Lindley BC team stunner

Yorkshire Ladies’ home team are pictured (from left): Sophie Brown, Dill Harvey, Chloe Ghaffar, Alicia Beaumont, Fern Beaumont, Chloe Hirst, Jasmine Kendall, Karen Gant, Jacquie Haigh, Julie Mallinson, Linda Gledhill, Jane Hollingworth, Linda Drury, Marie Lockwood and Sheila Whiteley LINDLEY Bowling Club won the A&S Hirst Four-man Team Competition at Broad Oak Bowling Club.

It was something of a shock as they play in the Littlewood Cup in the Ballcraft Engravers Huddersfield League, which is the third division of the league.

However, they certainly didn’t play like third division bowlers as they swept aside opposition from the top division.

Semi-finals: Crosland Moor B 51 Transpennine 33 (Wayne Moseley 21 Andrew Cairns 17, Ray Whitwam 9 Paul Ingleby 4, Liam Fallas & Sean Price 21 Andrew Wadsworth & Ian Briggs 12); Lindley BC 61 Lockwood Con B 37 (David Allen 21 Mark Richardson 6, Nathan Hartley 21 Peter Kain 10, Carl Allen & George Turton 20 Mark Wood & Andrew Harper 21).

Final: Crosland Moor B 54 Lindley BC 61 (Wayne Moseley 21 Dave Allen 19, Ray Whitwam 20 Nathan Hartley 21, Liam Fallas & Sean Price 13 Carl Allen & George Turton 21). THE first qualifying round of the Lindley £2000 is on Friday, June 29.

It’s a 6.30pm start with practice from 6pm and the main sponsor this year is Travel Councillors of Lindley.

There will be £600 for the winner on July 29 and £50 each for bowlers getting to the last 16.

Last year’s winner Graeme Wilson is in action on July 7.

Friday June 29 draw: Andy Webb (Ossett Flying Horse) v Gareth Nicholson (Halifax), Ben Gloag (Manchester) v Mark McCann (Burley Park), Terry Brook (Crosland Moor) v David Hodgson (Harrogate), Robert Hitchen (Halifax) v Gareth