Bowls News

Crook Glenholme lost valuable ground in their title tilt when they went down at home to Coxhoe.

Ever Ready/Craghead beat Langley Park by 101 shots to 59.

Rink scores (Ever Ready names first): P. Calvert 26 F. Bates 20; M. English 15 W. Dover 18; G. Williams 27 D. Henderson 12; C. Hogarth 33 G. Cartmell 9.

In the Second Division, Stockton Elm Tree are struggling to meet their fixture commitments and postponed their third match of the season, leaving them with a major re-arrangement programme before the deadline date of Saturday, August 25.

Sherburn Village moved back into promotion contention in the Second Division after they whitewashed the visiting Addison Park with an 85-68 shots win.

Rink scores (Sherburn Village names first): R. Smith 26 A. Waggott 20; T. Burt 21 R. Bell 20; T. Leathers 15 T. Docherty 14; N. McDonald 23 M. Fenwick 14.

Fishburn WMC created a major upset in the Third Division when they only conceded one point to the visiting league leaders, Murton, who slipped in their promotion bid as Witton Gilbert took over at the top. Murton went down 75-45.

Rink scores (Fishburn names first): R. Adamson 15 J. Bannister 10; G. Longbottom 21 T. W. Todd 10; T. Oakes 24 J. Wincold 10; G. Smith 15 R. Spindler 15.

Results - Division One: King George V 2 Mainsforth 8; Ever Ready/Craghead 8 Langley Park 2; Bowburn 4 Leeholme 6; Pelton Fell 6 Shotton 4; Crook Glenholme 2 Coxhoe 8. Re-arranged - Crook Glenholme 8 Langley Park 2.

Division Two: Nevilles Cross 10 Chilton 0; Sherburn Village 10 Addison Park 0; Wingate 8 Vane Tempest 2; Stockton 2 Brandon 8. Stockton Elm Tree v Trimdon postponed.

Division Three: Belmont 2 Witton Gilbert 8; Kelloe 0 Wheatley Hill 10; Fishburn WM Club 9 Murton 1; Newton Hall 4 Wolsingham 6.

Division One

P W D L Pts

ER/Craghead 14 11 0 3 99

Leeholme 14 10 2 2 96

Glenholme 14 8 2 4 89

Mainsforth 14 8 0 6 74

Bowburn 13 7 0 6 74

Coxhoe 13 7 0 6 63

Shotton 13 5 0 8 57

Pelton Fell 14 5 0 9 50

Langley Park 13 2 1 10 43

King George V 14 2 1 11 35

Division Two

P W D L Pts

Wingate 14 10 0 4 88

Nevilles Cross 13 9 1 3 80

Sherburn Vill. 14 7 1 6 79

Brandon 14 8 0 6 77

Stockton 14 8 0 6 74

Vane Tempest 14 7 0 7 69

Addison Park 13 5 0 8 58

Stock. Elm Tree 11 5 0 6 50

Trimdon 13 3 0 10 48

Chilton 14 4 0 10 47

Division Three

P W D L Pts

Witton Gilbert 12 8 0 4 79

Wheatley Hill 12 9 0 3 77

Murton 13 8 1 4 77

Willington Sp. 12 7 1 4 72

Newton Hall 12 6 0 6 62

Fishburn WMC 12 7 0 5 61

Wolsingham 13 2 0 11 49

Belmont 13 4 0 9 45

Kelloe 13 4 0 9 38

Tomorrow's fixtures - Division One: King George V v Langley Park; Mainsforth v Shotton; Ever Ready/Craghead v Glenholme; Pelton Fell v Leeholme; Bowburn v Coxhoe.

Division Two: Stockton v Trimdon; Brandon v Addison Park; Stockton Elm Tree v Wingate; Sherburn Village v Chilton; Nevilles Cross v Vane Tempest.

Division Three: Newton Hall v Wheatley Hill; Wolsingham v Murton; Kelloe v Willington Spectrum; Fishburn WM Club v Witton Gilbert.

Durham County Bowls Association

Winners

Singles B: Vic Noble (South Durham Institute).

Pairs B: Tony Bousfield and Andrew Kirtland (Darlington Railway Institute).

Triples A: John Smith, Fred Knubley and Richie McKie (Roker Marine, Sunderland).

Fours A: Tony Bousfield, Neil Buckley, Peter Edwards and Andrew Kirtland (Darlington Railway Institute).

Under-25s Singles: Patrick Thompson (Thompson Park).

l HELD on Sunday, the winners from this event have qualified for the Northern Counties Finals at Heaton Park, Manchester which take place tomorrow and Sunday.

l ALL of the contestants from Sunday's event - winners and losers - have qualified for the National Championships in Worthing.

Durham League Pairs Championship

Quarter final results: T. Todd & partner (Murton) lost to B. Richardson & partner (Crook Glenholme); D. McDonald & partner (Crook Glenholme) beat M. English & partner (Ever Ready/Craghead); A. Bainbridge & partner (Leeholme) beat J. Vicary & partner (Newton Hall); B. Attwood & partner (Leeholme) beat P. Wilkinson & partner (King George V).

Tom McNamara Triples Championship

Quarter final results: K. Yarnell & partners (Newton Hall) beat J. Moore & partners (Belmont); D. Higgins & partners (Sherburn Village) beat R. Rose & partners (Pelton Fell); R. Anderson & partners (Belmont) lost to R. Smith & partners (Sherburn Village); B. Richardson & partners (Crook Glenholme) beat J. Sedgewick & partners (Langley Park).

The Presidents Rinks Championship

Quarter finals results: J. Bainbridge & partners (Leeholme) lost to W. Kirk & partners (Ever Ready/Craghead); R. Jones & partners (Wingate) beat C. Bullock & partners (Wheatley Hill); D. McDonald & partners (Crook Glenholme) beat B. Clanfield & partners (Leeholme); D. Henderson & partners (Langley Park) beat R. Rose & partners (Pelton Fell).

Durham Millennium Trophy

Quarter final results: Crook Glenholme (0) lost to Ever Ready/Craghead (0); Willington Spectrum (10) lost to Nevilles Cross (5); Leeholme (0) beat Wheatley Hill (10); Shotton (0) beat Kelloe (10).

RJ Hall Singles Championship

Quarter final results: C. Jefferson (Leeholme) beat D. Jones (Mainsforth); W. Kirk (Ever Ready/Craghead) beat D. Barron (Leeholme); J. Thompson (Addison Park) lost to M. English (Ever Ready/Craghead); A. Waggott (Addison Park) beat J. Vicary (Newton Hall).

Darlington Veteran's League

Division A

Results: N Park 1, Wood A 3; MSG A 1, Dene A 3; S Park A, RA A 0; E Park A 4, Hund A 0.

P W D L Pts Shots

E Park A 10 10 0 0 34 +200

RA A 12 7 1 4 29 +141

Dene A 11 7 2 2 29 +103

S Park A 11 6 1 4 27 +88

Wood A 10 4 2 4 19 +37

MSG A 11 4 1 6 18 -14

Hund A 11 4 1 6 15 -114

N Lodge 11 1 1 9 12 -225

N Park 11 1 1 9 11 -216

Division B

Results: RA B 1, S Park B 3; Wood B 1, Bnd Cast 3; Hund B 0, E Park B 4.

P W D L Pts Shots

S Park B 11 8 1 2 30 +90

Bnd Castle 11 7 1 3 28 +46

Wood B 10 6 1 3 24 +139

RA B 11 4 2 5 21 -3

Hund B 11 4 2 5 19 -61

Dene B 9 4 0 5 17 +6

E Park B 9 3 0 6 16 -13

Wood C 10 3 2 5 14 -97

MSG B 10 2 1 7 13 -106

Harrison Trophy

Final: East Park A v Woodlands A

Pairs Final: A Duff (S Park) v H Horner (MSG).

Triples Final: E Mallam (RA) v H Willsden (Wood) or L Green (MSG).

Champions: R Fort (EP) v H Willsden (Wood) to be played at North Lodge (Marker P Frith).

Semi Finals: Winner of the above v A Irwin (SP) to be played at RA (Marker E Mallam).

T Kelly v L Walker (Dene) to be played at S Park (Marker G Grindley).

l All finals to be played on the President's Green (A Lancaster, Woodland BC).

SWD Veterans League

Spennymoor A virtually fell out of the Championship race when they were surprisingly whitewashed at home by Dean Bank A by 73 shots to 43.

Rink scores - (Spennymoor names first): G. Fawcett 16 G. Allen 19; W. Shoulder 16 A. Webber 25; R. Brown 11 K. Thompson 29.

This defeat for the Moors leaves Cockton Hill and Sherburn Village clear in the top two spots with just three matches to go.

Willington moved to the top of the Second Division with a maximum home win over Spennymoor B, while former leaders, Wolsingham crashed without scoring at Chilton. This moves Willington into a three points lead at the top.

The maximum Willington win was closer than it seems for they took two of the rinks by a single shot, although the overall match score was Willington 65 Spennymoor B 43.

Rink scores (Willington names first): W. Hullah 26 F. Brown 6; L. Graham 18 N. Clarke 17; C. Baines 21 T. Durkin 20.

Cockton Hill B moved to the top of the Third Division after they only dropped two points at Dean Bank C. This pushes the Hill four points ahead of Shildon Town, who have a match in hand. Cockton Hill B won by 55 shots to 43 at Dean Ban.

Rink scores (Dean Bank names first): J. Trotter 14 D. Ainley 15; W. Watson 10 R. Kipling 26; J. Dawson 19 L. Faxton 14.

Results - Division One: King George V 8 Shildon Railway A 0; Cockton Hill A 6 Mainsforth 2; Langley Park 2 Sherburn Village 6; Spennymoor A 0 Dean Bank A 8.

Division Two: Chilton 8 Wolsingham 0; Durham City 4 Glenholme 4; Willington 8 Spennymoor B 0. Bishop Auckland v Leeholme postponed.

Division Three: Fishburn 2 Belmont 6; Shildon Railway B 2 Belmont 6; Dean Bank C 2 Cockton Hill B 6; Fishburn 2 Belmont 6.