Kieran lands top Griffin honour

Tom Graham to 10, defeating Dave Scott by the same score in the semifinals.

Daykin was well fancied to secure his fifth Champion of Champions title, but it was O’Prey who emerged victorious.

First round: M Higgins 20 K O’Prey 21, L Fallas 13 T Graham 21, G Sigsworth 21 N White 9, R Whitwam 20 D Scott 21, J Dyson 21 J Ingleby 17, M Allman 21 G Siswick 19, T Brook 16 A Daykin 21, A Cairns 8 J Brown 21.

Quarter-finals: O’Prey 21 Graham 10, Sigsworth 5 Scott 21, Dyson 17 Allman 21, Daykin 21 Brown 14.

Semi-finals: O’Prey 21 Scott 19, Allman 11 Daykin 21.

Final: O’Prey 21 Daykin 11.

Linthwaite C&BC are holding their Ladies Open Day Pairs Competition on Sunday, April 15 (10am).

Entry £6 per pair. Contact Barbara Johnstone on 07754 773408 to enter.

Huddersfield’s bowling season kicks off on Sunday with the Triples Final at Thongsbridge.

It’s a 1pm start in the event sponsored by Titanic Spa, and eight triples will contest the honours.

There are two teams in the field that have previously won the competition.

Andrew Cairns, Andrew Wadsworth and Ian Briggs won in 2013 and 2014.

Thomas Fowler, Liam Fallas and Gary Siswick won it in 2015. Champion of Champions final at the Griffin. From left: winner Kieran O’Prey, referee and sponsor Duncan Reeves and runner-up Ashley Daykin

Cairns, Wadsworth and Briggs are handicapped minus one.

Draw: Brook/O’Prey/ Whitwam (Transpennine) v Atkinson/Wood/ Ashwell (Moldgreen Con), Reynold/ Proctor/Dickinson (Milnsbridge Lib) v Siswick/Fallas/Fowler (Crosland Moor), Tinker/Ollerenshaw/Price (Longwood) v Chomiak/Shaw/Price (Crosland Moor), Stocks/Cooling/ Howden (Lockwood Con) v Cairns/ Wadsworth/Briggs (Transpennine).

Some Cups in the Ballcraft Engravers Huddersfield League start a week on Saturday, April 14.

There are fixtures in the Littlewood, Bamforth, Ingham and Beaumont Cup (10-Man) sections to start things off.