STAFFORDSHIRE women's team play Yorkshire in next months BCGLBA Championship semi-final next month after a 29-point defeat of Dudley.

The home venue at Birches Head Hotel saw Staffordshire earn a 67-point victory, with Marie Stretch, Carol Steele, and Liz Rowley all returning single figure victories. In the away leg, Staffs managed to collect five winners, which restricted Dudley's advantage to 38 points.

Staffs home players: Janet Hargreaves, Carol Matthews, Sylvia Holmes, Ann Woodward, Sharon Whittaker, Carol Steele, Liz Rowley, Marie Stretch, Sue Wright, Hazel MacDonald, Janet Hope, Dawn Prince.

Away players: Judy Ash, Fay Carson, Paulette Wheeldon, Judith Gosnell, Carol Thompson, Elizabeth Wright, Jackie Laverty, Corrinna Phillips, Julie Burgess, Helen Large, Joan Lewis, Gill Welsh.

THE Sentinel Cup semi-finals are being played on Tuesday and Thursday next week. On Tuesday, Victoria Park (Stafford) entertain Middleport Park, while on Thursday, Florence host Birches Head Hotel.

MIDDLEPORT Park's Nicky Tideswell won the £1,000 Tetley Walker LMRCA Open at Altrincham, defeating Warrington's Jon Brown 21-8 in the final. The victory erased Tideswell's memories of losing in last year's final.

QUALIFYING heats in the £4,200 Grange Club Classic in Stockport are being held today, where Potteries bowlers are chasing final-day places.

Draw: A Owen (Stoke) v G Cookson (Winsford), G Wilson (Oldham) v A France (Stoke), M Foster (Worsley) v I Nicholson (Kendal), N Burrows (Stockport) v C Wraight (Shrewsbury), M Gilpin (Kendal) v D Walker (Swinton), B Booth (Stoke) v D Sillitoe (Doncaster), M Gilmore (Wallasey) v J Lockett (Warrington), R Price (Stoke) v P Bailey (Manchester).

THE £3,000 Olympic BC Classic in Liverpool tonight will feature Stoke-on-Trent players Nicky Tideswell and Chris Jenkins.

NEXT week's pairings in the £7,000 Autum Doubles at Mirfeld Old Bank are :

Monday: C Newton & G Cookson (Normanton/Winsford)v M Geraghty & M Gilmore (Manchester/Liverpool), P Jagger & C Mordue (Spen Victoria/Brighouse) v M Lloyd & R Goddard (Shrewsbury).

Thursday: J R Bentley & S Coupe (Cleckheaton/Preston) v A Spragg & C Macdonald (Chesterfield/Congleton ), A Cairns & S Mort (Rossendale/Wigan) v P Fielding & R Goodman (Rochdale).

A big crowd is expected at the Owley Wood green tomorrow afternoon as Cheshire play Yorkshire in the home leg of their county championship semi-final.

Line-up: Glynn Cookson v Lee Lawton, Andy Harman v James Hanson, Graham Davies v Graeme Wilson, James Harrop v Nicky White, Jason Cornes v James Davison, Sean Morrey v James Wilcox, Simon Cookson v John Edmondson, Chris Morrison v Robert Hitchen, Robert Winnington v Graham Hickey, Chris MacDonald v Chris Mordue.

THE Nancy Hackwood Finals are being held at Pittshill tomorrow (2pm).

Finalists: J Mack (Milton Recs), S Bradbury (London Road), E Wright (Milton Recs), S Shenton (Bucknall Private), L Picariello (Creda), C Phillips (Birches Head Hotel), K Evans (Burslem CC), H Simon (Burslem CC).

Dress code will be adhered to and will all finalists please bring a raffle prize.

THE Junior Ladies Merit are being played at Bucknall Private tomorrow (1pm).

Line-up: A Adams (Fegg Hayes), J Bancroft (Fegg Hayes), S Holland (Florence B & T), B Sherratt (Milton Hayes).

Dress code will apply, will all players please take a raffle prize.