First Winter Cup qualifiers this week

Winter League

With entries now passing the 100 mark, the opening qualifiers of the 2026 Winter Cup are scheduled for this week. On Tuesday the Divisions 8 and 9 will hold their competitions with 7 and 16 entries respectively. The full line-up for the first two qualifying rounds are further down this posting.

The qualifying rounds are all held on the greens that teams have been playing League matches on. The start time is always 11.00am with bowlers asked to be there and registered with the organisers by 10.45am to enable the making of the draw in time to support a prompt 11.00am start of the matches. All matches are 21-up and we are bowling down to the last two bowlers who will progress through to the Round of the Last 20 to be held at Huddersfield RUFC on Sunday 29 March at 11.00am. There we will be bowling down to the last 16 who progress through to Finals Day which will be played on Sunday 12 April again at Huddersfield RUFC.

The line-ups for the two Tuesday Qualifying Rounds are as listed here.

DIVISION 8 WINTER CUP QUALIFIER ENTRANTS (at Lockwood Con on Tuesday 3 February)

Russell Auty (Broad Oak A) Alan Starkey (Meltham B)

John Sanderson (Meltham B) Gina Watts (Golcar C&BC)

Cynthia Scaife (Golcar C&BC)

Alison Booth (Linthwaite Hall B) Janice Joyce (Linthwaite Hall B)

DIVISION 9 WINTER CUP QUALIFIER ENTRANTS  (at Paddock I&C on Tuesday 3 February)

Mick Battye (Almondbury BC C)

Graham Doughty (Almondbury BC C)

Giles Massey (Kirkheaton Con C) Philip Power (Kirkheaton Con C) Steven Hall (Kirkheaton Con C) Elaine Murphy (Mirfield C) Bruce Illingworth (Mirfield C) Colin Watson (Mirfield C) David Walker (Greenhead Park) Mel Blezzard (Greenhead Park) David Moreton (Greenhead Park)

Chris Wightman (Greenhead Park) Tony Dawson (Kirkheaton C&BC C) Geoff Pearson (Kirkheaton C&BC C)

David Kilner (Kirkheaton C&BC C) Liz Kilner (Kirkheaton C&BC C)

Coming up next is the qualifying round for Division 7 bowlers at RUFC on Thursday this week where there have been a bumper 27 entries, so far.

More entries for all rounds are being accepted up to 24 hours before the matchday as indicated in the table above. Use the Online Entry Form below to make your entry to any of the qualifying rounds.

You can complete your entry by submitting your entry fees by BACS payment.

The entry fee is £3 per bowler.

The Winter League's HSBC bank details are:

Account Name: The Huddersfield Winter League

Account Number: 64667778

Account Sort Code: 40-25-10