New boys from Rastrick go top

Winter League

Review of results from Day 1 of the Division 9 season

The Thorpe Green playing surface looked really good as the eight teams in Division 9 assembled for the first time this season and one of the new teams shot to the top of the table after the first round of fixtures. The surprise being that it wasn't the highly fancied Elland WMC B new team that ended the day at the top of the initial table.

The New Boys representing Rastrick B are the opening day leaders of the Division 9 table after an 8-0 win over Kirkheaton Con C. They weren't the only whitewash opening-day winners with Kirkheaton C&BC B also notching up the maximum points score over Marsh Lib B. That was a much closer affair than may be read into a 0-8 loss at first glance. The fact that two of the three games saw the Marsh Lib side lose to 20. A couple of extra points would have seen them over the line first instead of their opponents.

Elland WMC B were the top-fancied Division 9 team in the Forecast Game so they will have disappointed their supporters by going down 2-6 to Meltham B. That was a welcome start to the new season for the relegated side from Meltham which will have boosted their hopes of an immediate return to a higher level. Mirfield CBC C were the most supported team in the Forecast Game relegation battle and they lived up (down?) to that when going down 2-6 to Linthwaite Hall B. Early days.

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Can I take this opportunity to remind all teams about two matters.

1. Measuring: When bowlers call for the measurers to decide the outcome of an end they are calling to everyone stood on the sidelines. It is not the sole responsibility of the host club to undertake measuring duties. We ask them to provide a long tape and that is where their responsibility ends. All teams should have at least one team member carrying a tape to be used in any match on the green. If a game calls for a measure and you are nearest to it then get there and measure for them. So when bowlers call for a measure they should be overwhelmed with responses to banish the delay in completing that end. This becomes more important as the cold wet weather becomes more frequent. We don't want us old folks standing around waiting for a measure in the cold.

2. Bowlsnet: Bowlsnet is a wonderful invention but it only comes into its own if captains fill in the results and verify their opponents' completed scores. It is the responsibility of the 'home' team (the first one in the fixture list) to complete the uploading of the match result on the system. Teams are very good about getting results on the system very quickly and it is a rare occurrence if the result is not added on matchday. Having said that it doesn't matter which team completes the inputting of the result. What does matter is that the other team verifies the result. If a team finds a wrong result or a wrong scoreline in any of the games then they should contact the League Secretary to get it corrected. Team captains cannot correct scores on the system. This becomes more important as the season progresses because team members will be looking at their playing records and a wrong scoreline can damage any bowler's chances of winning a Division's end-of-season Top Bowler award.