Bowling - Hale storm past Mere to stay joint leaders (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Bowling - Hale storm past Mere to stay joint leaders

10:51am Thursday 12th May 2011 in Sport

HOME advantage counted for little to Windermere A, who lost 9-1 to joint leaders Kings Arms Hale A in the Kendal and District League.

Hale A are tied with Holme A on 41 points after five weeks of competition. Both leaders remain unbeaten as Holme A won beat fourth-placed Netherfield A 8-2.

Crosthwaite A extended their lead at the top of Division 2 with a 6-4 home win at home to Ingleborough A and are five points clear of Burneside A, and a further five points clear of Milnthorpe A.

Netherfield C maintain their dominance in Division 3 by winning 8-2 over Kirkby Lonsdale and so do Ambleside B in Division 4 who dominated 9-1 against Lower Holker C.

Results: Div 1:Arnside A 5 v 5 Bowness A; Netherfield B 2 v 8 Lower Holker A; Staveley A 8 v 2 Holme B; Victoria A 2 v 8; Levens A, Windermere A 1 v 9 K.A.Hale A.

Div 2: Burneside A 8 v 2 Victoria B; Burton 10 v 0 Ambleside A; Crosthwaite A 6 v 4 Ingleborough A; K A Hale B 9 v 1 Subscription A; Levens B 7 v 3 Abbot Hall A; Milnthorpe A 8 v 2 Allithwaite A.

Div 3: Endmoor A 8 v 2 Crosthwaite B; Heversham A 6 v 4 Staveley B; Holme C 9 v 1Netherfield D; Netherfield C 8 v 2 Kirkby Lonsdale; Sedbergh 7 v 3 Windermere B; Subscription B 2 v 8 Lindale A.

Division 4 - Ambleside B 9 v 1 Lower Holker C; Bowness B 3 v 7Milnthorpe; KA Hale C 9 v 1 Allithwaite B; Lower Holker B 8 v 2 Burneside B; Victoria C 2 v 8 Langdale.

Div 5 - Allithwaite C 4 v 6 Hawkshead; Burneside C 5 v 5 Heversham B; Endmoor B bye; Levens C 6 v 4 Bowness C; Lindale B 10 v 0 Holme D; Milnthorpe C 4 v 6 Lindale C; Staveley C 7 v 3 Subscription C.

AFTER four weeks of the Rothay League season, Levens A have an eight-point lead at the top of Division 1 and took maximum points against struggling Windermere in their latest match.

Bowness A had a good result against Staveley A, winning 6-4 at Staveley and now share second place with those rivals, but club colleagues, Bowness B lost heavily at home to Lower Holker A and slipped to the bottom of the table.

In Division 2, Ambleside A produced a 10-0 victory over Coniston B in its bid to make a quick return to the upper flight.

he most likely contenders might be Lindale who had a 9-1 home win over Hawkshead B.

Results (Week 4): Div 1: Hawkshead A 7, Levens B 3; Levens A 10, Windermere 0; Bowness B 1, Lower Holker A 9; Leven Valley B 9, Burneside A 1; Staveley A 4, Bowness A 6; Coniston A 9, Crosthwaie 1. Div 2 Langdale 6, Ambleside B 4; Ambleside A 10, Coniston B 0; Allithwaite A 7, Staveley B 3;: Burneside B 6, Leven Valley A 4; Lower Holker B 8, Allithwaite B 2; Lindale 9, Hawkshead B 1.

South Lakeland Rural League:Allithwaite 4, Victoria 4; Endmoor 4, Crosthwaite 4; Hawkshead 1, Windermere 7; Holme 4, Sedbergh 4; Kirkby Lonsdale 3, Lindale 5; Levens 4, Burneside 4; Staveley 3, Burton 5; Subscription 3, Heversham 5; Bowness v Hale K.A. tba.

DANNY Varcoe and Liam Baxter won the KA Hale Doubles, sponsored by P. J. Willacy, when they beat father and son Marti nand Alan Gilpin 21-13 in the final. In the semi-finals, the Gilpins beat Danny Kirby and Ken McQueen 21-12, while the eventual winners beat Keith McMath and Colin Wilson 21-20.

DANNY Kirby and Ken McQueen (Warton) beat Steve Hillbeck (Victoria) and John Sarsfield (Netherfield) 21-18 in the final of Kendla Victoria VC’S Spring Pairs on Sunday. The beaten semi-finalists were David Rocastle & Peter Robinson (Warton) 21-11, and Les Foden and parnter, who lost 21-8 to the eventual winners.

GRANDFATHER and grandson Harold and Daniel Varcoe beat husband and wife Colin and Anne Slinger 21-17 in the finasl of Croswaite open Pairs on Sunday. The losing sem-finalists were Robert Grisedale and Callum Baxter (Holme BC) and Jim Oswald and Terry Mercer (Victoria BC).

CALLING all juniors - up-and-coming junior events: Boys Junior Merit at Lower Holker BC on Sunday, May 29 (10am). Junior county practice at Burneside BC starts Saturday, May 14 at 10.30 am - all junior bowlers welcome.

South Westmorland Seniors League (May 2):Div 1: Warton A 3, Netherfield B 5; L Holker A 7, Ingleborough A 1; Netherfield A 6, Victoria A 2; Silverdale A 6, Levens A 2;Windermere A 5, Arnside A 3;Heversham A 6, K A Hale 2. Div 2:Burneside A 7, Endmoor A 1; Crosthwaite A 6, Carnforth A 2; Lindale A 7, K Lonsdale A 1; Bolton-le-Sands 7, Subscription A 1; Holme A 2, Warton B 6; K Lonsdale B 1, Milnthorpe A 7. Div 3: Bowness A 7, L Holker B 1; Ingleborough B 3, Burneside B 5; Abbot Hall 5, Staveley A 3; Milnthorpe B 5, Holme B 3; Subscription B 3, Springfield 5; Victoria B 6, Sedbergh B 2; free date Langdale. Div 4: Arnside B 3, Crosthwaite B 5; Carnforth B 8, Bowness B 0; Endmoor B 7, Heversham B 1; Sedbergh A 2, Windermere B 6; Levens B 3, Allithwaite 5; Staveley B 2, Silverdale B 6; free date Lindale B.