Bowls: Staffs women on brink of national semis
Staffs are well placed to reach the semi-finals after taking maximum points from their games against Shropshire, Greater Manchester and North Shropshire.
Silverdale is the venue for the home leg, with the away team making the long trip to the Co-Op Bowling Club in Barrow.
Staffs home team: Janet Hargreaves (Birches Head Hotel), Stacey Brown (Birches Head Hotel), Sylvia Holmes (Birches Head Hotel), Ann Woodward (New Stoke Park), Fay Carson (Bucknall Private), Sharon Whittaker (Milton Recs); Janet Salmon (Dilhorne); Marie Stretch (Milton Recs); Carol Steel (London Rd/Silverdale); Hazel Macdonald (Milton Recs); Carol Matthews (Dilhorne); Dawn Prince Mow Cop.
Away team: Judy Ash (Dilhorne); Jackie Laverty (Milton Hayes); Laura Hamer (Milton Hayes ); Judith Gosnell (Mow Cop); Paulette Wheeldon (Fegg Hayes); Elizabeth Wright (Milton Recs); Corrinna Philips (Birches Head Hotel); Julie Burgess (Fegg Hayes); Helen Large (Dilhorne); Joan Lewis (Bucknall Private); Liz Rowley (Bucknall Private); Gill Welsh (Mow Cop).
WEDNESDAY will see the Jack and Jean Isherwood Veterans' Trophy competition staged at Prees Cricket and Recreation Club near Whitchurch from 10am.
Clough Hall's Mick Harvey and London Road's John Allcock will be the Potteries representative in the last 32 draw.
STAFFS Moorlands bowler Dean Ferris is through to the fourth round of the £5,000 Hill Crest Classic in Halifax after beating Andrew Walker of Sheffield 21-13 in his final qualifying game.
STAFFORDSHIRE'S Lynn Pritchatt, who is rated among the top women players in the country, safely negotiated her way through the opening three rounds of the Waterloo Ladies' Handicap at Blackpool.
THE Gerald Marsh Potteries Champion Of Champions tournament is being played tomorrow at Milton Recreation Bowling Club, starting at 10am.
It features all last season's champions and average winners.
Taking part: Peter Walthall; Frank Thompson; Harold Emson; Brendan Turner; Phil Burndred; Mark Ferris; Mark Leadbeater; Andy Chapman; Melvyn Mycock; Darren Knight; Richard Schmidt; John Mountford; Jon Price; Andy Owen; Martin Goodall; Nick Tideswell.
CONGLETON Railway suffered their first home defeat in the Manchester Premier League as top-of-the-table Garswood Hall claimed the points in a closely-fought match.
Match results (Railway players first): B Smith 21, John Hodson 16; Darren Stanway 17, John Taylor 21; Chris Jenkins 21, Billy Speed 7; Charlie Weaver 5, Anthony Gartside 21; Paul Chamberlain 21, Ray Goodhand 14; Andy Duckett 11, Kevin Kearns 21; Paul Latham 12, Kevan Shaw 21; Chris MacDonald 21, Andy Hayes 12; Andrew Moss 21, Phil Boydell 17; Darren Smith 14, Colin Marshall 21. Aggregate score: Railway 164, Garswood Hall 171
BUCKNALL Park Bowls Club is hosting a 50th anniversary celebration today, starting at 2pm.
The Second Division Staffs Parks side are inviting current and past members of the club to get along to the club for a get-together at 2pm.
LATEST results from James Birks Senior Challenge Cup: Birches Head Hotel 201, Bucknall Private 127; Meir Social 187, Wolstanton WMC 150; Creda 124, Middleport Park 201; Burslem Suburban 175, Milton Recs 180; Florence 208, Fenton Private 152; Birches Head Gardeners 210, Bucknall Ex 155; Kingsley 156, Clough Hall 184; Oakhill 92, Fegg Hayes 210.
TONIGHT'S competitors for the Nursery Open qualifying heat will include Potteries county duo Chris Jenkins and Nicky Tideswell.
Joining them in Stockport will be Cheshire players Charlie Bebbington, Tom King and Robert Crawshaw.
THE Milton Hayes Open competition continues this weekend, with action on both days starting at 2pm.
Today: J Williamson, K Williamson, T Ridge, P Thomas, N Tideswell, B Orpe, P Rigby, P Owen, A Boulton, G Owen, A Owen, J Price, K Morris, C Walker, A Steele, D Jackson.
Tomorrow: T Dodd, M Simcock, R Simcock, R Swindall, B Booth, H Fallows, M Fallows, P Fallows, R Price, M Ledgwedge, P Duranjovic, C Kearns, Dan Ferris, A Ferris, M Simpson.
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