Winter League
Less than 24 hours before the Division 5 Qualifying Round of the Pairs KO was due to start the Thorpe Green bowling green was waterlogged. Play would have been impossible then and with Storm Eowyn on its way things didn't look good for any Friday action. However a day in West Yorkshire can produce many surprises and with Storm Eowyn not living up to it's billing a heavy but playable surface passed an early morning inspection and notice of action saw the 13 entrants make their way to a windy Thorpe Green venue.
Fittingly it was an Elland WMC pair that emerged as one of the two qualifiers to progress to the Last 16. I say fittingly as the trophy that the pairs are aiming for is the new Robert Hitchen Cup which has been sponsored by Elland WMC. For a long time it looked as if it was going to be the Lindley Lib C pair of Mick Ward and David Schofield as 2nd and 3rd in the Division's Top Bowler table that would progress, but the dogged determination of Geoff Boothroyd and Andy Mann saw them take the opportunities offered to run out 14-9 winners.
By this time Lindley Lib C already had a pair through to the next stage taking their place in the Last 16. Bob Booth and Peter Laycock were already through after beating the Milnsbridge pair of Ian Parr and Graham Haigh by 18-5. The full set of results and the full list of all the qualifiers to date are below along with all the details about the remaining rounds including the online entry form.
Preliminary Round
Bob Booth & Peter Laycock (Lindley Lib C)
won 14-10 after 15 ends over
Mike Wilby & Tony Yates (Springwood B)
Graham Doughty & Michael Battye (Almondbury BC A)
won 15-14 after 15 ends over
Philip Binns & John Armitage (Elland WMC)
Mick Ward & David Schofield (Lindley Lib C)
won 19-7 after 15 ends over
David Monks & Peter Boakes (Almondbury BC A)
Pat Stephenson & Mick Boyles (Kirkheaton C&BC A)
won 17-8 after 15 ends over
Morag Myers & Jackie Brewerton (Springwood B)
Geoff Boothroyd & Andy Mann (Elland WMC)
won 21-6 over
Ian & Alison Schofield (Almondbury BC A)
Round 1
Ian Parr & Graham Haigh (Milnsbridge B)
won 19-3 after 15 ends over
Graham Summers & David Shaw
Bob Booth & Peter Laycock (Lindley Lib C)
won 16-8 after 15 ends over Graham Parr & Graham Sykes
Mick Ward & David Schofield (Lindley Lib C)
won 14-12 after 15 ends over
Graham Doughty & Michael Battye (Almondbury BC A)
Geoff Boothroyd & Andy Mann (Elland WMC)
won 15-4 after 15 ends over
Pat Stephenson & Mick Boyles (Kirkheaton C&BC A)
Round 2
Bob Booth & Peter Laycock (Lindley Lib C)
won 18-5 after 15 ends over
Ian Parr & Graham Haigh (Milnsbridge B)
Geoff Boothroyd & Andy Mann (Elland WMC)
won 14-9 after 15 ends over
Mick Ward & David Schofield (Lindley Lib C)
Qualifiers
Bob Booth & Peter Laycock (Lindley Lib C)
Geoff Boothroyd & Andy Mann (Elland WMC)
The final day for qualifying is next Friday when the entrants from Divisions 2 and 8 will line up when four qualifiers (2 from each division) will go through to the Last 16.
Entries are being accepted up until 5pm on Thursday 30 January (Entry Form below)
Qualifiers to date
Division 1 (8 Pairs entered)
David Frost & Martyn Skuse (Thorpe Green A)
Garry Senior & Tony Butterfield (Kirkheaton Con A)
Division 3 (10 Pairs entered)
Trevor Atkinson & Mike Hollingdrake (Huddersfield Recreation Club A)
Neale Wallace & Mike Jennings (Denby Dale)
Division 4 Qualifiers (10 Pairs entered)
Chris Sykes & Bob Slatford (Slaithwaite)
Tom Chatfield & Keith Hanley (Slaithwaite)
Division 5 Qualifiers (15 Pairs entered)
Bob Booth & Peter Laycock (Lindley Lib C)
Geoff Boothroyd & Andy Mann (Elland WMC)
Division 6 Qualifiers (17 Pairs entered)
Mick Addy & Michael Wood (Mirfield A)
John & Pat Hodgson (Almondbury BC B)
Division 7 (9 Pairs entered)
Debra Farrar & Graham Dyson (Cowcliffe B)
Steve Mitchell & Antony Slack (Kirkheaton Con B)
Remaining dates
Friday 31 January Division 2 Qualifying Round at Thorpe Green (7 Entries to date)
Friday 31 January Division 8 Qualifying Round at Thorpe Green (5 Entries to date)
Friday 14 February Round of the Last 16 at Thorpe Green (bowling down to 4 pairs)
Friday 21 February FINALS DAY at Thorpe Green (Semi-Finals and Final)
Closing Dates (5.00pm)
Division 2 30 January Division 8 30 January
PAIRS KO
ENTRY FORM
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