Defending Shield Champions Nomads (Phil Holroyd, John Armitage, Mark McGorlick and Les Holmes) were paired with newly promoted Sowerby West End (Lorraine Hirst, Shirley Dillingham, Andy Wike, and Baz Morgan) in the second week of fixtures. Holmes and Hirst were nip and tuck to nine a piece from where Hirst moved on to thirteen, only to see Holmes pull back the deficit and take control going on to win the game 21-16. The second game followed a similar pattern as the recently out of form Armitage and Morgan were level at eights only for Armitage to take the next four chalks. Morgan did make a comeback but Armitage kicked on and ran out a 21-13 winner. McGorlick led Dillingham 8-7 before Dillingham counted five twos to give her a comfortable lead which McGorlick was unable to pull back but still finished with seventeen. Holroyd was behind at 4-7 against Wike but then moved ahead 10-7 and was never behind again although Wike hung in there and at 17-16 it was game on but Holroyd finished with a pair and two singles to clinch the game 21-16. An 18-13 match result.
Mixtures (Viv Smith, Andy Balmforth, Roger Stopford and Derek Hewitt) looking to follow up their opening weeks fine win as they took on the second promoted team Spen Victoria (Dave Billington, Bob Sharp, Gerald Bromley and Derek Goor). There were two winners each, Stopford and Hewitt for Mixtures and Bromley and Goor for Spen, translating to a 16-13 match result as Balmforth’s 20 and Smith’s 14 gained them the extra points.
Lindley Libs (Daniel Bousfield, Richard Dickinson, Richard Saunders and Pete Hopkinson) and Hanging Heaton (Graham Hirst, David Armitage, Steve Wainwright and Mick Armitage) similarly had two winners each, Hopkinson and Bousfield for the Libs and David Armitage and Hirst for the Batley side, Heaton with the victory, 15-13 by virtue of the better scoring losers.
In the final Shield game Crosshills (Barry McCourt, Kevin Burnett, Ken Brenkley and Barry Turnbull) were pitched in against Clayton (Alan Peel, Hedley Kettlewell, Ian Johnson and Paul Gill). Another game with two winners each, Burnett, Turnbull, Gill and Kettlewell but with similar losers the final result was a 14 all draw.
In the Plate the two relegated teams Mirfield Old Bank (Dave Sharp, Terry Varney, Walt Morgan and Dave Bentley) and Greetland (George Simpson, Barry Sugden, Gordon Bradford and Ken Fleming) were paired for the week two round. Greetland carried on where they left off last week, having three winners and Simpson with sixteen, while Morgan was the only winner for Mirfield. 18-12 the match result.
Asa Briggs (Steve McGrevy, Trevor Kendall, Peter Wrightson and Bert Haigh) poor start to the season continued as they couldn’t muster a winner against Silsden (Peter Bailey, Andrew Welch, Derek Metcalfe and Alan Hughes). 20-8 the match score Haigh and Kendall were best for Asa with 15 each.
Bronte’s (Derek Williamson, Geoff Hughes, Lyndon Harris and Dave Hemsley) were against Lindley B C (Mick Thornton, Linda Gledhill, Lynda Drury and Steve Haigh) fresh from a big win last week. Lindley kept up their good work with wins for Haigh, Gledhill and Drury, Hemsley the only winner for Bronte’s. 11-17 the match result.
Cleckheaton Sports 2 (John Wilson, David Griffiths, Joyce Ellis and Jayne Bradley) and Rastrick (Graham Hall, Peter Hardcastle, Alan Standing and Donald Booth) played out the last game of the day. Wilson and Booth were first up and Booth led 11-4 and 13-5 before Wilson made a come back but Booth was still in control at 16-11 and 18-15. A pair and a single made it eighteen all, Booth took the next single for 19-18 but never say die Wilson counted three singles to take the game 19-21. Ellis and Standing was not so close although after a bad start and finding herself 12-2 down Ellis did come back and finished with fifteen. Bradley and Hall exchanged the lead several times in the early part of their game until at 13-12 Hall built a break to move on to all but. Bradley just adding one more before the game finished 14-21. Griffith’s was behind 1-5 to Hardcastle before a mid-game burst put him in control, going on to win 21-14. A final match score of 15-16.