MOLDGREEN FACE VALLEY TEST; Six players go for glory in Merit final

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England), Sept 10, 2008

Byline: By LINZI NICHOLSON Sports Reporter

A STRONG contingent from Moldgreen Conservative Club feature prominently in Sunday's Colne Valley Merit final.

And joining them are three previous winners - Ashley Daykin (1997), Paul Ingleby (1990) and Mark Sykes (2003 and 2004) - who will all be vying for the title.

The final takes place at Golcar Liberal Club on Sunday at 2.00.

First round: S Tattersall (Moldgreen Con) v D Pollard (Bradley and Colne), T Butterfield (Moldgreen Con) v A Graham(Moldgreen Con), A Daykin (Netherton Con) v J Dyson (Brockholes BC), JMetcalfe (Moldgreen Con) v N Small (Golcar Lib), S Halsall (Cowcliffe Lib) v P Ingleby (Longwood BC), S Tattersley (Moldgreen Con) v T Boothroyd (CroslandMoor), A Byrnes (Slaithwaite CBC) v D Fisher (Moldgreen Con), M Sykes (Milnsbridge BC) v M Wood (Lockwood Con).

Results from the first week of the Colne Valley Floodlight League: Slaithwaite CBC A (155) 0 Milnsbridge BC A (186) 2, Longwood BC B (190) 2 Marsh Utd (189) 0, Thorpe Green 191 0 Slaithwaite CBC B (206) 2, HRUFC BC (183) 2 Linthwaite Hall (181) 0, Lindley Lib (182) 0 Bradley and Colne A (190) 2, Bradley and Colne B (186) 0 Milnsbridge Lib (205) 2, Milnsbridge BC A (179) 0 Crosland Moor (186) 2, Marsh Utd (199) 2 Golcar Lib A (182) 0, Slaithwaite CBC B (169) 0 Longwood BC B (199) 2, Linthwaite Hall (158) 0 Lindley Lib (189) 2, Bradley and Colne A (185) 2 Meltham BC B (175) 0, Broad Oak BC (178) 0 Bradley and Colne B (188) 2, Milnsbridge Lib (184) 0 Hemplow BC B (205) 2.

Andrew Wike was the winner of the Huddersfield Conservative League's Horace Walker Handicap final at NethertonCon after a 21-8 victory against Adrian Cooper.

First round: A Cooper (3) 21 A Harper (3) 11, P McWilliam (5) 21 D Slattery (5) 20, R Harper (3) 19 J Metcalfe (2) 21, G Wilinson (4) 10 A Wike (3) 21.

Semi-finals: Cooper 21 McWilliam 17, Metcalfe 17 Wike 21.

Final: Cooper 8 Wike 21.

Results of the Mixed Pairs at Spen Victoria CB and BC: Quarter-finals: B Hobson and J Wilkinson 15 A Briggs and A Blennard 21, C Wailes and BWherrett 14 E Wooltorton and D Knutton 21, R Hitchen and P Lonsdale 21 A Whitworth and D Robinson 16, K Brenkley and H Seward 17 L Rice and D Fisher 21.

Semi-finals: A Briggs and A Blennard 21 E Wooltorton and D Knutton 12, R Hitchen and P Lonsdale 11 L Rice and D Fisher 21.

Final: A Briggs and A Blennard 21 L Rice and D Fisher 15.

The final 16 of the Naylor Wintersgill sponsored pounds 5,000 Brighouse Classic takes place on Saturday and another top class field has been assembled.

Graeme Wilson and Andy Cairns meet in the last 16 of a top sweep for the second week running but they will face stiff competition from double All England champion Andrew Spragg, previous Hill Crest champion Jim Derby and Congleton's Chris MacDonald.

Local interest is provided by Robert Hitchen, Richard Bentley and Graham Hirst.

Last Friday's heat was cancelled due to bad weather and will now be played tomorrow when the last two qualifiers will be known.

The final 16 starts at 5.30 on Saturday with the usual hot food and drinks available.

Final draw: John Senior (Holmfirth) v Robert Hitchen (Halifax), Richard Bentley (Cleckheaton) v Chris MacDonald (Congleton), qualifier v Jim Derby (Radcliffe), Bryan Jenkins (Mirfield) v Andrew Spragg (Chesterfield), qualifier v Mark Foster (Worsley), John Richardson (Doncaster) v Dean Ferris (Stoke), Mark Ferris (Stoke) v Graham Hirst (Mirfield), Andrew Cairns (Rawtenstall) v Graeme Wilson (Oldham).

Lindley A have one hand on the Huddersfield Liberal League's Mallinson Cup SectionAtitle, butCowcliffe have not given up and produced a superb 10-0 victory last week.

Milnsbridge A are on the up with a 25-point lead at the top while Primrose Hill and Almondbury B battle it out for second place spot.

Latest qualifiers in the Mirfield Old Bank Autumn Double are Darren Griffiths and Andy Buckley (Oldham) and Chris Mordue and Peter Jagger (Brighouse/Spen Vic).

The Huddersfield Veterans League Pairs final takes place at Broad Oak BC tomorrow (1.00).

The Over 70s final, which was postponed due to surface water at Golcar Lib last Friday, now takes place at the same venue on Friday, September 19 (2.00).

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LINE AND LENGTH: Mark Wood, of Lockwood Con, finds the road against Thongsbridge's Nicky White in his Subscription Cup match but just lost out 21-17 and his team lost 13-3 at Meltham. (PW060908Hbowling-03); ON THE ROAD: Mark Farmer, of Thongsbridge CBC, sends out a wood in his Subscription Cup match against Lee Moseley, of Lockwood Con. (PW060908Hbowling-02)