Bowling News
Finally, two years late but as soon as it could, the British Senior Merit heads to Hawcoat Bowling Club in Cumbria. The best from each county will make the journey up the M6 on the last Saturday in July to compete in crown green bowls national championships. The full draw is below which includes 8 Yorkshire representatives. Play will start at 10:00am on Saturday 30th July.
Hawcoat BC, Barrow-in-Furnace, Cumbria LA14 4HF
The draw is:
1 Mark Regan (Yorkshire) v 2 Rich Goddard (Shropshire) 3 Andy Fergus (Greater Manchester) v 4 David Bradford (Isle of Man)* 5 Jordie Baddeley (North Midlands) v 6 Joe Melvin (Potteries & District) 7 Noel Burrows (Cheshire) v 8 Ian France (Cumbria)* 9 Ian Brown (Derbyshire) v 10 Aaron Williams (South Yorkshire) 11 Ian M Jones (Wales)* v 12 Tom Eccles (Greater Manchester) 13 Josh Bunting (Merseyside)* v 14 Ashley Daykin (Yorkshire) 15 Glen Herbert (Warwick & Worcester)* v 16 Mark Melvin (Potteries & District) 17 Adam Hartley (Derbyshire) v 18 Tom Vickers (Cheshire)* 19 Tony Williams (Warwick & Worcester) v 20 Josh Thomas (Yorkshire) 21 Steve Greenway (Cumbria) v 22 Billy Speed (Lancashire)* 23 Callum Wraight (Shropshire) v 24 Ben Percival (North Midlands) 25 Matt Gillies (Greater Manchester) v 26 Paul Wilson (North Lancs & Fylde)* 27 Stuart Nash (North Midlands)* v 28 Aaron Tapper (Staffordshire) 29 Russell Prosser (Warwick & Worcester) v 30 Josh Towey (Potteries & District)* 31 Kieron Roberts (Wales) v 32 Tony Bannister (Yorkshire) 33 Darren Day (North Midlands) v 34 Rikki Higgs (Derbyshire) 35 Andrew Whitaker (South Yorkshire)* v 36 Chris Cooke (Lancashire) 37 Matthew Simpson (Cumbria) v 38 Ian Howell (Cheshire) 39 Robin Bennett (Wales) v 40 Harry Seehra (Yorkshire) 41 Jak Locker (Warwick & Worcester) v 42 Gary Owen (Potteries & District) 43 Michael Warrington (North Midlands) v 44 Gareth Herbert (Staffordshire)* 45 Chris Bly (Greater Manchester) v 46 Eamon Hernan (North Lancs & Fylde) 47 Jack Dyson (Yorkshire)* v 48 Peter Farmer (Shropshire) 49 Richard Gill (Derbyshire)* v 50 Richard Hargreaves (Yorkshire) 51 Kevin Boon (Potteries & District) v 52 Martin Barrow (Cumbria) 53 Dave ‘Barney’ Kelly (Isle of Man) v 54 Gareth P Hughes (Wales) 55 Liam Dennis (North Midlands) v 56 Robert Wiltshire (South Yorkshire) 57 Dan Varcoe (Cumbria) v 58 George Curran (Merseyside) 59 David Lloyd (Shropshire)* v 60 Tim Jones (Staffordshire) 61 David Walker (Yorkshire) v 62 Mike Hill (Warwick & Worcester) 63 David May (Derbyshire) v 64 Jack Hargreaves (Greater Manchester)*
*denotes winner of their county merit