ONCE THE SEASON GETS UNDERWAY THERE WILL BE COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OFGAMES FOR THE COMING CAMPAIGN. THIS WILL ALSO BE COMPLIMENTED BY RESULTS FROM OTHER MATCHES AROUND THE DIVISION. DON'T FORGET TO CLICK ON 21UPTV..THE PLACE TO BE...EXCLUSIVE TO THIS SITE.
LMRCA GOT THEMSELVES OFF TO A FLYING START AT HAZEL GROVE BEFORE THE HOME SIDE BATTLED BACK TO CLAIM THE MATCH LATER IN THE GAME.
JAMIE BRAMLEY GOT THE VISITORS OFF TO A WINNING START WHEN HE PUT IN AN IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY TO DESPATCH KEITH TONGUE 21-9. WHEN MIKE TOCHER SAW OFF D. TOMLIN 21-13 THE 'RAIL' HAD BUILT UP A 20 CHALK LEAD IN THE FIRST TWO MATCHES. JOHN NEWBOLD BATTLED BRAVELY GOING DOWN 18-21 TO AN IN FORM D. TURNER BUT 'BARNSLEY BOMBER' DENNIS BROOKES PUT IN A SUPERB PERFORMANCE TO EDGE OVER THE LINE 21-20 AGAINST P. HOUGHTON AND GIVE THE VISITORS THREE WINNERS OUT OF THE FIRST FOUR GAMES AND AN 18 CHALK AGGREGATE ADVANTAGE.
AS THE SECOND FOUR TOOK TO THE GREEN THE 'GROVERS' KNEW THAT THEY HAD A GAME ON THEIR HANDS AND SET ABOUT THE 'RAIL' WITH A VENGEANCE. BRIAN ALLCOCK WAS POWERLESS TO PREVENT G. DURHAM FROM REGISTERING A 13-21 SUCCESS AND WAS FOLLOWED OFF THE GREEN SOON AFTER BY STEVE SMITH WHO PUT IN A STUBBORN DISPLAY BEFORE EVENTUALLY GOING DOWN 16-21 TO W. TIMLIN. IAN MYATT HAD A TITANIC STRUGGLE AS ANDY TONGUE CREPT OVER THE LINE 19-21 BUT CRAIG BUTTERFIELD WAS ON HAND TO STOP THE LOSING SEQUENCE WITH A WELL EARNED 21-20 SUCCESS OVER D. PILSBURY. WITH EIGHT GAMES COMPLETED THE GAME LAY IN THE BALANCE WITH 4 WINNERS EACH AND THE AWAY SIDE HOLDING A 4 CHALK ADVANTAGE ON THE AGGREGATE.
THE FINAL TWO BLOCKS HAD A DISAPPOINTING EVENING WHEN THEY BOTH FELL TO IDENTICAL SCORELINES. DAVID WARDLE MANAGED JUST 10 CHALKS IN A 10-21 REVERSE AT THE HANDS OF H. COE WHILST DON MARSDEN FOUND HIMSELF ON THE END OF A 9-21 DEFEAT TO P. ENGLISH.
ALL IN ALL A DISAPPOINTING END TO A GAME WHICH HAD SHOWN SO MUCH PROMISE IN THE EARLY STAGES.
HAZEL GROVE VS LMRCA
D. TOMLIN 13-21 M.TOCHER
K.TONGUE 9-21 J. BRAMLEY
A. TONGUE 21-19 I. MYATT
D. PILSBURY 20-21 C. BUTTERFIELD
W. TIMLIN 21-16 S. SMITH
P. ENGLISH 21-9 D. MARSDEN
D. TURNER 21-18 J. NEWBOLD
H. COE 21-10 D. WARDLE
G. DURHAM 21-13 B. ALLCOCK
P. HOUGHTON 20-21 D. BROOKES
AGGREGATE 188-169
MATCH POINTS: HAZEL GROVE 9 LMRCA 6
LMRCA MADE HOME ADVANTAGE TELL AGAINST NEAR NEIGHBOURS THE GRANGE AT EDGELEY ROAD ON THURSDAY 12 JUNE. THE GRANGE PUT IN A VERY SOLID PERFORMANCE TO SLOW DOWN, BUT NOT HALT, THE HOME SIDE'S CHARGE INTO FIFTH PLACE IN B DIVISION, THE HIGHEST EVER LEAGUE POSITION SINCE THE CLUB'S BIRTH BACK IN 1982.
THE 'DIAMOND' APPEARED TO BE RUNNING SLOWER THAN USUAL DUE TO GREEN MAINTAINANCE CARRIED OUT BY OUR SUPERB GREENSMAN AND SUPPORT CREW. QUITE A FEW OF THE RAIL LADS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE 'SLOWNESS' OF THE GREEN BUT IN IT'S PRESENT IMMACULATE CONDITION THE GREENSMAN KNOWS HIS STUFF. LET HIM LOOK AFTER THE GREEN AND WE'LL BOWL IT
JAMIE BRAMLEY PROVED TO BE THE HOME SIDE'S FIRST SUCCESS SENDING G. JONES TO DEFEAT BEFORE HANDING OVER A 21-11 CARD TO CAPTAIN DON MARSDEN. JOHN NEWBOLD RECOVERED FROM A SHAKY START TO EASE HIMSELF PAST S. DANIELS AND FROM A 3-10 DEFICIT REGISTER A 21-14 VICTORY. DENNIS BROOKES AND MIKE TOCHER WERE INVOLVED IN TITANIC BATTLES AS P. QUINN AND 'TOMMY' M'cEWAN RESPECTIVELY PUT IN SOLID PERFORMANCES TO PUSH THE HOMESTERS ALL THE WAY IN TWO GRIPPING GAMES BOTH 21-19. SECURING THE HOME SIDE A CLEAN SHEET WITH 4 WINNERS AND A 21 CHALK ADVANTAGE ON THE AGGREGATE. THE LAD'S WERE NOW WELL AWARE THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTO FIFTH PLACE IN 'B' DIVISION, THE CLUB'S HIGHEST EVER LEAGUE POSITION, HAD PRESENTED ITSELF. 8 WINNERS WOULD BE ENOUGH TO PROPEL THE EDGELEY ROAD OUTFIT INTO THE TOP FIVE AND THE TEMPO AROUND THE GREEN INCREASED ACCORDINGLY. IAN MYATT RETURNED TO WINNING WAYS AGAINST J. KENNERLEY BATTLING BACK TO CLAIM A 21-14 SUCCESS WHILST STEVE SMITH, AFTER A SLUGGISH START TRAILED AT ONE STAGE 7-14 BEFORE BATTLING BACK ONLY TO SUFFER AN 17-21 REVERSE AT THE HANDS OF K. PRITCHARD. THE VISITOR'S, BOOSTED BY THEIR FIRST WINNER, GRABBED THEIR SECOND SOON AFTER WHEN ANDY RAISTRICK FELL 18-21 TO S. BAILEY. DAVE WARDLE COMPLETED THE SECOND FOUR IN STYLE AS HE BATTLED HIS WAY FROM A HEAVY DEFICIT TO REGISTER AN EYE-CATCHING 21-18 WIN OVER KEITH HADFIELD. WITH 8 GAMES COMPLETED THE HOME SIDE HAD A 6-2 ADVANTAGE IN WINNERS COUPLED TO A 24 CHALK LEAD ON THE AGGREGATE. BRYAN ALLCOCK SECURED A 21-16 SUCCESS OVER D. KAY LEAVING DON MARSDEN TO MOP UP AT THE BACK WITH A 21-18 VICTORY AGAINST P. GREEN. IT HAD BEEN A GOOD RESULT IN THE END FOR THE HOME SIDE WITH 11PTS GAINED FROM 8 WINNERS AND THE 'AGG'. WHAT A GREAT NIGHT! THE LADS CAN FEEL PROUD OF THEMSELVES AS LMRCA OCCUPY THAT FIFTH POSITION...REMEMBER THE DATE: THURSDAY 12 JUNE 2008.
LMRCA V GRANGE
J. BRAMLEY 21-11 G. JONES
M. TOCHER 21-19 T. McEWAN
D. BROOKES 21-19 P. QUINN
J. NEWBOLD 21-14 S. DANIELS
I. MYATT 21-14 J. KENNERLEY
S. SMITH 17-21 K. PRITCHARD
D. WARDLE 21-18 K. HADFIELD
A . RAISTRICK 18-21 S. BAILEY
B. ALLCOCK 21-16 D. KAY
D. MARSDEN 21-19 P. GREEN
AGGREGATE: 203-171
MATCH POINTS: LMRCA 11 GRANGE 3
TUE 8 APR.....NEW MILLS.........A THU 17 APR....NURSERY...........H THU 24 APR....PHILIPS.............A THU 1 MAY.....GREAT MOOR......H TUE 6 MAY......CROWN.............A THU 15 MAY....VICTORIA...........H TUE 20 MAY....SPRING GARDENS...A THU 29 MAY....ROYAL OAK.........H THU 5 JUNE.....GRAPES.............A THU 12 JUNE....GRANGE............H TUE 24 JUNE.....HAZEL GROVE.....A | THU 3 JULY.....HAZEL GROVE........H THU 10 JULY....PHILIPS...............H TUE 15 JULY....GREAT MOOR........ A THU 24 JULY....CROWN...............H TUE 29 JULY.....VICTORIA............A THU 7 AUG......SPRING GARDENS. ..H TUE 12 AUG.....ROYAL OAK...........A THU 21 AUG.....GRAPES..............H TUE 26 AUG.....GRANGE..............A TUE 2 SEP........NURSERY............A THU 11 SEP......NEW MILLS..........H
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A SPIRITED PERFORMANCE BY THE TEAM PRODUCED 5 WINNERS AGAINST A STRONG SPRING GARDENS OUTFIT LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK INTO 'A' DIVISION THIS TERM.
IAN MYATT PUT IN A GRITTY DISPLAY BEFORE BOWING OUT 17-21 TO AN IN-FORM OPPONENT BUT GEOFF HOLLIS RESTORED THE STATUS QUO WHEN HE PUT IN A STRONG PERFORMANCE TO REGISTER A 21-15 SUCCESS FOR THE VISITORS. THE 'RAIL' KEPT UP THE EARLY PRESSURE WHEN MIKE TOCHER, 'MR. RELIABLE', DESPATCHED HIS MAN BY THE SAME 21-15 SCORE. 2 WINNERS TO 1 AND AN 8 CHALK ADVANTAGE ON THE AGGREGATE HAD GIVEN THE VISITORS A BOOST AND WHEN DENNIS BROOKES KEPT HIS NERVE TO EDGE OUT HIS OPPONENT TO 21-19 THE GREENSIDE SUPPORT HAD HIT FEVER PITCH.
THE FIRST FOUR GAMES HAD REAPED 3 WINNERS AND A 10 CHALK ADVANTAGE ON THE AGGREGATE TO THE VISITORS WITH THE HOME SIDE FULLY AWARE THAT THEY HAD A GAME ON. ANDY RAISTRICK WAS FIRST TO FEEL THE BACKLASH, GOING DOWN 7-21 TO A DETERMINED FOE. DAVID WARDLE WAS NEXT OFF AFTER BATTLING BRAVELY BEFORE FALLING 13-21 SWIFTLY FOLLOWED BY BRYAN ALLCOCK WHO SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF A DETERMINED OPPONENT TO FALL 15-21. DON MARSDEN KEPT HIS UNBEATEN RUN INTACT AS HE NEGOTIATED A STUBBORN ADVERSARY TO REGISTER A 21-15 SUCCESS AND WITH 8 GAMES COMPLETED THE HOME SIDE HAD STOLEN THE ADVANTAGE ON THE AGGREGATE TO LEAD BY 12 CHALKS BUT WITH 4 WINS APIECE THE 'RAIL' STILL HAD EVERYTHING TO PLAY FOR.
WITH THE LAST TWO ON THE GREEN, JAMIE BRAMLEY LED THE WAY WITH A 21-11 SUCCESS, CUTTING THE MARGIN TO JUST 2 CHALKS, BEFORE CRAIG BUTTERFIELD SUFFERED HIS FIRST DEFEAT OF THE SEASON AS DAVE HUGHES PUT IN A CONTROLLED PERFORMANCE TO DESPATCH THE LMRCA MAN TO 11-21
ALL IN ALL A GOOD PERFORMANCE AS THE EDGELEY ROAD OUTFIT SECURED 7.5PTS TO KEEP THEIR MID-TABLE POSITION INTACT AND WITH HAVING PLAYED ALL THE TOP SIDES AWAY THE LMRCA LADS MUST BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON AND IMPROVING ON THEIR CURRENT POSITION IN THE TABLE.
SPRING GARDENS V LMRCA
A. FRANCE 21-17 I. MYATT
M. WALKER 15-21 G. HOLLIS
P. KEECH 15-21 M. TOCHER
T. MINCHERTON 19-21 D. BROOKES
R. BENNISON 21- 7 A. RAISTRICK
S. SCHOFIELD 21-15 B. ALLCOCK
P. NOBLETT 21-13 D. WARDLE
S. KERSHAW 15-21 D. MARSDEN
J. BARKER 11-21 J. BRAMLEY
21-11 C. BUTTERFIELD
AGGREGATE 180-168
MATCH POINTS: SPRING GARDENS 8 LMRCA 7.5
A MAGNIFICANT EIGHT BREAK BY CRAIG BUTTERFIELD STOLE A DRAW FOR LMRCA IN A HUMDINGER OF A MATCH AT EDGELEY ROAD LAST NIGHT.
JAMIE BRAMLEY GOT THE HOME SIDE OFF TO A FLYER WHEN HE LEFT THE GREEN REGISTERING A 21-14 VICTORY OVER DAVE FOX. IAN MYATT SHOWED ALL HIS CLASS AS HE KEPT D. ROBINSON AT BAY TO CLOCK UP HIS FIRST WIN OF THE 2008 CAMPAIGN BY 21-19 WHILST PAUL MURPHY, MAKING HIS LEAGUE DEBUT THIS TERM, HAD LITTLE ANSWER AS G. HORAN HANDED OUT A 8-21 DEFEAT TO THE 'RAILWAYMAN'. BILLY WADDINGTON CAME OFF THE GREEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER, SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF B. POWNALL 7-21 AND WITH THE FIRST FOUR GAMES COMPLETED THE MATCH LAY AT 2 WINNERS A PIECE WITH THE VISITORS GAINING AN 18 CHALK ADVANTAGE ON THE AGGREGATE.
THE SECOND FOUR NEW THAT THEY HAD THEIR WORK CUT OUT IF THEY WERE TO STOP THE VISITORS FROM STRETCHING THEIR ADVANTAGE FURTHER. STEVE SMITH STRUGGLED TO HANDLE IAN STOKES GOING DOWN 14-21 BUT BY THE TIME ANDY RAISTRICK HAD RECORDED HIS FIRST WIN OF SEASON 21-18 OVER D. BANDY THE MATCH HAD SWUNG IN THE VISITORS FAVOUR. WITH THE 'VIC' LEADING BY 22 CHALKS ON THE AGGREGATE DENNIS BROOKES SHOWED A DISPLAY OF CONTROLLED BOWLING TO OVERCOME GARY WHITTAKER TO 21-14 CUTTING THE DEFICIT TO JUST 15. DAVID WARDLE BATTLED BRAVELEY BUT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID DEFEAT AS FORMER TEAM-MATE GRAHAM EDWARDS INFLICTED A 16-21 DEFEAT. WITH THE SECOND PHASE COMPLETED THE SIDES SHARED 4 WINS A PIECE WHILST VICTORIA LAY SOME 20 CHALKS UP ON THE AGGREGATE.
WITH THE ODDS STACKED AGAINST THEM, THE FINAL PAIR WERE REALLY MAKING THEIR PRESENCE FELT WITH BRYAN ALLCOCK DESPATCHING BOB HAMNETT IN AN AWESOME DISPLAY OF PRESSURE BOWLING TO RECORD A NOTEABLE 21-9 WIN. WITH THE DEFICIT NOW DOWN TO 8 CHALKS CRAIG BUTTERFIELD LAY LEVEL AT 13 IN HIS GAME WITH TERRY HESTER. THE TARGET HAD BECOME CLEAR. GET TO 21 WITHOUT CONCEDING A SINGLE CHALK. CRAIG BUTTERFIELD THEN PUT ON WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A 'TOTAL BOWLS' EXPERIENCE TO CRASH HOME 21-13 AGAINST A WORTHY OPPONENT WHO HAD HARDLY PUT A FOOT WRONG ALL NIGHT.
ALTOGETHER A GREAT NIGHT'S BOWLING FROM TWO HIGHLY COMPETITVE TEAMS PLAYING THE GAME IN THE RIGHT SPIRIT.
AND WHO SAID; 'BOWLS ISN'T EXCITING'.
LMRCA V VICTORIA
J. BRAMLEY 21-14 D. FOX
I.MYATT 21-19 D. ROBINSON
P. MURPHY 8-21 G. HORAN
W. WADDINGTON 7-21 B. POWNALL
C. BUTTERFIELD 21-13 T. HESTER
S. SMITH 14-21 I. STOKES
D. BROOKES 21-14 G. WHITTAKER
A. RAISTRICK 21-18 D. BANDY
D. WARDLE 16-21 G. EDWARDS
B. ALLCOCK 21- 9 R. HAMNETT
AGGREGATE 171-171
MATCH POINTS. LMRCA 7.5 VICTORIA 7.5
LMRCA WERE GIVEN AN INSIGHT INTO THE STANDARD REQUIRED IF THEY ARE ARE TO REALISE THEIR AMBITION OF 'A' DIVISION BOWLING IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. CROWN, LYING IN SECOND PLACE BEFORE THE GAME, TURNED UP THE HEAT AS THE VISITORS STRUGGLED TO CONTAIN THE HOME SIDE.
MIKE TOCHER WAS FIRST OFF THE GREEN AFTER DEAN HIGGINBOTHAM HAD PRODUCED A SOLID PERFORMANCE TO DESPATCH THE 'RAILMAN' TO 8-21. STEVE SMITH FAIRED ONLY SLIGHTLY BETTER AS BRIAN COOPER STOLE VICTORY TO 9-21. JAMIE BRAMLEY HAD AN ILL-TEMPERED TUSTLE WITH KEITH JACKSON BEFORE GOING DOWN 17-21 QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY BILLY WADDINGTON WHO PUT IN A BRAVE PERFORMANCE AGAINST D. LEIGH IN AN 18-21 REVERSE. WITH THE FIRST 4 GAMES COMPLETED THE HOME SIDE HAD GAINED TOTAL DOMINATION WITH ALL 4 WINNERS AND A 32 CHALK ADVANTAGE ON THE AGGREGATE.
WITH THE SECOND 4 GAMES ON THE GREEN THE HOME SIDE REALLY TIGHTENED THEIR GRIP ON PROCEEDINGS WITH JOHN NEWBOLD SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF L. REYNOLDS 6-21. IAN MYATT, BACK IN THE SIDE AFTER A COUPLE OF GAMES ON THE SIDELINES, WAS POWERLESS TO PREVENT GEOFF HIGGINBOTHAM ROMPING TO VICTORY 5-21. ANDY RAISTRICK MAKING HIS DEBUT THIS TERM GAVE GRAHAM SOUTHGATE ONE HELL OF A BATTLE BEFORE GOING DOWN 17-21 BUT THE ROT WAS STOPPED WHEN 'BARNSLEY BOMBER' DENNIS BROOKES RECORDED THE AWAY FIRST SUCCESS OF THE EVENING WHEN HE PRODUCED A NEAR PERFECT DISPLAY TO SEE OFF J. LOCKETT 21-12. WITH 8 GAMES COMPLETED THE CROWN CONTROLLED THE GAME WITH A 7-1 ADVANTAGE AND A MASSIVE AGGREGATE LEAD OF 58 CHALKS.
WITH THE LAST TWO GAMES REMAINING BRYAN ALLCOCK GAVE NEILL JENKINSON A REAL SCARE AS HE LED 13-11 BUT A SUPERB DISPLAY OF CORNER BOWLING FROM THE CHESHIRE COUNTY MAN CLINCHED VICTORY 13-21. DON MARSDEN MAINTAINED HIS UNBEATEN RECORD THIS TERM WHEN HE KEPT HIS OPPONENT STEVE WOODING AT ARMS LENGTH TO REGISTER A 21-17 SUCCESS AND GIVE LMRCA THEIR SECOND WINNER OF THE NIGHT.
CROWN V LMRCA
D. HIGGINBOTHAM 21-8 M. TOCHER
K. JACKSON 21-17 J. BRAMLEY
B. COOPER 21-9 S. SMITH
D. LEIGH 21-18 W. WADDINGTON
L. REYNOLDS 21-6 J. NEWBOLD
G. HIGGINBOTHAM 21-5 I. MYATT
G. SOUTHGATE 21-17 A. RAISTRICK
J. LOCKETT 12-21 D. BROOKES
N. JENKINSON 21-13 B. ALLCOCK
S. WOODING 17-21 D. MARSDEN
AGGREGATE 197-135
MATCH POINTS. CROWN 11 LMRCA 3
THE 'RAIL' STILL SMARTING FROM THEIR NARROW 8 TO 7.5 DEFEAT AT PATF WERE LOOKING TO MAKE HOME ADVANTAGE TELL AGAINST AN EXPERIENCED GREAT MOOR CONS SIDE LYING JUST ABOVE THEM IN THE TABLE.
GEOFF SHAW PROVED A THORN IN THE SIDE OF LMRCA WHEN HE PRODUCED A NEAR FLAWLESS DISPLAY IN HIS VICTORY OVER HOMESTER JOHN NEWBOLD, WHO IT MUST BE SAID BARELY PUT A FOOT WRONG HIMSELF. WITH THE FIRST GAME OFF, AN 8-21 VICTORY TO THE VISITORS, THE HOME SIDE HAD GROUND TO MAKE UP. CRAIG BUTTERFIELD PUT IN HIS USUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE WHEN HE OUSTED L. STATHAM 21-9 AND WHEN JAMIE BRAMLEY HAD SEEN OFF J. PICKERING 21-11 THE 'RAILERS' HAD GAINED A FOOTHOLD IN THE GAME. MIKE TOCHER MADE UP THE FIRST FOUR WHEN HE RECORDED AT 21-13 SUCCESS OVER J. GRIFFITHS. WITH A THREE GAMES TO ONE ADVANTAGE AND A MARGIN OF SEVENTEEN CHALK SURPLUS ON THE AGGREGATE THE MATCH WAS STILL WIDE OPEN AS THE SECOND FOUR GOT DOWN TO BUSINESS.
GEOFF HOLLIS FOUND HIS OPPONENT, P. ELLIOT, TOO HOT TO HANDLE AND WENT DOWN 9-21 BUT DENNIS BROOKES RESTORED THE HOME SIDE'S ADVANTAGE WHEN HE DESPATCHED J. CHAPMAN SNR TO 21-16. RIGHT BEHIND HIM CAME STEVE SMITH SEEING OFF E. SELLARS BY THE SAME MARGIN. DAVID WARDLE HAD A TITANIC STRUGGLE AGAINST T. WILLIAMS WHICH SAW DAVE FIGHT BACK ONLY TO SUFFER A NARROW 20-21 REVERSE. WITH EIGHT GAMES COMPLETED LMRCA HAD FORGED AHEAD WITH FIVE WINNERS TO THREE AND AND A FOURTEEN POINT ADVANTAGE ON THE AGGREGATE.
THE FINAL TWO BLOCKS ON THE GREEN KEPT THEIR NERVE WITH DON MARSDEN RECORDING A 21-13 VICTORY OVER MIKE BABYCH WHILST HIS TEAM-MATE BRYAN ALLCOCK OVERCAME STUBBORN RESISTANCE FROM BERNIE THORLEY TO REGISTER A 21-16 SUCCESS.
LMRCA V GREAT MOOR C. C.
C.BUTTERFIELD 21-9 L. STAHAM
J. BRAMLEY 21-11 J.PICKERING
M. TOCHER 21- 13 J. GRIFFITHS
J. NEWBOLD 8-21 G. SHAW
G. HOLLIS 9-21 P. ELLIOTT
S. SMITH 21-16 E. SELLARS
D. BROOKES 21-16 T. CHAPMAN SNR
D. WARDLE 20-21 T. WILLIAMS
D. MARSDEN 21-13 M. BABYCH
B. ALLCOCK 21-16 B. THORLEY
AGGREGATE 184-157
MATCH POINTS LMRCA 10 GREAT MOOR C. C. 4.5
LMRCA SUFFERED A NARROW 3 CHALK DEFEAT AS THE HOME SIDE KEPT THEIR NERVE IN A NAIL BITING END TO THE GAME IN ROMILEY.
THE EDGELEY ROAD MEN WERE UP AGAINST IT FROM THE START AS THE OPENING FOUR WERE PUT UNDER PRESSURE. STEVE SMITH SUFFERED A 6-21 SET-BACK AS JOHN COLLINS PUT IN A SOLID PERFORMANCE FOR THE HOME SIDE. CRAIG BUTTERFIELD RESPONDED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY FOR THE VISITORS WHEN HE CRASHED OVER THE LINE 21-12 AGAINST M. HASLAM BUT D. CURRY RESTORED THE HOME SIDE'S ADVANTAGE WHEN HE SENT MIKE TOCHER TO DEFEAT 15-21. JAMIE BRAMLEY GAVE LMRCA AN EQUAL SHARE OF WINNERS OUT OF THE FIRST WAVE WHEN HE MANAGED TO KEEP K. HADFIELD AT BAY TO EDGE HOME 21-18. WITH A 9 POINT DEFICIT ON THE AGGREGATE AND 2 WINNERS OUT OF FOUR THERE STILL REMAINED PLENTY TO PLAY FOR AS THE SECOND FOUR TOOK TO THE GREEN.
DAVID WARDLE PUT IN A BRAVE PERFORMANCE BUT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID DEFEAT AS HE WENT DOWN 16-21 AND WHEN DENNIS BROOKES SUCCUMBED 19-21 SWIFTLY FOLLOWED BY A DESPERATELY UNLUCKY GEOFF HOLLIS 20-21 THE HOME SIDE HAD GAINED A PSYCHOLOGICAL ADVANTAGE. PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT MUST GO TO JOHN NEWBOLD WHEN AT 8-20 DOWN AND STARING DEFEAT IN THE FACE HE SHOWED AN INCREDIBLE DISPLAY OF PRESSURE BOWLING TO RECORD SIX DOUBLES, AND A SINGLE AT THE FINAL END TO SNATCH VICTORY FROM THE GRASP OF A SHELL SHOCKED OPPONENT 21-20. THE GAME NOW STOOD AT 5 WINNERS TO 3 FOR THE HOME SIDE WHO HELD A 16 CHALK AGGREGATE ADVANTAGE.
WITH A HEAVY DEFEAT LOOKING ON THE CARDS THE FINAL TWO GAMES PRODUCED GUTSY PERFORMANCES FROM BRYAN ALLCOCK WHO WENT IN 21-17 AND DON MARSDEN WHO OVERCAME HIS OPPONENT 21-12.
PHILIPS/FRIENDSHIP V LMRCA
K. HADFIELD 18-21 J. BRAMLEY
J. COLLINS 21- 6 S. SMITH
D. CURRY 21-15 M. TOCHER
M. HASLAM 12-21 C. BUTTERFIELD
P.MASON 20-21 J. NEWBOLD
D. McGOVERN 21-16 D. WARDLE
L. BUNTER 21-19 D. BROOKES
R. BLADES 21-20 G. HOLLIS
M. BROWN 17-21 B. ALLCOCK
S. WARD 12-21 D. MARSDEN
AGGREGATE 184-181
MATCH POINTS PH/FRIENDSHIP 8 LMRCA 7.5
LMRCA ANNOUNCED THEIR ARRIVAL IN B DIVISION IN SOME STYLE WHEN THEIR FIRST EVER HOME GAME IN THE TOP TWO TIERS OF STOCKPORT BOWLING ENDED IN A CONVINCING 9 WINNERS TO ONE VICTORY OVER PROMOTION HOPEFULS THE NURSERY INN.
THE MEN FROM GREEN LANE LANE WERE BLOWN AWAY AS THE HOME SIDE SET ABOUT THEM WITH A VENGEANCE. JAMIE BRAMLEY WAS FIRST OFF THE GREEN AFTER A CONVINCING VICTORY OVER NEIL CLARKE TO 21-7 AND THIS WAS TO PROVE THE LIFT THE TEAM NEEDED. CRAIG BUTTERFIELD SWIFTLY FOLLOWED JAMIE INTO THE WINNERS ENCLOSURE AFTER A 21-8 SUCCESS AND MICKY TOCHER HAD TO SHOW ALL HIS BATTLING QUALITIES TO OVERCOME IRVINE CUMMINGS 21-19. IAN MYATT WAS DESPERATELY UNLUCKY TO GO DOWN 19-21 AGAINST AN IN-FORM P.TILLEY BUT THE SCENE HAD BEEN SET AFTER THE OPENING FOUR HAD SHOWN A RETURN OF 3 WINNERS AND A HEALTHY 27 CHALK LEAD ON THE AGGREGATE.
THERE WAS TO BE NO RESPITE FOR THE AWAY SIDE AS THE 'RAILERS' KEPT THE UP MOMENTUM. JOHN NEWBOLD PUT IN A FLAWLESS PERFORMANCE AS HE SENT E. WHITTLE FOR ANY EARLY PINT 'WEIGHING IN' AT 21-6. THE 'BARNSLEY BOMBER' DENNIS BROOKES PROVED TOO STRONG FOR A. HIBBERT AS HE EASED TO A 21-13 TRIUMPH AND WHEN GEOFF HOLLIS DESPATCHED HOWARD CONWAY 21-14 THE WRITING WAS ON THE WALL. DAVID WARDLE STAGED A MAGNIFICENT FIGHT BACK TO ECLIPSE DENNIS EVANS 21-20 GIVING THE LMRCA TOTAL DOMINANCE GOING IN TO THE FINAL TWO GAMES. THE AGGREGATE ADVANTAGE NOW STOOD AT 58 WITH 7 WNNERS OUT OF 8.
DON MARSDEN KEPT HIS COMPOSURE AFTER A MINI FIGHTBACK FROM OPPONENT PETER HULLEY HAD PULLED BACK THE SCORE TO 20-16. BUT THE LMRCA MAN PUT IN A WINNING BOWL HAVING TO BEAT A COUPLE OF FOOT WOODS IN THE PROCESS TO REGISTER A 21-16 SUCCESS. LAST MAN ON THE GREEN, BRYAN ALLCOCK, STAGED A SUPERB FIGHTBACK AFTER TRAILING GRAHAM BARRETT 17-20 TO EDGE OVER THE LINE 21-20.
THE LMRCA HAD PROVED THEIR PEDIGREE AGAINST ONE OF THE DIVISION'S STRONGER TEAMS AND MUST SURELY GROW IN CONFIDENCE AS THE SEASON PROGRESSES. NURSERY MAN DENNIS EVANS FELT MOVED TO COMMENT:
"WE CAN HAVE NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE RESULT TONIGHT. THE GREEN WAS IN FANTASTIC CONDITION AND IS A SUPERB HOME VENUE."
LMRCA V NURSERY
J. BRAMLEY 21- 7 N. CLARKE
M. TOCHER 21-19 I. CUMMINGS
C. BUTTERFIELD 21- 8 T. ROLYANCE
I. MYATT 19-21 P. TILLEY
J. NEWBOLD 21- 6 E. WHITTLE
G. HOLLIS 21-14 H. CONWAY
D. BROOKES 21-13 A. HIBBERT
D. WARDLE 21-20 D. EVANS
D. MARSDEN 21- 16 P. HULLEY
B. ALLCOCK 21-20 G. BARRETT
AGGREGATE 208-144
MATCH POINTS LMRCA 12 NURSERY 1.5
LMRCA TURNED IN A CONTROLLED PERFORMANCE TO DISPOSE OF HIGH LANE 'D' AT A COLD SPRING GARDENS VENUE ON SUNDAY MORNING. DESPITE HAVING TO SURRENDER 25 CHALKS DUE TO ADSHEAD HANDICAPPING THE EDGELEY RD MEN NEVER LOOKED IN TROUBLE AFTER JAMIE BRAMLEY 21-5 AND JOHN NEWBOLD 21-4 HAD GIVEN THE 'B' DIVISION OUTFIT THE IDEAL START. WHEN DENNIS BROOKES CAME OFF WINNING 21-10 THE 'RAILERS' HAD WIPED OUT THE HANDICAP AND BUILT A HEALTHY LEAD OF 18 CHALKS. PAUL MURPHY HAD A TITANIC STRUGGLE WITH FRANK QUIGLEY BEFORE JUST BEING EDGED OUT 20-21.
MIKE TOCHER LED THE CHARGE OF THE SECOND FOUR BLOCKS WITH AN EYE-CATCHING 21-8 VICTORY QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY GEOFF HOLLIS WHO WON 21-10. THERE WAS A MINOR BLIP WHEN IAN MYATT SUPRISINGLY WENT DOWN 11-21 BUT THE LADS WERE NOT TO BE DENIED THEIR VICTORY. STEVE SMITH KEPT HIS NERVE TO EDGE OVER THE LINE 21-19, AND WITH THE FINAL TWO BLOCKS ON THE GREEN THE LMRCA HAD STRETCHED THEIR LEAD TO A MATCH WINNING 35 CHALKS.
DAVID WARDLE SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF R WHEATLEY BEFORE SUCCUMBING 13-21 WHILST DON MARSDEN GAINED HIS SECOND WIN IN A WEEK AFTER SEEING OFF DAVID LAWTON 21-10.
ALL IN ALL A GOOD DAY AT THE OFFICE FOR THE TEAM WHICH SHOULD PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND FOR THIS WEEK'S LEAGUE FIXTURE AGAINST NURSERY 2 AT EDGELEY ROAD
FINAL SCORE LMRCA 191 HIGH LANE CONS 154
LMRCA VS HIGH LANE
J. BRAMLEY 21- 5 B. MURPHY
P. MURPHY 20 -21 F. QUIGLEY
D. BROOKES 21-10 B. DAVIES
J. NEWBOLD 21- 4 J. KIRKLEY
M. TOCHER 21- 8 J. NIXON
S. SMITH 21- 19 T. LAMBERT
G. HOLLIS 21-10 I. BRADBURY
I. MYATT 11-21 K. HOUGHTON
D. WARDLE 13-21 R. WHEATLEY
D. MARSDEN 21-10 D. LAWTON
HANDICAP -25
RESULT 191-154
ONCE THE SEASON GETS UNDERWAY THERE WILL BE COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OFGAMES FOR THE COMING CAMPAIGN. THIS WILL ALSO BE COMPLIMENTED BY RESULTS FROM OTHER MATCHES AROUND THE DIVISION. DON'T FORGET TO CLICK ON 21UPTV..THE PLACE TO BE...EXCLUSIVE TO THIS SITE.
THE EDGELEY ROAD GREEN HAS BEEN A HIVE OF ACTIVITY OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS WITH SEVERAL TEAM MEMBERS TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHAKE OFF THE WINTER BLUES AS THE NEW CAMPAIGN APPROACHES. CONFIDENCE RUNS HIGH WITHIN THE SQUAD AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE TRIP UP TO NEW MILLS AND AN HISTORIC FIRST EVER GAME IN B DIVISION. WITH SKIPPER LES MYATT HAVING NAMED HIS STARTING LINE-UP THE TEN PLAYERS TAKING TO THE GREEN ON TUESDAY WILL BE IN NO DOUBT OF THE INTENSE BATTLE FOR PLACES WITH A BACK-UP OF EIGHT RESERVES STANDING GREENSIDE AWAITING THEIR CHANCE. THE FIERCE COMPETITION CAN ONLY HAVE A BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON THE TEAM AND WITH A GAGGLE OF PLAYERS AT THE READY TO OFFER THEIR SUPPORT VOCALLY THE TEAM SHOULD REALLY BE ABLE TO IMPOSE IT'S PRESENCE AT ANY VENUE.
THE MATCH WILL BEGIN AT 7PM AND WITH THE WEATHER COLD AND WINTRY IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE TO WRAP UP WARM.