Josh ‘worldie’

R Hirst 7 Ray Whitwam 21, J Pejica 21 Ross Mallinson 17, R Senior 10 Mark Atkinson 21, P Brennan 8 Liam Fallas 21, Lewis Jay 8 Connor Davis 21, T Whitaker 8 Billy Shaw 21, P Winterburn 18 Nathan Webster 21, G Brook 16 Michael Sweeney 21, C Kelly 8 Jeff Normanton 21, R Parker 9 Terry Brook 21, J Sheard 5 Gary Siswick 21, S Norcliffe 16 Martyn Giles 21.

Clive Hirst 6 S Ridgewick 21, Gary Mountain 21 E Heap 13, Ryan Mitchell 21 M Burgess 16, Graham Hirst 21 K Wilson 6, Ben Sweeney 21 Rhys Beaumont 20, Ross Ingham 21 G Stephens 9, Ian Newby 21 C Taylor 15, Allan Thompson 21 Brendan Gilbert 18, Paul Ingleby 21 Russ Beaumont 12, Ashley Tattersley 18 D Shaw 21, Gary Smith 21 J E Stephens 19, Simon Walder 21 M Heap 9. G Smith 8 Jack Dyson 21, G Senior 7 Ashley Daykin 21, P Wike 10 A Cairns 21, J Makepeace 15 N White 21, A Wike 21 A Davison 12, A Crawley 11 JC Austin 21, A S Hoult 14 C Kelly 21, A Cooper 7 R Jackson 21, John Hodgson 21 R Clarke 15, R Quarmby 10 M Anderson 21, Shane Wainwright 17 A Sykes 21, C Scorah 13 K Damms 21.

R Snr Walsh 9 J A Brown 21, J McMahon 21 D Kilburn 8, L Devenish 10 P Berry 21, D Cooling 8 D Fox 21, M Cox 15 D Teale 21, W Moseley 21 A Lumb 17, Peter Kain 21 J Shaw 9, D Slattery 21 O Fox 14, R Jnr Walsh 21 T Butterfield 12, K Beaumont 11 Chris Ellis 21, Andrew Harper 11 Scott Tattersley 21, E Haigh 14 G Foulkes 21.

Michael Martin 21 S Greaves 18, Daniel Beeby 21 R Morgan 7, Kieron Spencer 21 J H Farrell 17, J Martin 21 A Gallagher 11, C Starkey 14 G Swain 21, M Dyson 21 D Bousfield 17, R Eaton 2 M Barron 21, C Allert 21 G N Jaskolski 19, A Heaume 21 R L Senior 3, Matt Richardson 19 P Hopkinson 21, Kyle Spencer 18 M G Sykes 21, N Slattery 21 R Dickinson 7. Before the Spring Handicap final (from left) are winner Josh Brown, sponsor Robert Holmes, Association President Andrew Wadsworth and runner-up Michael Sweeney B Nicholl 21, S Walker 8 M Temple 21, M Slack 21 D Waite 12, S Teale 21 E Grant 4, A Slack 16 A Robertshaw 21, M Whitehead 20 A Brewer 21, I McKenzie 13 G Firth 21, J Waddington 21 R Greenwood 18, M Wareing 16 A Balmforth 21, C Fleetwood 4 S Lowther 21.

JD Kaye 11 W Neill 21, A Wortley 21 D Catherine 12, C Doran 16 C Sykes 21, M Holt 21 M Neill 14, B Morgan 19 Kieran Ormsby 21, A Forrest 21 J Greenwood 18, P D Smith 21 A Pearce 8, P Powell 18 D Allan 21, M Lee 18 G Beevers 21, P Cooney 21 A Smith 9, D Johnson 21 M Starkey 8, R Saunders 14 K Hatzer 21.

W Reynolds 6 D M Haigh 21, K Brown 21 Derek Gibson 16, Steve Irving 11 C Brook 21, P Holmes 21 K Raper 11, J Reynolds 21 A Deal 13, D Hill 7 K Sykes 21, G Kaye 21 R Brook 6, P Dickinson 21 Rob Gatenby 9, C McSweeney 21 P Hunter 18, N Whittaker 21 S A Whitwam 11, G Howarth 21 Ken Walker 12, Shaun Irving 21 R Edwards 11. Mark Bell 17 R Dundon 21, Chris Harte 21 Mick Haigh 17, Adrian Lambert 21 G Stockton 19, Nick Lowe 21 A Padgett 9, Wayne Hudson 21 C Dyson 20, Clive Harte 19 J D Ramsden 21.

J Knowles 14 D R Iredale 21, D V Mellor 21 M J Brierley 20, J Wright 21 D R Bentley 12, S Allen 7 Viv Smith 21, Graham Stocks 21 D Birkby 2, G Clarke 17 D Avery 21, P Conneely 21 Ian Smith 7, A Farrier 21 M Crowther 18, C Ball 15 M Utting 21, M Fisher 21 T J Kay 11, C Noble 12 Ronald Wasp 21, R Cox 21 J Doyle 18.

D Howard 17 Stuart A Wood 21, F Barraclough 21 Eamonn Lam 16, W Pell 21 Gordon Kewley 11, D Bottomley 21 David Phillips 15, C Fisher 10 A Wilkinson 21, B Bogunovic 21 John Cocking 15, G Chadwick 17 David Armitage 21, J Mikula 21 John B Walker 16, N Byrne 6 Stewart Wike 21, L Richardson 21 Trevor Berry 8, W White 20 Gerald Edmonds 21, N Hinchliffe 11 Paul Leonard 21.

W Shaw 21 S R Tattersall 20, John Peaker 21 I Fretwell 11, T Broadbent 9 J McPhillips 21, Ian Wrigley 21 A Coldwell 16, J Horvath 15 J Wise 21, K Shaw 10 R Blacker 21, Bryan Peaker 12 Dave Thornton 21, Raymond Goodridge 13 J R Tattersall 21, D Cooke 8 P Garforth 21, David Bandey 12 S Burtop 21, Alan Wimpenny 16 A J Tattersall 21.

A Hawkins 21 G W Rothery 13, J Proctor 13 I M Brogden 21, C Hanley 21 A Farrand 18, A J Nicholson 21 R Allen 16, D Wadsworth 20 J Murphy 21, M Wadsworth 2 T Bolton 21, G Morris 21 N Bennett 7, D A Brook 21 A Leonard 3, C J Hemingway 17 C J Hirst 21, G Rawlinson 21 J Ainley 13.

R Kaye 19 D Balderson 21, B Littlewood 19 C Hampshaw 21, A Wrigley 21 J D Hoyle 10, Cameron Duffy 20 C Newnham 21, A Woodward The Spring Handicap field line up at Kirkheaton Con with (front left) Andrew Wadsworth and David Fox, the host club bowling secretary

Trevor Witney 8 M H Haynes 21, Colin Sykes 21 B Milnes 10, Leonard Firth 21 Dean Berry 16, Michael Smyth 21 Keith Mountain 18, Brian Hallas 16 P Brierley 21, Nicolas Stenhouse 21 J Berry 13, Edward Hine 21 W Whitfield 13, Alan McNeill 21 John Lees 10, Alan Stephenson 21 M Berry 10.

J Hunsley 21 B Betts 7, Adam James 13 D Tasker 21, Steve Nutton 21 A Khalil 20, Roy Whitehead 21 J Morris 9, C Whitwam 21 J R A Hirst 3, M Willans 13 R Brooks 21, M R Whitehead 15 P Schofield 21, M Russell 10 V T Bridgeman 21, J France 11 T Littlewood 21, D Piercy 21 M Wallis 7.

R Auty 20 A Henderson 21, C Johnson 21 T Wheat 19, M Cartledge 11 R Porter 21, J Taylor 21 V Hanlon 10, A Worrall 12 Gary Cramb 21, D Vickers 21 T Blackburn 11, R Chaffer 19 D Leathwood 21, R Craven 21 D Thorp 5.

R Gartside 21 J Delmonte 13, R Bradshaw 21 A Vance 15, N West 21 Barry Wright 18, D Harrison 21 D Hartley 9, C Sykes 21 R Sowerby 6, R Lodge 11 Paul Haythornthwaite 21, Kevin Mozley 21 M Wragg 16, J Senior 17 Peter Haythornthwaite 21, Ken Jackson 20 R Sharpe 21, L Trickett 21 R Hartley 15.

Gordon Walker 21 I Battye 15, M Walker 10 G Alsop 21, David Wright 21 M Mitchell 12, M Booth 9 T Kelly 21, G Shaw 17 Christopher Churm 21, Paul Messenger 18 L Campbell 21, A L Messenger 13 J Sykes 21, H Messenger 21 I Allott 8, D Hunter 21 A Hirst 17, Gerald Walker 11 S Ross 21. JOSH BROWN beat Michael Sweeney in the Spring Handicap final at Kirkheaton Con.

The host-club member took the title 21-19, making up for losing out in last year’s Summer Handicap showpiece.

Brown, who is in the Yorkshire away team against Staffordshire on Sunday, collected £100 for his win in the event, sponsored by Roebuck & Holmes Joinery and Shopfitting Contractors.

When it came to the crunch, Sweeney was laid up with two good bowls, but Brown – who reached a number of finals at the Griffin Bowling Club during the winter – bowled in with a “worldie” to grab the honours.

“It’s my first major and I’m buzzing,” said Brown, 23, an HGV driver from Farnley Tyas.

“To bowl on your own green can be a ‘lose, lose’ situation, simply because you are expected to win and do well, but it’s not easy on your own green when you are giving a start to county players, so it takes some doing.

“I’ve been going through a bit of a rough patch, too, so it was good to find a bit of form and I played fairly well all through.”

He beat Craig Gant to 17, Andrew Hoult to eight and then Kieran O’Prey to 14 to go through.

“It was nip and tuck against Craig,” he explained. “I got a bit of a start but then we were 16 across and 17 across before I managed to get away.

“I was reasonably comfortable against Andrew but then ended up Donald Booth, Andy Broughton, Donald Crowther (C), Malcolm Gilbert, Frank Griffin, Derek Hewitt, Harold Hick, John Hodgson, Peter Hopkinson, John Lindley, Dave Pollard and Roger Stopford.

Alan Bamforth, Jim Baxter, Kevin Brown, Mick Cox, Barry Gibson, Frank Greenwood (C), Eddie Haigh, John Hoyle, Peter Kain, Ronnie Manning and Roy Sutton.

All players note that the BCGBA dress code is mandatory and will be strictly applied. Any player incorrectly dressed will not be allowed to play.

Huddersfield Vets have thanked Thongsbridge BC for the use of their green and facilities. Spectators are welcome.