Defending Shield Champions Nomads (Phil Holroyd, John Armitage, Mark McGorlick and Les Holmes) made up the team to play Lindley Libs (Daniel Bousfield, Richard Dickinson, Richard Saunders and Pete Hopkinson). The Champs just got home 15-12 their two winners, McGorlick and Holroyd, scoring better in their victory’s than Bousfield and Dickinson the Libs winners.
Cleckheaton Sports (Ian Poutney, Paul Fincher, Mick Skwarek Les Mitchell) against Crosshills (Kevin Burnett, Rod Bastow, Barry Turnbull and Dave Rankin) promised a close game. Spectators were not disappointed as only Rankin scored less than nineteen as he finished with single figures against short mark bowler Mitchell. Skwarek beat Burnett 21-19 after being behind 15-6 and the two Crosshills winners were Bastow beating Poutney 21-19 after being behind 7-4 and all square at nineteens. Turnbull beat Fincher 21-20 with the scores being tied at twelve, fifteen and Turnbull behind at 20-18. Sports getting home 18-15 at the end.
Hanging Heaton (Clive Hirst, David Armitage, Steve Wainwright and Mick Armitage) took on Mixtures (Trevor Heley, Andy Balmforth, Roger Stopford and Derek Hewitt) who provided all four winners in their 20-8 victory. Debutant Hirst with eighteen and David Armitage with fifteen were best for the Batley side.
Promoted Spen Victoria (Barry Firth, Bob Sharp, Gerald Bromley and Derek Goor) battled hard against Clayton (Dave Jowett, Hedley Kettlewell, Ian Johnson and Paul Gill) but just came up short. Goor the only winner for Spen as he beat Johnson 21-19, Firth with sixteen and Sharp with fourteen scored points against Gill and Jowett while Bromley just had a “bad day at the office against Kettlewell. The Queensbury side with a match winning score of 19-10.
In the Plate promotion hopefuls Bronte’s (David Hemsley, Lyndon Harris, Geoff Hughes and Martyn Benson) continued to make their case with all winners against Asa Briggs (Don Harrison, Trevor Kendall, Peter Wrightson and Bert Haigh). Asa are struggling to get to grips with the greens so far this season but Haigh with fifteen and Harrison with thirteen will be winning before much longer.
Lindley B C (Mick Thornton, Linda Gledhill, Tony Lockwood and Lynda Drury) faced a test as they faced favourites to move straight back up to the Shield, Greetland (Barry Sugden, Pete Lea, Gordon Bradford and Mick Shaw). Lindley were up and running after game one as Thornton beat Shaw 21-20 but that was as good as it got. Greetland had the next three winners to record a 19-14 victory. Linda Gledhill with nineteen was the best of the final three for Lindley.
Rastrick (Donald Booth, Peter Hardcastle, John Wood and Terry Leach) just got the better of Pellon (Robert Walker, Mark Bolton, Paul Firth and David Agnew) 16-13. While Rastrick had three of the winners the Pellon losers all scored well, hence the close result.
Silsden (Alan Hughes, Paul Outhwaite, Andy Welch and Derek Metcalfe) this season’s “Dark Horses”, counted seventeen against Cleckheaton Sports 2 (John Wilson, Kath Wilson, Janet Inness and Elaine Binns) who scored nine. Inness the only winner for Sports as she beat Welch 21-13.