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M Heap 21 D Garner 7, E Heap 21 J Pickard 16, Russ Beaumont 21 T Whitaker 6, Connor Beaumont 21 R Hirst 8, G Stephens 21 J Sheard 9, R Oldfield 19 J Saxon 21, C Taylor 16 J Pejica 21, D Shaw 18 P Winterburn 21, J E Stephens 21 G Brook 13, S Ridgewick 21 P Brennan 12, S Tidswell 21 S Norcliffe 10, S Fowler 21 R Parker 16.
P Berry 13 M G Sykes 21, J A Brown 21 G N Jaskolski 6, T Butterfield 17 P Hopkinson 21, G Foulkes 21 R Dickinson 17, D Fox 21 J H Farrell 17, J Helliwell 18 R L Senior 21, D Kilburn 21 M Barron 18, A Lumb 14 R Morgan 21, J Metcalfe 21 G Swain 13, J Shaw 21 P D Smith 16, Scott Tattersley 21 D Bousfield 11, D Teale 21 A Gallagher 14.
G Senior 10 M Cox 21, R Quarmby 14 R Jnr Walsh 21, Andrew Bairstow 17 J McMahon 21, A Crawley 21 D Slattery 19, A Wike 20 R Snr Walsh 21, A Cooper 21 K Beaumont 8, C Scorah 21 M Wood 15, G Smith 19 M Turner 21, P Wike 21 R Manning 11, John Hodgson 17 Peter Kain 21, A S Hoult 12 Michael Snr Higgins 21, C Wood 14 Andrew Harper 21.
Ross Ingham 21 C McGowan 9, Graham Higgins 21 K Baxter 8, Graham Hirst 21 Kieron Spencer 6, Graham Hickey 21 Kyle Spencer 17, Ian Newby 21 J Dyson 10, Simon Walder 21 Matt Richardson 10, Les Holmes 21 Daniel Beeby 14, Richard Gleghorn 21 C Allert 19, Paul Ingleby 21 B Ramsden 19, Clive Hirst 21 C Ghaffar 19, Daniel Clarke 12 M Dyson 21, Gary Smith 5 J Martin 21. Colne Valley Federation are Division I champions. They are pictured, left, with captain Mark Atkinson before their final match against Halifax, whose captain is Clive Austin hard-fought 21-18 success for Meltham’s Nathan Haigh over Halifax captain Clive Austin.
The away team, meanwhile, recorded a stunning nine winners with a man-of-the-match display coming from Almondbury’s Matthew Richardson, 21-9.
The victory for the Colne Valley sees a remarkable run of success for the team as they entered into the Federation League five years ago and have since won every division in their pursuit of competing in the Federation’s top league.
Home team captain Mark Atkinson said: “I want to thank everyone who’s been involved with the Colne Valley over the years - the players, the spectators and the host clubs.
“In particular, I want to mention the other members of the selection committee who’ve worked tirelessly to get us here - they are Andrew Wadsworth, Gary Siswick, John Greenhalgh and Richard Mozley.
“Special thanks also to Adam Douglas, Roger Crowther and Alan Crowther for their contributions over the years - it’s really appreciated.” Jason McMahon 8-21 N Slattery, Nathan Haigh 21-18 C Austin (C), Trevor Boothroyd 21-15 S Tattersley, James Martin 21-19 D Radcliffe, Richard Walker 21-9 H Kettlewell, Ray Whitwam 21-13 R Hobson, Ashley Daykin 21-18 T Gasson, Richard Mozley 21-17 G Bradford, Mark Atkinson (C) 21-18 G Swain.
Michael Sweeney 20-21 M Regan (C), Gary Siswick (C) 19-21 K Bannister, Michael Martin 21-18 P Holroyd, Dave Fox 21-18 G Roberts, Andy Cairns 21-19 S Haynes, Barry Holland 21-15 R Holmes, Jack Dyson 21-13 T Bannister, Danny Kilburn 21-15 K Hatzer, Danny Teale 21-15 P Demetriades, Matt Richardson 21-9 A Gallagher, Matt Hollingworth 21-11 D Holdsworth, Josh Brown 5-21 J Senior.
The Huddersfield Pairs (formerly known as the Meltham Cup Pairs) will now be held on Sunday, September 30, at Crosland Moor BC.