Kirkby make big strides in quest for Furness Senior Bowls promotion

The leaders claimed an 8-2 victory over rivals Glaxo SK, with Roger Tyson’s 21-5 success their standout result.

Glaxo’s points came from Eric Worsley and Tony Gorman.

Kirkby are building up an almost unassailable lead, and lead the standings by 23 points.

There are five sides trailing in their wake, with 13 points covering the spread. All will consider they have a fair chance of joining Kirkby in going up.

West Mount A sit second having defeated their B-team 9-1.

Two points behind are Roose A, who also won 9-1 at home to Walney Park B, for whom Ray Visick staved off the whitewash.

Co-op SC A are a side on the periphery, but a 8-3 triumph at Salthouse A gave their hopes a boost, Don Barrow and George Ackred taking 21-3 victories.

King Alfred A shared the games with Askam A, but claimed the aggregate for a 6-4 win; while elsewhere on Walney, West Shore were slipping to an 8-3 loss to Co-op SC B.

In Division One, season-long leaders Hawcoat Park suffered a rare defeat as Walney Park inflicted a 6-4 loss.

Having shared the games four apiece, the Walney side claimed the aggregate. The standout win came from Ian Fairclough, 21-9.

Second-placed King Alfred also shared the games on their visit to Askam, but the aggregate points gave them a 7-4 away success. Merit leader Jeff Hinde was forced to scrap to hold on to his unbeaten record, as he beat Askam’s Derek Buck 21-20.

Third-placed West Shore came away with an 8-3 victory at Hawcoat Park A, with Brian Chelton and Charlie West among their winners.

A gap has opened between these three and the following group, headed by the Co-op. They drew 5-5 with Barrow Island, who shocked the home side by taking the first four games. Despite adding another, the Old Barrow tea, were unable to claim the aggregate, settling for a draw.

Lindal’s impressive home form continued with a 9-1 win over Salthouse, whose sole winner was Jimmy Weston.

The bottom two sides met at Cavendish Park, where visiting North Scale beat Barrow Island A 8-3, a result which makes the Old Barrow side's survival prospects remote.

Another game which saw the away side win 8-3 was at Church Walk, where the Cons went down to visitors Dalton CC.

The remaining match saw West Mount and Roose share the games, with the former claiming the aggregate and a 6-4 win.

There were single-figure victories for the Mount's Kenny Baines and Roose’s Chris Corkill and Bill Bowes.

RESULTS

DIVISION ONE

LINDAL 9 SALTHOUSE 1 (154-106)

C Crellin 21 J Mason 10, B Andrews 21 J Wardman 10, K Rooney 21 K Howarth 4, D Dickinson 21 J Taylor 19, J Crompton 21 P Millar 14, D Bennett 7 J Weston 21, R Barclay 21 S Edmondson 14, D Luscombe 21 R Smith 14.

CO-OP S C 5 BARROW ISLAND 5 (148-141)

D Dawes 19 W Burgess 21, K Judge 14 D Leece 21, P Garner 21 H Dagger 11, L Vickers 13 A Postlethwaite 21, A Fay 21 D Dent 11, D Irvine 21 R Walmsley 14, D Harwood 19 J Hulston 21, A Head 20 M Bram 21.

ASKAM 4 KING ALFRED 7 (143-148)

D Buck 20 J Hinde 21, E Tyson 16 S Atkinson 21, C Wearing 21 P Roberts 19, N Milburn 21 R Price 20, D Porter 21 J McDonald 11, P Richards 7 J Kolbe 21, S Currie 21 S Hogg 14, R Park 16 A George 21.

HAWCOAT PARK A 3 WEST SHORE 8 (139-150)

J Tongue 15 M Lavender 21, E France 18 B Beard 21, R May 18 D Mellen 21, D Hodgson 14 C West 21, M Bowyer 21 K Murdoch 21, I France 21 R West 20, A Artis 11 B Chelton 21, R Twiname 21 G Batte 18.

Ulverston Cons 3 Dalton CC 8 (135-163)

S Barron 18 D Smith 21, D Nicholson 11 K Banks 21, J Benson 21 N Burns 20, K Birkbeck 11 A Newsham 21, A Fell 16 A Edwards 21, R Postlethwaite 16 E Wall 21, J Fielding 21 D Grainger 18, J Johnson 21 J Roberts 20.

BARROW ISLAND A 3 NORTH SCALE 8 (133-147)

P Minnis 21 G Walker 14, J Heads 21 G Stevens 12, F McKechnie 13 K Hurley 21, D Dale 7 M Gwynne 21, M Jones 19 I Dalton 21, K Wilson 14 T Gauntlett 21, T Elliott 17 J Simpson 21, B Crawford 21 J Woodhouse 16.

WEST MOUNT 6 ROOSE COMMUNITY 4 (126-124)

K Baines 21 R Rhodes 6, C Taylor 21 T Fitzsimmons 13, M Pritchard 8 C Corkill 21, J Hawkrigg 8 W Bowes 21, B Sharp 21 J Johnson 13, S Hocknell 21 K Boyd 8, N McKinnon 15 G Gedling 21, M Boulton 11 M Watt 21.

WALNEY PARK 6 HAWCOAT PARK 4 (144-133)

S Halesworth 11 W Heywood 21, J McDougal 19 P Cain 21, M McKellar 12 R Parkinson 21, B Usher 18 W McLaughlin 21, D Millburn 21 J Bawden 12, I Fairclough 21 N Reilly 9, A Walker 21 R Stewart 12, J Whittall 21 J Curphey 16.

DIVISION TWO

KIRKBY 8 GLAXO SK 2 (154-150)

A Waring 21 R Lewis , D Turnough 1 E Worsley 21, P Lee 21 T Rhodes 13, D Tray 15 T Gorman 21, I Broome 21 T Brown 10, R Tyson 21 A Slater 5, B Rigg 21 N Macleod 14.

KING ALFRED A 6 ASKAM A 4 (148-145)

C Callister 13 G Caine 21, W Caulfield 17 R Kitchin 21, G Pritchard 14 W Sears 21, F Holmes 20 J Kirk 21, J Baines 21 K Nicholson 19, J Cannings 21 R Proctor 13, J Johnson 21 S Haworth 19, E Backhouse 21 F Murray 10.

WEST SHORE A 3 CO-OP SC B 8 (133-154)

M Burns 15 J Huitson 21, P Fogarty 14 T White 21, J Shipley 21 A Thompson 18, J Moore 8 K Stirzaker 21, S Woods 18 T Weir 21, R Clements 15 S Whitehouse 21, E Western 21 G Magregor 19, A Fisher 21 M Yardley 12.

SALTHOUSE A 3 CO-OP SC A 8 (114-149)

J Parker 12 A Logan 21, R Burley 21 J Proudfoot 19, R Johnson 21 G McDonald 13, E Salton 21 B Gill 12, R Carlisle 14 R Woods 21, T Shankland 3 D Barrow 21, D Dryden 3 G Ackred 21, W Waiting 19 D Watterson 21.

WEST MOUNT B 2 WEST MOUNT A 9 (113-158)

R Kendall 9 M Hodgson 21, S Thwaites 9 K Robinson 21, R Ward 18 K Quinn 21, K Hudson 14 W Heaton 21, D Vickers 6 P Crosthwaite 21, D Greenhow 15 J Cross 21, N Parker 21 J Turley 16, A Player 21 B Player 16.

ROOSE COMMUNITY A 9 WALNEY PARK B 1 (162-118)

G Rigg 15 R Visick 21, K Delves 21 G Bartlett 18, N Whitehouse 21 J McDougal 19, N Brindley 21 K Irvine 16, J Crabtree 21 B Holland 14, D Staunton 21 D Artis 11, M Irving 21 R Quayle 12, B Taylor 21 J McHale 7.