THE draw for the first round of the Drakes Pride BIG Smash has been made and it has thrown up some interesting clashes.

Tony Whitehouse has been drawn to take on Lee Brown while the clash of two local titans sees Barry Lowden take on Gareth Jones.

The draw was made by two great local bowling figures, Errol Wall and Roy Twiname.

The event takes place at Dalton Cricket Club on May 4.

Draw: 9:10am: B Lowden v G Jones, C Willan v B Thornton, D Woodend v S Price, G Pritchard v J Preston, 9:40am: S Haigh v G Downs, M Gilmore v D Kent, D Naylor v M Hill, M Watt v D Poole, 10:10am: J Reilly v S Jones, K Brown v B Simm, C Whitehouse v A Howie, S Thompson v P Lewis, 10:40am: K Toal v D Brown, B Stewart v N Burns, D Edmonds v M Fellows, C Brown v A Miller, 11:10am: A Newsham v S Davey, G May v E Thornton, S Fisher v G Hoof, J Duffin v S Nott.

11:40am: R Lindsay v I Pullin, T Whitehouse v L Brown, C Ramell v M Curwen, J Wernham v A Thornton.

12:10pm: J McNamee v D Ferris, D Varcoe v A Edwards, S Waugh v N Picthall, M Heap v P Hulse.

12:40pm: R Keegan v C Johnson, A Gilpin v M Lewis, D Rogers v A Ferris, S Brown v M Steele.

Organisers thanked competition sponsors Drakes Pride, Bowls.UK, HBP Ltd, The General Burgoyne, Piping Hot Plumbing and Heating, The Golden Ball, South Lakes Lettings, Auto Diesel Technics, The Bridge Inn and The Black Dog Inn for their your support.