Bowling News
The Yorkshire Men’s Inter District one-Day competition will be played on Sunday 28th July to be held in the West Riding District, starting at 9.30am. Four groups of three districts playing a Round Robin competition with the group winners progressing through to the semi-finals from where it is a straight knock-out competition. All the details and full draw are below.
I also understand that the draws for the Yorkshire Cup and Hutchinson Cup have been made and it is only a delay in confirming the neutral greens before the full draw can be published. There are just 24 teams in the Yorkshire Cup this year, compared with 28 last year, but over 60 teams in the Hutchinson.
YORKSHIRE INTER-DISTRICT DRAW
Group 1: Green 1 – Cleckheaton Moorend WMC – BD19 3TF
Bradford
Halifax
Harrogate (11am)
Group 2: Green 2 - Cleckheaton Sports Bottom Green – BD19 3UD
Aire Wharfe
Castleford
East Coast (11am)
Group 3: Green 3 – Heckmondwike BC – WF16 9LD
Huddersfield
Wakefield
Leeds (11am)
Group 4: Green 4 – Spen Vicotria BC – BD19 4PJ
Juniors
West Riding
Skipton (11am)
Semi Final
Winners of Greens 1 & 2 – Harold Club BD12 0UD
Winners of Greens 3 & 4 - Cleckheaton Moorend WMC – BD19 3TF
Final
Cleckheaton Sports Top Green – BD19 3UD
And with the gradual demise of competitive junior bowling at BCGBA level (4 teams left), good to see YCGBA giving an opportunity for them to compete against the "big boys"
Here's a left field thought for the Yorkshire Cup & Henry Taylor Cup if 24 teams
8 groups of 3 teams each play each other over 3 dates with losers of Match 1 playing seeded bye team in Match 2
Seeded team in each group are semi finalists (if entered) from previous season
8 Group Winners drawn into Yorkshire Cup knockout over 3 dates
8 Runners Up drawn into Henry Taylor Cup knockout over 3 dates All done & dusted by early August with every team guaranteed 2 games with 16 getting 3 games