Kirkby take over in Furness Bowls promotion race

Dave Slater, 21-4, John Battersby and Malcolm Cleasby, both 21-5, and Dave Turnough, 21-6, mastered the fiery furnace that Kirkby's green is at the moment.

After beating Barrow Island A 12-2, Walney Park A are a point behind the Villagers, but do have a game in hand. Matt McKellar, 21-6, and Paul Cargan, 21-7, were the form men for Park, with Tommy Elliott unstoppable in his 21-9 reply.

Previous leaders West Mount A struggled to master a now tricky Salthouse green and went down 9-5 to the Raglan Street B-team. Steve Buckley, 21-5, and Rob Keegan, 21-7, impressed for the hosts, with Dave Vickers replying, 21-9.

Roose B had two home games, losing both – 11-4 to West Shore A and 12-3 to Glaxo SC A.

Bob Maltman won 21-5 against the works outfit, who themselves had fine efforts from Mike Speight, 21-6, and Scott McElroy, 21-7, while Billy Carson, 21-7, and Geoff Batte, 21-8, were best for the Shore.

Scores of 21-7 for John Brady and Billy Burrows, accompanied by 21-9 successes for youngsters Callum Sharples and Ben Pullin, helped Red River A beat Hawcoat Park C 11-3.

Phil Holmes' 21-5 success for West Shore A failed to prevent his side losing 10-4 at West Mount.

With Police, King Alfred and Lindal all winning 13-1, the position at the top of Division One remains unchanged.

Roose's euphoria at claiming their first win of the season evaporated at King Alfred, returning from the island with only a Graham Gedling win. Jeff Hinde and Gary Hall, both 21-5, and Barry Lowden, 21-9, were Alfred’s best.

Graham Wood, 21-3, and Paul Curwen, 21-9, played well for the Police, with Martin Lavender saving the Postmen’s blushes.

Billy Harding was the only winner for Walney Park, triumphing 21-14 at top man. Consolation for the Islanders was that all their players managed to reach double figures, no mean feat on a running Lindal green.

Hawcoat Park lost ground on the leading trio, as they could only beat Red River 8-6 at home. Dave Shaw was the visitors' best, with Bob Stewart and Roger Barrow carding 21-7 efforts for the hosts.

Ian Hall was best for Co-op SC as they beat Salthouse 10-4. After a two- month absence, Garry Thompson was on form for the losers.

Scores of 21-2 from Kenny Knowles and 21-3 from Don Logan helped Askam beat King Alfred A 10-4. Matt Wall had a great 21-3 performance for the Alfred.

Hawcoat Park A extended their lead at the top of Division Two to five points after beating their B-team 13-2. Mike Proctor, 21-7, was the best of five single-figure winners.

Steve Viney and Scott Pugh both picked up 21-7 victories as Glaxo SC collected 12 points at home to Askam A.

Since his return from the Potteries, Darren Mountford has been in tremendous form for Salthouse A, adding another 21-6 performance to his bow as the Raglan Street side beat third-placed Co-op SC A 11-3.

The Singleton twins, Mark and Mike, won 21-8 and 9 respectively, with Dave Harwood, 21-9, the pick for the visitors.

Although Jack Kolbe won 21-8 and Steve Hogg 21-9, King Alfred B shared the games but lost the match 9-6 to Kirkby A, mainly due to a fine 21-7 display from Shaun Taylor.

Dave Staunton was the best player on view as Roose Community A beat North Scale 10-4, while with the help of Jonny Richardson triumphing 21-7 saw West Shore inflict the same scoreline on Police A.

Barrow Island sit fourth-bottom, jumping two places, after their 9-5 win against Dalton CC A, with Steve Hunter, 21-6, excelling.

RESULTS

DIVISION ONE

POLICE v POST OFFICE

B Thornton 21 Z Walker 18, S Price 21 J Kells 20, P Curwen 21 B Beard 9, M Johnson 21 M Fieldhouse 15, S Turnbull 21 S Waugh 15, M Curwen 18 M Lavender 21, S Nott 21 A Crighton 13, J Cotton 21 A Oldfield 13, G Wood 21 R West 3, R Allen 21 D Mellen 16, M Clegg 21 A Boardman 17, R Wilson 21 S Walker 14. Total 13 (249) and 1 (174).

LINDAL v WALNEY PARK

I France 14 B Harding 21, D Smith 21 K Ogilvie 13, M Dickinson 21 D Millburn 11, A Moore 21 K Dixon 11, D Kent 21 M Edmonds 14, P Kissock 21 J McDougal 17, T Macpake 21 C White 14, K Johnson 21 R Smith 18, A Armstrong 21 M Lamb 17, K Rooney 21 P Gauntlett 15, P Rooney 21 K Dixon 19, I Leach 21 J Whittall 15. Total 13 (245) and 1 (185).

KING ALFRED v ROOSE

T Whitehouse 21 M Hool 15, B Lowden 21 B Burgess 9, J Hinde 21 P Lewis 5, D Edmonds 21 D Yates 10, P Harris 21 R Rhodes 19, P Hewitson 21 B Bowes 14, C Irvine 21 T Harris 16, M Barrow 21 D Graham 17, S Atkinson 17 G Gedling 21, I McDonald 21 C Corkill 18, J Reilly 21 C Burton 10, G Hall 21 J McNamee 5. Total 13 (248) and 1 (159).

CO-OP SC v SALTHOUSE

D Dawes 21 B Thompson 15, M Ryder 21 D Rogers 15, D Southward 19 M Smith 21, M Howard 21 A Asbury 13, D Ryder 14 B Asbury 21, D Irvine 21 J Taylor 16, P Garner 21 A Woods 12, I Hall 21 C Lloyd 10, A Fay 21 J Wardman 20, I Sim 19 J Mason 21, D Jackson 10 G Thompson 21, D Wilson 21 A Smith 16. Total 10 (230) and 4 (201).

HAWCOAT PARK v RED RIVER

R Moxham 12 M Coulter 21, K Judge 12 D Woodend 21, G Harris 17 S Aspinall 21, B Stewart 21 N Aspinall 7, T Moxham 21 R Jones 10, P McDonald 10 D Shaw 21, B Parkinson 21 A McDonald 12, B Christian 21 K Roebuck 10, T Kneale 13 D Jones 21, R Barrow 21 S Halesworth 7, C Knipe 20 J Millar 21, P Cain 21 H Curwen 13. Total 8 (210) and 6 (185).

ASKAM v KING ALFRED A

G Rigg 21 R Holmes 16, G Knowles 15 S Fullard 21, M Askew 14 L Barnard 21, I Clough 3 M Wall 21, K Knowles 21 E Backhouse 2, A Rigg 21 A Mason 10, A Foster 20 I Gomersall 21, I Jones 21 E Lowden 14, C Atkinson 21 R Price 18, C Taylor 21 P Roberts 19, D Logan 21 B Brown 3, F Rigg 21 T George 14. Total 10 (220) and 4 (180).

DIVISION TWO

GLAXO SK v ASKAM A

N McLeod Jnr 21 J Hamilton 18, D Bell 17 D Porter 21, P Viney 21 C Haworth 17, T Tomsett 21 B Askew 19, L Worsley 21 B Wearing 15, G Hill 10 P Richards 21, D Nicholson 21 W Coates 17, R Lewis 21 B Sears 13, H Tomsett 21 G Caine 9, D Kavanagh 21 N Milburn 20, S Viney 21 J Lindsay 7, S Pugh 21 R Proctor 7. Total 12 (237) and 2 (184).

WEST SHORE v POLICE A

D Rawlings 21 N Burns 20, B Chelton 17 D Little 21, J Richardson 21 M Luscombe 7, T Richardson 21 K Churchman 13, P Knott 10 G Critchley 21, L Wilson 21 A Salisbury 12, P Chesworth 21 B Winder 16, Lavender 21 L Storey 19, R Massey Holmes 16 N Chanin 21, P Wrathall 21 B Clegg 10, J Pattinson 21 M Simpson 10, R Holmes 11 D Luscombe 21. Total 10 (222) and 4 (191).

KING ALFRED B v KIRKBY A

I Pearson 11 P Lee 21, J Kolbe 21 N McAlley 8, G Pritchard 14 T Taylor 21, C Turnbull 21 G Leatherland 13, K Sewell 7 S Taylor 21, B Caulfield 11 A Stevenson 21, D Thompson 21 R Bainbridge 14, J Johnson 19 I Broome 21, K Johnson 21 P Park 18, B Cleasby 21 K Ashcroft 20, S Hogg 21 M Fell 9, G Hogg 19 L Preston 21. Total 6 (207) and 9 (208).

HAWCOAT PARK B v HAWCOAT PARK A

R Twiname 8 D Hird 21, D Lee 15 J Bawden 21, I France 21 W Heywood 18, J Lavender 17 B McLaughlin 21, R May 7 M Procter 21, P Davies 13 J Gill 21, N Reilly 21 G Maudsley 14, A Woods 13 R Woods 21, G McFarlane 14 J Curphey 21, K Robinson 9 D Hodgson 21, I McBride 8 J Stewart 21, R Williams 8 A Artis 21. Total 2 (154) and 13 (242).

ROOSE A v NORTH SCALE

R Nicholson 18 G Walker 21, M Irving 20 G Stevens 21, P Dixon 20 P Sullivan 21, K Delves 21 K Hurley 14, N Whitehouse 21 J Simpson 12, R Fisher 21 M Comish 19, J Johnson 12 T Gauntlett 21, K Boyd 21 J Charnley 20, P Kelly 21 P O'connor 20, J Crabtree 21 T Quayle 12, D Staunton 21 R Sturgeon 7, T Gooding 21 G Bigland 13. Total 10 (238) and 4 (201).

BARROW ISLAND v DALTON CC A

D Leece 21 B Woodburn 13, S Hunter 21 A Haines 6, R Walmsley 17 H Dagger 21, D Dale 18 G May 21, T Marshall 21 G Langhorn 16, D Slowey 21 J Sharples 11, P Minnis 18 K Clarke 21, M Bram 20 D Grainger 21, R Barclay 21 S Barron 20, A Postlethwaite 13 DJ. Bell 21, J O'Leary 21 R Griffiths 10, F McKechnie 21 E Wall 0. Total 9 (233) and 5 (181).

SALTHOUSE A v CO-OP SC A

S Mason 13 P Phizacklea 21, D Mountford 21 D Phizacklea 6, J Weston 21 R Orrell 12, G Carlisle 21 B Corkill 16, M Singleton 21 P McHugh 9, I Walker 9 D Harwood 21, A Newsham 13 L Vickers 21, M Singleton 21 J Proudfoot 8, M Smith 21 R Wood 15, J Last 21 D Watterson 19, K Howarth 21 S Urmston 12, S Barrow 21 A Logan 14. Total 11 (224) and 3 (174).

DIVISION THREE

ROOSE B v WEST SHORE A

R Nicholson 11 L Wilson 21, K Delves 21 M Burns 16, R Chissim 21 S Woods 19, B Maltman 21 J Shipley 14, T Chissim 13 G Wrathall 21, A Crabtree 21 P Fogharty 18, B Taylor 15 R Clements 21, B Pooley 17 D Leach 21, V Pollock 19 J Moore 21, W Buchocroon 17 E Western 21, W Gordon 7 B Carson 21, A Taylor 8 G Batte 21. Total 4 (191) and 11 (235).

SALTHOUSE B v WEST MOUNT A

R Smith 18 I Littlewood 21, M Carpenter 21 S Holmes 10, J Truman 14 A Birkett 21, M Last 21 C Butler 13, S Buckley 21 K Nixon 5, R Keegan 21 A Hudson 6, D Thompson 21 J Hawkrigg 16, K Thompson 17 S Thwaites 21, R Crompton 18 D Hawkrigg 21, G Windsor 21 S Jefferson 20, R Carroll 21 R McKenna 10, L Douglas 7 D Vickers 21. Total 9 (221) and 5 (185).

KIRKBY v WALNEY PARK B

R Park 21 N McMillan 16, J Park 21 T McDougal 10, I Parkinson 21 S Worthington 10, M Cleasby 21 S Lackey 5, D Marshall 21 B Holland 12, J Battersby 21 J McHale 5, D Tray 21 R Visick 15, S Goodwin 21 L Clarke 0, D Slater 21 K Irvine 4, D Turnough 21 D Artis 6, G Preston 21 B Usher 11, S Hurst 21 R Quayle 19. Total 14 (252) and 0 (113).

RED RIVER A v HAWCOAT PARK C

I Perry 21 F Ratcliffe 15, J Jackson 21 M Kittley 15, J Brady 21 T Lashmar 7, R James 21 B Kaighan 13, D Pullin 21 E France 11, B Burrows 21 R Tooze 7, J Sharples 13 A Troughton 21, D Bell 14 D Williams 21, R Hall 21 A McNicol 14, C Sharples 21 L Case 9, D Thompson 20 M Muldoon 21, B Pullin 21 N Coward 9. Total 11 (236) and 3 (163).

WALNEY PARK A v BARROW ISLAND A

A McMurray 21 M Jones 12, J Howard 9 T Elliott 21, L Smith 21 B Linklater 14, I Worthington 21 J Humphrey 10, T Ducie 21 K Goude 13, G Stubbs 21 B Crawford 10, M Davey 21 J Challinor 11, P Cargan 21 D Heron 7, R Repton 14 D Dent 21, M McKellar 21 N McDonald 6, I Fairclough 21 K Wilson 13, T Muldoon-Smith 21 P Denness 10. Total 12 (233) and 2 (148).

WEST MOUNT v WEST SHORE A

B Morrow 5 P Holmes 21, M Hodgson 21 G Wrathall 12, M Pritchard 19 M Burns 21, M Grainger 21 R Clements 17, S Benson 12 S Woods 21, C Taylor 18 J Shipley 21, K Quinn 21 C Jones 10, J Cross 21 D Leach 20, P Crosthwaite 21 J Moore 13, B Ward 21 E Western 17, K Robinson 21 B Carson 16, W Heaton 21 G Batte 15. Total 10 (222) and 4 (204).

ROOSE B v GLAXO SK A

R Chissim 21 C Dleny 20, B Maltman 21 E Worsley 5, T Chissim 10 K Birkbeck 21, A Crabtree 6 M Speight 21, B Taylor 21 A Houlden 19, V Pollock 13 A Slater 21, M Gasson 11 J Brannon Jnr 21, Walk Over 0 R Postlethwaite 21, W Gordon 7 S McElroy 21, Alan Taylor 11 L Tallon 21, Walk Over 0 J Brannon Snr 21, Walk Over 0 B Collins 21. Total 3 (121) and 12 (233).