Moor assault
QUALIFYING for the Huddersfield Liberal Merit, sponsored by Golcar Lib, will be on Monday (6.30 start, 6.45 scratch).
It’s bowl down to four on each green and there is over £600 up for grabs in the final at Golcar Lib on Sunday, July 30 (2pm), when there will be medals for the last four.
Defending champion Daniel Bousfield of Lindley Lib plays Gary Baxter from Milnsbridge Lib at Crosland Moor as he starts his defence of the trophy.
(A) M Armitage (Linthwaite CBC) v T Chatfield (Golcar Lib), T Broadbent (Primrose Hill Lib) v A Rose (Linthwaite CBC), G Whitehouse (Marsh Lib) v I Haigh (Almondbury Lib), C Allert (Almondbury Lib) v R Sutton (Meltham Lib), A Beardsall (Marsden Lib) v P Senior (Lindley Lib), M Atkinson (Crosland Moor) v G Foulkes (Kirkheaton Con), S Halsall (Cowcliffe Lib) v M Shore (Primrose Hill Lib), T Liversedge (Golcar Lib) v Winner of (A).
(A) A Heaume (Almondbury Lib) v D Singleton (Golcar Lib), C Noble (Primrose Hill Lib) v B Gibson (Meltham Lib), D Bousfield (Lindley Lib) v G Baxter (Milnsbridge Lib), C Valentine (Golcar Lib) v Peter Swinden (Meltham Lib), A Harrison (Almondbury Lib) v J Hodgson (Moldgreen), A Lumb (Kirkheaton Con) v Jamie Shaw (Almondbury Lib), D Fuller (Linthwaite CBC) v M Waddington (Meltham Lib), P Hynes v Winner of (A).
B Ellis (Meltham Lib) v L Fallas (Crosland Moor), B Walsh (Meltham Lib) v S Morgan (Marsh Lib), W Reynolds (Milnsbridge Lib) v K Morris (Springwood BC), N Kendal (Linthwaite CBC) v A Oldfield (Cowcliffe Lib), C Longbottom (Marsh Lib) v R Singleton (Milnsbridge Lib), D Crowther (Almondbury Lib) v Robert Taylor (Linthwatie CBC), P Toon (Kirkheaton CBC) v A Chapman (Meltham Lib).
(A) James Robson (Marsh Lib) v RL Senior (Lindley Lib), A Crawley (Moldgreen Con) v K Lunn (Primrose Hill Lib), D Frost (Crosland Moor) v M Sykes (Golcar Lib), D Woodruff (Linthwaite CBC) v S Lunn (Primrose Hill Lib), T Brook (Crosland Moor) v B Hallas (Kirkheaton CBC), P Longbottom (Crosland Moor) v D Fox (Kirkheaton Con), S Price (Crosland Moor) v M Hirst (Golcar Lib), C Hufton (Cowcliffe Lib) v Winner of (A). ■■The latest qualifier for the Marsh United £2000 Competition final night on Saturday, August 5,is Ashley Daykin (Thongsbridge C&BC), who defeated Tony Riley (Bradford) 21-18 to go through.
Neil Slattery (Lockwood Con) v Duncan Reeves (Pudsey), Steven Haigh (Meltham BC) v Wayne Dews (Netherton Con), James Baillie (Slaithwaite C&BC) v Rob Wiltshire (Netherton Con), Graham Higgins (Lower Hopton) v Connor Davis (Crosland Moor BC). ■■The Shepley 32 competition, sponsored by Maxis Balti takeaway of Denby Dale, is to take place on September 23, with a first prize of £350. Entries are still being taken. Contact John Hodgson on 07846 048402. CROSLAND Moor will be fancying their chances of landing the Huddersfield Merit title for one of their members on Sunday.
Not only have the Moor got six players in the final, but three of them are former champions – Mark Atkinson, John Webster and Gary Siswick.
The other three from that club doing battle in the final at Farnley Tyas this Sunday (2pm), which is sponsored by Debriar Foodservice, are John Greenhalgh (beaten finalist in 2015), Thomas Fowler and Ray Whitwam.
There is one other previous winner in the field – Nicky White of Thongsbridge, who took the crown in 2006 – and one other previous runner-up, Paul Ingleby of Lower Hopton, who reached the final in 1997.
This year’s winner will collect £200, while there is £100 for the runner-up.
Draw: John Greenhalgh (Crosland Moor) v Thomas Fowler (Crosland Moor), Robert Craven (Skelmanthorpe Central) v Paul Ingleby (Lower Hopton), Barry Tinker (Longwood) v Ray Whitwam (Crosland Moor), John Webster (Crosland Moor) v John Hodgson (Shepley), Kieron Spencer-Halsall (Canalside) v Mark Atkinson (Crosland Moor), Nick White (Thongsbridge) v Andrew Wike (Moldgreen), Michael Sweeney (Netherton) v Gary Siswick (Crosland Moor), Harry Seehra (Lower Hopton) v Andrew Heaume (Canalside).