Holmfirth dominate Division 8 qualifier

Winter League

The Division 8 Qualifying Round of the Winter Cup played on Tuesday was dominated by Holmfirth bowlers in all areas. They had the most entries - 5 of the 9 bowlers were from Holmfirth - and then took 3 of the 4 places in the final round and supplied both of the qualifiers.

Preliminary Round David Bradbury (Linthwaite Hall B) 20-21 David Poole (Holmfirth)

Round 1

Gina Watts (Golcar C&BC) 20-21 Peter Sykes (Holmfirth)

Stuart Stanley (Cowcliffe C) 21-14 Bob Stratford (Holmfirth) Bryan Webb (Holmfirth) 21-19 Gerry Gorman (Holmfirth) Cynthia Scaife (Golcar C&BC) 20-21 David Poole (Holmfirth)

Round 2 Peter Sykes (Holmfirth) 21-18 Stuart Stanley (Cowcliffe C)

Bryan Webb (Holmfirth) 10-21 David Poole (Holmfirth)

Division 8 Qualifiers for the Round of the Last 16 Peter Sykes (Holmfirth) and David Poole (Holmfirth)

Bryan Webb 10-21 David Poole

Peter Sykes 21-18 Stuart Stanley

The full list of qualifiers to date is:

Division 2 Qualifiers:

Tim Poulter (Clayton West) and Shaun Irving (Milnsbridge A)

Division 4 Qualifiers Paul Winterburn (Netherton Con A) and Tom Chatfield (Slaithwaite)

Division 5 qualifiers: Philip Binns (Elland WMC) and Bob Booth (Lindley Lib C)

Division 6 Qualifiers: Mick Addy (Mirfield A) and Jeff Mellor (Springwood C)

Division 8 Qualifiers Peter Sykes (Holmfirth) and David Poole (Holmfirth)

who all progress through to the Round of the Last 16 which will be played at Netherton Con on Sunday 30 March from 1.00pm.

Three more qualifying rounds to be played covering bowlers from Divisions 1, 3 and 7 and the last of these will be played next Monday after which we will have the full line-up for the Round of the Last 16.