Bowls - Clean sweep puts Kings Arms back on top (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Bowls - Clean sweep puts Kings Arms back on top

10:10am Thursday 7th July 2011 in Sport

KINGS Arms Hale top Division 1 in the Kendal and District League after a 10-0 victory over struggling Arnside A.

The victory opened a three-point gap over Holme A who won 6-4 at Victoria.

In Division 2 second-placed Milnthorpe A dominated agains Abbot Hall 10-0, while leaders Crosthwaite A cruised to a 9-1 win at Ambleside A.

Unbeaten Netherfield C in Division 3 continued their run with a 10-0 win over Endmoor A. Second-placed Lindale A also won 10-0 at home to Crosthwaite B.

Ambleside B are stretching away in Division 4 after a 9-1 victory against Kings Arms Hale C, while Division 5 leaders Hawkshead wonwell at Levens C by a 7-3 margin.

Results: Div 1:Holme B 8 v 2 Bowness A; K A Hale A 10 v 0 Arnside A; Levens A 8 v 2 Netherfield A; Netherfield B 7 v 3 Windermere A; Staveley A 8 v 2 Lower Holker A; Victoria A 4 v 6 Holme A.

Div 2: Allithwaite A 6 v 4 Subscription A; Ambleside A 1 v 9 Crosthwaite A, Burneside A 8 v 2 Levens B, Burton 7 v 3 Victoria B, Ingleborough A 6 v 4 K A Hale B, Milnthorpe A 10 v 0 Abbot Hall A Div 3: Holme C 9 v 1 Subscription B; Kirkby Lonsdale 8 v 2 Staveley B; Lindale A 10 v 0 Crosthwaite B; Netherfield C 10 v 0 Endmoor A; Sedbergh 6 v 4 Heversham A; Windermere B 7 v 3 Netherfield D.

Div 4: Ambleside B 9 v 1 KA Hale C; Bowness B 3 v 7 Allithwaite B; Burneside B 7 v 3 Lower Holker C; Ingleborough B 3 v 7 Langdale; Lower Holker B 2 v 8 Milnthorpe B; Victoria C 7 v 3 Arnside B.

Div 5: Allithwaite C bye; Endmoor B 7 v 3 Lindale B; Heversham B bye, Levens C 3 v 7 Hawkshead; Milnthorpe C 7 v 3 Burneside C; Staveley C 8 v 2 Holme D; Subscription C 3 v 7 Lindale C.

LEVENS A continued an all-conquering run in the Rothay League with a 9-1 victory over bottom-placed Bowness B in Division 1, while Staveley A put in an equally strong performance, taking maximum points at home to Windermere andmoving up to second place.

Leven Valley B took over third spot after defeating Hawkshead A 9-1, while Coniston A also had a surprising 9-1 win over Lower Holker A and moved ahead of Bowness A into fourth.

In Division 2, Lindale crushed the Staveley B side 10-0 and took over the top spot on total aggregate points from Ambleside A who only managed a 5-5 draw for the second successive week.

Results: Div 1: Levens B 3, Bowness A 7; Crosthwaite 4, Burneside A 6; Coniston A 9, Lower Holker A 1; Staveley 10, Windermere 0; Leven Valley B 9, Hawkshead A 1; Bowness B 1, Levens A 9. Div 2: Ambleside B 8, Allithwaite B 2; Hawkshead B 9, Leven Valley B 1; Lindale 10, Staveley B 0; Lower Holker B 7, Coniston B 3; Burneside B 7, Langdale 3; Allithwaite A 5, Ambleside A 5.

South Westmorland Seniors League: Div1: Arnside A 3, Victoria A 5; Ingleborough A 1, Levens A 7; Netherfield B 6, Silverdale A 2; KA Hale 2, Netherfield A 6; Windermere A 4, L Holker A 4; Heversham A 2, Warton A 6. Leading pts:Warton A 65; Silverdale A 57; Netherfield B 55.

Div 2: Warton B 7, K Lonsdale A 1; Carnforth A 3, Subscription A 5; Endmoor A 7, Bolton le Sands 1; Milnthorpe A 6, Lindale A 2; Holme A 5, Crosthwaite A 3; K Lonsdale B 7, Burneside A 1. Leading pts: Milnthorpe A 56; Lindale A 55; Warton B 52; Burneside A 48.

Div 3:Burneside B 4, Springfield 4; L Holker B 3, Staveley A 5; Langdale 6, Holme B 2; Sedbergh B 8, Milnthorpe B 0; Subscription B, 5 Abbot Hall 3; Victoria B 5, Ingleborough B 3; free date Bowness A. Leading pts:Staveley A 65; Bowness A 62; Springfield 60.

Div 4:Bowness B 2, Allithwaite 6; Crosthwaite B 7, Heversham B 1; Lindale B 7, Windermere B 1; Silverdale B 5, Sedbergh A 3; Levens B 3, Endmoor B 5; Staveley B 3, Carnforth B 5; free date Arnside B. Leading pts:Carnforth B 68; Lindale B 68; Crosthwaite B 64.

South Lakeland Rural League: Bowness 7, Levens 1; Burton 6, Crosthwaite 2; Endmoor 2, Kirkby Lonsdale 6; Holme 3, Subscription 5; Hale K.A. 7, Lindale 1; Hawkshead 6, Burneside 2; Sedbergh 5, Heversham 3; Staveley 3, Allithwaite 5; Windermere 4, Victoria 4.

NETHERFIELD over-60's Open Doubles,sponsored by Lakeland Ltd, was won by Danny Kirby & Ken McQueen (Warton), who beat Joyce & Mal Barker (Netherfield) 21-16.

In the semi-finals Kirby and McQueen beat Ray Gott (Levens) & David Rowlandson (Netherfield) 21-6., while the Barkers beat Barry Thompson & Partner (Salthouse) 21-9.

STAVELEY BC held their Annual Stan Tomlinson Memorial Trophy Open Pairs on Saturday.

The winners were Hazel Borrodaile and Keith Atkinson (Netherfield), whoi beat Jim Oswald (Victoria) and Chris Wyatt (Windermere) 21-9.

The losing semi-finalists were Sue Hogarth and Brian Boardley (Netherfield), 21-16 to Oswald and Wyatt, and Joyce and Mal Barker (Netherfield) to the eventual winners 21-19.

KENDAL Victoria BC’s Norman Kinley Open Pairs ended with victory for Gareth Jones and Kay Jackson (Dalton CC) after beating Emma Thornton and Stuart Price (King Alfred BC) 21-11 in Sunday’s final.

Thornton and Price got a bye through to the final when Mal and Joyce Barker (Netherfield BC) retired, while Jones and Jakcosn defeated Albert Brindle and Steve Hillbeck (Victoria BC) 21-13 in the other semi-final.