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Bowls: Halifax pair make bid
ROBERT Hitchen and Dennis Hartley provide local interest when the sixth qualifying round takes place in the Bill Carter Memorial Trophy competition takes place at Sowerby Tennis and Bowling Club tomorrow (10.30).
A strong contingent from Sheffield took part in last Saturday's qualifier but tghe players who were progressed were James Wilcox from Leeds and Peter Bound from Shrewsbury.
In the top half of the draw, Wilcox was always in control to register 21-17 wins against Peter Thomas (Shrewsbury) and Steve Davis (Liverpool. His next opponent was Chris Brown, who had beaten Keighley's Bryan Harrison to 12 and Shrewsbury's Martin Lloyd to seven, and he led 14-6 and 18-11 before winning 21-17.
The second half of the draw belonged to Bound who had a first round bye and then bowled impressively against the Sheffield duo of Matt Bower and Ernie Wearing. Bower had lost in the final of this year's Sowerby Super 32 but after leading 5-3 he fell behind to a nine break and only just managed to reach double figures against Bound. Against Wearing, it was11 across but Bound managed another quick break on the way to a 21-13 success.
Saturday's line-up: J. Bennett (Macclesfield), R.Mozley (Huddersfield), C.Armitage (Warrington), R.Hitchen (Halifax), S.Leach (Rochdale), P.Wilcox (Leeds), P.Cookson (Manchester), S.Mort (Standish), S.Goodwin (Warrington), W.Dews (Huddersfield), J.Hambleton (Macclesfield), M.Sykes (Huddersfield), D.Poole (Doncaster), D.Hartley (Halifax).
Last Saturday's results: S.Davis (Liverpool) 21 C.Baker (Birmingham) 18, J.Wilcox (Leeds) 21 P.Thomas (Shrewsbury) 17, I.McCallum (Sheffield) 4 M.Lloyd (Shrewsbury) 21, C.Brown (Sheffield) 21 B.Harrison (Keighley) 12, M.Bower (Sheffielkd) 21 N.Cranston (Leeds) 12, P.Bound w/o v A.Buckley (Chadderton), P.Bailey (Manchester) 14 E.Wearing (Sheffield) 21, C.Lloyd (Shrewabury) 10 J.Wilcox (Leeds) 21.
Davis 17 James Wilcox 21, Lloyd 7 Brown 21, Bower 10 Bound 21, Wearing 21 Jon Wilcox 7. James Wilcox 21 Brown 17, Bound 21 Wearing 13.
FOUR Halifax bowlers qualified for the final day of the 2350 Vital Classic at New St BC, Littleborough last Sunday.
Hill Crest supplied three bowlers, headed by last year`s runner up Richard Hobson along with former semi finalist Mark Regan and Clive Austin. Elland's James Senior made up the quartet.
The last 16 do battle on Sunday (noon) with a first prize of 600 up for grabs. Two of the biggest names in bowls, defending champion Graeme Wilson and Gary Ellis are in opposite sides of the draw but with two other former winners in the line up, Mike Holden and Darren Griffiths, picking a winner will not be easy.
Sunday's line-up: M.Gillies (Tonge) v C.Austin (Hill Crest), C.Chapman (Heywood), M.Holden (Syke), G.Ellis (Whitefield), M.Regan (Hill Crest), J.Wade (Syke), P.Firth(Lower Hopton), P.Fielding (Syke), G.I.Wilson (Oldham), R.Hobson (Hill Crest), J.Senior (Thongsbridge), D.Griffiths (Chadderton), B.Lowden (Cumbria), P.Craig (Syke), M.Hodson (Chadderton).
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