Rastrick are piling up points in a rampage!

IT’S finals time for the Veterans!

Frank Greenwood of Golcar Lib is the 2018 Over 80s Knockout champion after beating Derek Sykes of Marsden Park 21-18.

The two final rounds were completed at Kirkheaton C&BC with the two beaten semi-finalists being John Cocking of Hemplow and Mick Pejica of Netherton Con.

A good turn out saw three very competitive games before Frank deservedly took the trophy from competition sponsors Alan and Pat Stephenson.

Well done to Lindley Lib for an overwhelming 73-50 win in the Julie Fuller Trophy final.

Clayton West were runners-up for a second consecutive year.

Meanwhile, the Team Knockout Final will be contested between Waterloo and Broad Oak A. The Section 2 representatives from Broad Oak continued their giantkilling ways by adding a third Section 1 team scalp along their path to the final.

This time it was Milnsbridge A. They didn’t require their 15-point handicap advantage as they won by 40 points.

Waterloo did require their five-point semi-final handicap advantage to drop zone after Almondbury Lib revived their avoidance hopes with a 6-3 home win over Skel Windmill A. The bottom four teams in Section 1 all had away fixtures and, of those, only Golcar Lib managed a win.

That 6-3 victory at Meltham helped their cause but with matches still to play against the other three teams in the relegation mix before the end of the season, their safety is not guaranteed yet by any means.

The leading teams in Section A of the 6-Man League are getting the collie-wobbles with the top two both suffering heavy away defeats.

Leaders Crosland Moor lost 6-1 at Shepley but remain in the lead, although that advantage has been shrunk to just three points. creep past Marsh Utd A 125-121 and will play Broad Oak A in the final at Lindley BC on Thursday, September 6.

The two losing semifinalists are both involved in next week’s Bistro Knockout semi-finals, when they will be hoping for better outcomes.

The Sub-Team Knockout final will be between Brockholes B from Section 4 and Holmfirth A from Section

Clayton West 7 Brockholes A 2; Lindley Lib A 7 Waterloo 2; Lockwood Con A 8 Netherton Con A 1; Meltham A 3 Golcar Lib A 6; Milnsbridge A 5 Almondbury BC A 4; Marsh United A 8 Thongsbridge A 1; Elland C&BC A 5 Cowcliffe 4.

Lindley BC A 8 Primrose Hill Lib A 1; Broad Oak A 3 Crosland Moor 6; Rastrick 9 Meltham B 0; Almondbury Lib 6 Skel Windmill 3; New Mill A 5 Longwood 4; Shepley 7 Hemplow 2.

Ravensknowle Park A 6 Springwood 3; Golcar Lib B 3 Paddock I&C 6; Canalside 3 Holmfirth A 6; Kirkheaton Con 5 Lockwood Con B 4; Thorpe Green 7 Lindley Lib B 2.

Marsden Park 6 Outlane 3; Denby Dale 7 Marsh United B 2; Meltham C 7 Milnsbridge B 2; Netherton Con B 6 Slaithwaite 3; Bradley & Colne 7 Broad Oak B 2; Brockholes B 8 Lindley BC B 1.

Thongsbridge B 7 Kirkheaton C&BC B 2; Greenhead Park 0 New Mill B 9; Holmfirth B 6 Lowerhouses 3; David Brown Sports 7 Elland C&BC B 2; Primrose Hill Lib B 5 Huddersfield RUBC 4; Dalton 8 Ravensknowle Park B 1.

Marsh United A 121 Waterloo (+5) 125; Milnsbridge A 105 Broad Oak A (+15) 145.

Sub-Team KO semi-finals: Netherton Con B (+30) 134 Brockholes B (+30) 155; Almondbury BC B (+25) 146 Holmfirth A (+25) 150.

Almondbury Lib 5 Netherton Con 2; Milnsbridge BC 1 Brockholes A 6; Shepley A 6 Crosland Moor 1; Clayton West 7 Golcar Lib 0; Paddock I&C 5 Thongsbridge B 2; Skel Windmill A 2 Farnley Tyas 5.

Marsh Lib 2 Skel Windmill B 5; Thongsbridge A 5 Golcar C&BC 2; Oakfield T&BC 3 Holmfirth 4; Brockholes B 1 Lindley Lib 6; Hemplow 7 Meltham 0. 3, and will be played at Broad Oak on Friday, August 31.

Brockholes B were always in control of their semi-final against Netherton Con B and eventually ran out 155-134 victors.

There was a much closer encounter in the other semi-final, where Holmfirth came from behind to edge their way through by 150-146. THE final of the Veterans LD Trophy will be held at Lowerhouses on Friday, August 24 (1.30).

Draw: C Perry (6) Marsden Park v R Sands (6) Marsden Park; C Wood (6) Bradley & Colne v J Horvarth (6) Primrose Hill; P Hirst (6) Lowerhouses v M Ralph (5) Springwood; B Hallas (6) Kirkheaton C&BC v B Cooke (6) Marsden Park.

P Hirst of Lowerhouses, being a home bowler, will come under the handicapping rule of minus 2 (4) in the quarter-finals and so on.

Then his original handicap of 6 in the final should he get there. Bradley & Colne ........................................ Brockholes B .............................................. Marsden Park ............................................. Outlane .......................................................... Marsh United B ......................................... Denby Dale .................................................. Slaithwaite ................................................... Milnsbridge B ............................................. Meltham C .................................................... Netherton Con. B ..................................... Broad Oak B ................................................ Lindley B.C. B .............................................. Thongsbridge B ........................................ Lowerhouses .............................................. New Mill B ..................................................... Elland C&BC B ............................................ Huddersfield RUBC ................................. David Brown Sports ............................... Holmfirth B .................................................. Greenhead Park ....................................... Dalton .............................................................. Kirkheaton C&BC B ................................. Primrose Hill Lib. B ................................. Ravensknowle Park B ........................... Crosland Moor ........................................... Paddock I&C ................................................ Netherton Con . ......................................... Clayton West .............................................. Farnley Tyas ................................................ Shepley A ..................................................... Milnsbridge BC .......................................... Thongsbridge B ........................................ Brockholes A .............................................. Skel Windmill A ......................................... Almondbury Lib ........................................ Golcar Lib ...................................................... Lindley Lib .................................................... Oakfield T&BC ............................................ Primrose Hill Lib ....................................... Skel Windmill B ......................................... Golcar C&BC ................................................ Hemplow ....................................................... Meltham ........................................................ Thongsbridge A ........................................ Holmfirth ...................................................... Brockholes B .............................................. Marsh Lib ......................................................