Lindal’s Brian Andrews emulating Price.

The remaining match saw Dalton CC come away from Walney Park as 8-3 winners. 

In Division Two, recently-relegated North Scale and Barrow Island A had contrasting starts.

The village side beat King Alfred A 8-2 in an all-Walney affair, while Barrow Island A scrambled a 5-5 draw at home, despite only winning three games against West Mount A. 

At West Mount, the B-team played host to Askam A in a match where both sides could only muster seven players. The match went West Mount's way, 8-1. 

Ulverston Cons won 8-2 at home to Roose A, while their A-team went down 7-3 at Co-op SC A. The final encounter saw Co-op SC B open up with a 9-2 victory at Salthouse A.

RESULTS

DIVISION ONE

DALTON CC A 2 WEST SHORE 9 (135-155)

A Newsham 20 P McDonald 21, G May 19 N Reilly 21, N Burns 20 M Lavender 21, D Smith 21 B Chelton 12, B Winder 13 B Beard 21, G Langhorn 7 K Murdoch 21, D Grainger 21 G Batte 17.

ROOSE COMMUNITY 2 HAWCOAT PARK A 9 (113-143)

C Corkill 7 F Ratcliffe 21, G Gedling 10 J Tongue 21, N Whitehouse 10 J Bawden 21, R Rhodes 21 R Woods 10, K Boyd 17 M Bowyer 21, J Johnson 21 T Fereday 7, W Bowes 11 A Artis 21, T Fitzsimmons 16 R Williams 21.

KING ALFRED 10 KIRKBY 0 (168-89)

J Hinde 21 I Broome 9, S Atkinson 21 R Woodend 6, R Holmes 21 R Tyson 8, J Kolbe 21 D Turnough 13, S Hogg 21 P Lee 20, W Brown 21 L Stephens 10, P Roberts 21 D Marshal 13, J McDonald 21 D Tray 10.

WEST MOUNT 9 BARROW ISLAND 1 (165-112)

K Baines 21 H Dagger 10, K Robinson 21 R Walmsley 13, M Hodgson 21 J Hulston 17, S Hocknell 21 D Leech 15, C Taylor 21 A Postlethwaite 15, W Millard 21 D Heron 3, M Pritchard 18 R Price 21, J Hawkrigg 21 W Burgess 18.

GLAXO SK 3 SALTHOUSE 8 (131-157)

T Rhodes 21 K Howarth 20, J Davidson 15 P Millar 21, T Gorman 8 J Mason 21, R Lewis 21 J Wardman 17, A Slater 21 R Burley 15, B Slater 18 T Benson 21, E Worsley 14 M Marshall 21, B Collins 13 J Taylor 21.

HAWCOAT PARK 9 CO-OP SC 1 (163-119)

P Cain 16 P Dixon 21, A Fay 21 P Garner 14, R Stewart 21 A Head 13, W McLaughlin 21 D Watterson 14, R Parkinson 21 R Orrell 15, E France 21 R Swinglehurst 6, J Gill 21 B Gill 18, W Heywood 21 A Thompson 18.

ASKAM 9 LINDAL 1 (164-116)

R Kitchin 17 B Andrews 21. S Currie 21 E Andrews 14, R Whatley 21 R Barclay 16, C Haworth 21 C Crellin 19, D Porter 21 J Crompton 8, P Richards 21 D Hinchley 20, E Tyson 21 D Mackenzie 18, N Milburn w/o.

WALNEY PARK 3 DALTON CC 8 (125-146)

J Whittall 18 K Banks 21, J McDougal 21 D Buck 7, D Millburn 21 K Judge 18, M McKellar 21 J Sharples 16, B Usher 5 E Wall 21, T Ducie 11 R Wearing 21, I Fairclough 12 R West 21, S Halesworth 16 B Woodburn 21.

DIVISION TWO

BARROW ISLAND A 5 WEST MOUNT A 5 (145-137)

P Minnis 15 P Crosthwaite 21, F McKechnie 21 K Quinn 7, T Elliott 21 N McKinnon 6, J Slowey 21 J Cross 19, J Heads 20 N Parker 21, M Jones 12 W Heaton 21, K Wilson 16 B Morrow 21, J Adams 19 J Turley 21.

NORTH SCALE 8 KING ALFRED A 2 (154-98)

G Stevens 21 J Murray 12, R Sturgeon 21 J White 6, T Quayle 19 F Holmes 21, G Walker 21 D Taylor 5, I Dalton 21 J Baines 12, D Barnes 21 A Foster 8, J Simpson 21 A Craig 13, E Fullard 9 A George 21.

ULVERSTON CONS 8 ROOSE COMMUNITY A 2 (146-113)

J Johnson 9 R Nicholson 21, K Birkbeck 21 J Crabtree 15, J Whiteway 11 K Delves 21, R Smith 21 T White 12, R Postlethwaite 21 B Taylor 11, J Benson 21 A Turner 5, E Shaw 21 M Irving 15, D Rogers 21 N Brindley 13.

WEST MOUNT B 8 ASKAM A 1 (145-78)

R Ward 21 E Armstrong 8, R Kendall 21 G Caine 10, S Benson 21 W Sears 4, S Fleet 19 K Nicholson 21, S Thwaites 21 R Proctor 4, D Vickers 21 J Johnson 19, T Marshall (L) 21 W Jinks 12.

CO-OP SC A 7 ULVERSTON CONS A 3 (142-127)

B Hall 13 A Fell 21, D Harwood 9 R Hutton 21, M Gillen 15 R Smith 21, R Wood 21 W Jenkinson 8, D Barrow 21 D Luscombe 19, K Stirzaker 21 K Bamber 9, G Macgregor 21 R Farren 20, A Logan 21 P Tomsett 8.

SALTHOUSE A 2 CO-OP SC B 9 (116-155)

J Weston 17 J Fielding 21, R Carlisle 9 T Weir 21, S Patton 21 S Whitehouse 16, D Carruthers 12 G Ackred 21, B Rawlings 6 J Huitson 21, E Salton 17 M Yardley 21, R Johnson 21 M Ellis 13, J Parker 13 G McDonald 21.