Gledhill snr on march in Green Final

Action from the green Final bowls qualifiers

Bowles:

KEITH Gledhill will bid to achieve what his son, Ben, failed so narrowly to do in 2014.

In last year’s Green Final Handicap, Ben (Royton) was a gallant semi-final loser at North Chadderton, watched by his proud dad.

Twelve months on, Ben was a second-round casualty at Nimble Nook, while club-mate Keith was triumphant in the qualifiers at North Chadderton.

After defeating Martin Hodson 21-15, Keith overcame John Owen 21-20 before defeating Peter Guilfoyle 21-9.

Ben, meanwhile, won his first game at Nimble Nook, 21-18 against former finalist Lee Schofield.

But he then found Matt O’Neill too strong, the Springbank ace recording a 21-19 verdict before booking his place on finals’ night at Royton on July 4 with a 21-18 win against Darren Mountford (Moorside).

John Ashton (Royton) reached finals’ night once again with a 21-4 victory over Paul Edwards at Delph.

Earlier, Ashton had seen off the challenges of Scott McHugh and fellow Greater Manchester man Stephen Leach, while 2013 champion Darren Griffiths fell 21-20 to Edwards.

The other heat at Moorside saw 2013 runner-up Matt Gillies (Nimble Nook) cruise through.

After beating Eddie Worthington 21-11, Gillies overcame Jimmy Hynes by the same score and, finally, Wilf McDermott, 21-9.

Four more heats will be held this Friday (7pm).

Results —

MOORSIDE

First round: J Thompson 18, W McDermott 21; R Nisbet 16, M Dwayre 21; M Gillies 21, E Worthington 11; J Hynes 21, M Fisher 12. Second round: McDermott 21, Dwayre 16; Gillies 21, Hynes 11. Third round: McDermott 9, Gillies 21.

NIMBLE NOOK

First round: W Flanagan abs, M O’Neill w/o; B Gledhill 21, L Schofield 18; M Allingan 21, S Rigney 19; D Mountford 21, J Ramsbottom 17. Second round: O’Neill 21, Gledhill 19; Allingan 18, Mountford 21. Third round: O’Neill 21, Mountford 18.

NORTH CHADDERTON

First round: M Hodson 15, K Gledhill 21; N Lees 10, J Owen 21; P Guilfoyle 21, C Lane 15; I Rigney abs, K Chappell w/o. Second round: Gledhill 21, Owen 20; Guilfoyle 21, Chappell 15. Third round: Gledhill 21, Guilfoyle 9.

DELPH

First round: S Leach 21, P Biram 13; J Ashton 21, S McHugh 17; D Griffiths 21, G Flint 10; P Edwards 21, B Seville 11. Second round: Leach 15, Ashton 21; Griffiths 20, Edwards 21. Third round: Ashton 21, Edwards 4.