Ellis is handicap six hit
Date published: 06 October 2009
GARY ELLIS collected his sixth open handicap title of the season and £400 when he defeated former Royton player Nick Hopwood 21-10 in the final of the Jack Cuerden Memorial Trophy at St Anne’s ex-Servicemen’s Club.
The Nimble Nook and Tonge star saw off the challenge of Cleveleys-based Hopwood after beating Darren Edmondson (Blackpool) 21-15 in the semi-finals.
PRESTWICH moved to the top of the Inbev Winter Bowling League’s ‘B’ Division at Chadderton Cot following their 9-2 defeat of Failsworth.
Vixens dropped to second place after losing 8-3 to North Chadderton, while Lees/Springhead are looking threatening in third following their 10-1 demolition of Dogwood.
Springbank are second in the ‘A’ Division after their 9-2 defeat of Chadderton Cot.
And Nimble Nook are up to third thanks to a 7-4 victory over New Street.
‘A’ Division
New Street (127) 4 Nimble Nook (145) 7: M Prosser 11 A Comer 21, D Moulton 10 R Price 21, G Whittaker 8 D Booth 21, M Bellenger 21 S Schofield 20, K Newbury 14 R Nisbet 21, L Toth 21 B Seville 9, A Shackleton 21 F Cassidy 15, A Cairns 21 J Apps 17.
Chadderton Cot (131) 2 Springbank (147) 9: M Hargreaves 15 A Hodson 21, P Butler 10 Martin Hodson 21, G Gardner 19 J Hynes 21, P Biram 21 W McDermott 9, P G Brooks 16 D Crabtree 21, M Baguley 9 B Stapleton 21, A Gardner 21 Michael Hodson 12, A Jackson 20 P Heap 21.
Hopwood v Royle - postponed to noon on Saturday, December 19.
‘B’ Division
Vixens (154) 3 North Chadderton (157) 8: J Wild 20 J Rudkin 21, J Rayner 12 D Mountford 21, P Norton 20 D Hoyle 21, A Burgess 21 L Schofield 13, B Cooper 20 J Mountford 21, H Lewis 21 L Lockett 20, D Fish 21 P McDermott 19, C Kewley 19 B Sheridan 21.
Failsworth (132) 2 Prestwich (154) 9: G Goldrick 13 S Blaymire 21, M Burgess 12 I Luckett 21, N Colley 21 D Palmer 15, B Yates 16 S Morley 21, J Anderson 21 S Dixon 13, B Corr 13 G Martin 21, K Cromwell 20 A Conchie 21, J Halliwell 16 J Davies 21.
Dogwood (110) 1 Lees Springhead (159) 10: J Lewis 16 T Rogers 21, G Hallsor 19 B Reddyoff 21, C Breakell 21 P Tupman 12, G Smith 10 M McLean 21, R Collier 16 J Ashton 21, K Street 13 C Bradbury 21, R Crossley 6 W Roberts 21, A Bonter 9 S Wild 21.
