Spurs Mark!
Craig Gant, of the Huddersfield Bowling Association executive (right), shows the Huddersfield Merit trophy to competitors in the final at Farnley Tyas Picture by Simon Morley again and, having lost in two finals and a semi-final in that, I do feel there is unfinished business on that front.”
Association president Andrew Wadsworth thanked executive member Craig Gant for doing an excellent job in running the Merit final.
First round: John Greenhalgh (Crosland Moor) 21 Thomas Fowler (Crosland Moor) 20, Robert Craven (Skelmanthorpe Central) 17 Paul Ingleby (Lower Hopton) 21, Barry Tinker (Longwood) 7 Ray Whitwam (Crosland Moor) 21, John Webster (Crosland Moor) 21 John Hodgson (Shepley) 12, Kieron Spencer-Halsall (Canalside) 11 Mark Atkinson (Crosland Moor) 21, Nick White (Thongsbridge) 13 Andrew Wike (Moldgreen) 21, Michael Sweeney (Netherton) 21 Gary Siswick (Crosland Moor) 15, Harry Seehra (Lower Hopton) 14 Andrew Heaume (Canalside) 21.
Quarter-finals: Greenhalgh 21 Ingleby 15, Whitwam 21 Webster 8, Atkinson 21 Wike 16, Sweeney 7 Heaume 21.
Semi-finals: Greenhalgh 17 Whitwam 21, Atkinson 21 Heaume 17.
Final: Whitwam 16 Atkinson 21. THERE’S £5,800 up for grabs in the Mirfield Old Bank Autumn Double, which gets under way with first qualifying on Monday July 24.
The semi-finals and final are not until Monday, October 2 (7pm) when the winner will go home with £1,300 and the runner-up £900.
Losing semi-finalists receive £600 each, while the last 16 get £150 apiece.
And there is £50 as a highest break prize. C Newton & J Webster (Normanton) v Ja Wilcox & Jon Wilcox (Crossgates), P Bailey & R Atkin (Sheffield) v L Griffin & R Stockdale (Pudsey/Eccleshill). P Heap & M Gillies (Oldham) v M Regan & Partner (Brighouse), C Gant & N Grant (Thongsbridge/Manchester) v J Hargreaves & C Heyes (Hyde). J Davison & Partner (Thongsbridge) v S Hanson & I Shaw (Pudsey), R Jackson & M Anderson (Thongsbridge) v G Lally & K Smith (Crossgates). S Goodwin & C Armitage (Warrington) v M Atkinson & J Greenhalgh (Crosland Moor), S Leach & N Bithell (Rochdale/Wigan) v D Fox & S Tattersley (Kirkheaton). A Mailer & S Marshall (Sheffield) v A Daykin & J Dyson (Thongsbridge), A Tattersley & W Moseley (Lower Hopton/Lockwood Con) v A Moss & P Latham (Crewe). J Derby & D Griffiths (Bury/Chadderton) v K Burns & M Barlow (Ossett F/H), J Sneddon & E Wearing (Maltby) v P Ingleby & M Bramall (Lower Hopton/Netherton). P Firth & Partner (Lower Hopton) v J Mordue & Partner (Pudsey), S Gilroy & M Hughes (Crossgates) v G Smith & R Prosser (Birmingham). A Spragg & C Wraight (Chesterfield/Shrewsbury) v R Crowther & P Senior (Spen Vic), P Evans & S Simpson (Willenhall) v P Fielding & B Stapleton (Rochdale).
C Kelly & R Clark (Thongsbridge) v J Grimston & M Leach (Blackpool), G Smith & S Hirst (Netherton) v D Ferris & B Gloag (Manchester).
L Heaton & S Mort (Chorley) v M Kelly-Walley & D Petcher (Burton), M Tunstall & P Lee (Liverpool) v G Ainley & A Sorsby (Sheffield).
R Crowther & Partner (Longwood) v S Fisher & C Scorah (Denby Grange), B Massey & R Meese (Dearne) v D Watters & S Coupe (Preston).
D Plenderleith & C Barker (Tamworth) v C Ward & C MacDonald (Stafford), T Hanson & J Hanson (Pudsey) v GI Wilson & R Hitchen (Lower Hopton). B Hill & L Davies (Chesterfield) v A White & N Burrows (Manchester), S Walder & H Seehra (Lower Hopton) v D Scott & P Dowgill (Silsden). T Johnstone & Partner (Poynton) v I Booth & A Cairns (Lower Hopton/ Thongsbridge), R Nicholson & G Nicholson (Halifax) v W Burlinson & K Wainwright (Warrington). D Gwilliam & G Gwilliam (Glossop) v R Fitzpatrick & R Hall (Wirral), G Ellis & C Brown (Whitefield/Sheffield) v M Booth & K Nixon (Doncaster). W Ditchfield & I Nicholson (Chorley) v A Heeps & D Penketh (Warrington), M Allman & S King (Littlemoor/Lower Hopton) v C Mordue & Partner (Pudsey).