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22 NORTHWICH INDOOR BOWLS LEAGUE

RUDHEATH PREMIER
ARE THE TOP DOGS
How quickly these leagues pass by! It
seems like weeks rather than months since
we had our first match. Teams pass through
the crisis of their first defeat and wonder
how it will affect their league position. After
fourteen weeks, all the teams knew just how
much those adverse results had affected
RUDHEATH PREMIER them.
The least affected team i.e. the league
winners were the Rudheath Premier team having suffered only two losses in the matches. Jack’s
Lads came in second, having trailed Rudheath Premier from week one. Davenham pushed very
hard over the season but never quite caught Jack’s Lads.

Division One
Rudheath Premier 1228 pts.
Jack’s Lads 1133 pts.
Davenham 1077 pts.

BANDITS EDGE HOME
Division Two had a very exciting finish. Bandits scored 93 points in their last match. HLB were
due to play Half Wits in their last bout but due
to illness Half Wits couldn’t get a team to-
gether so HLB took the default 99 points.
Geoff Dale This left them in second place by one point.
collected How close was that?
the shield Division Two
on behalf Bandits 1013 pts.
of division HLB 1012 pts.
2 winners Rudheath ‘B 887 pts
the
Bandits As the leagues had been decided, the Team
Knockout Competition got underway with
suitable handicapping. In the first semi-final,
Warriors were the victors over Davenham.
Jack’s Lads proved the eventual winners of the Competition, beating Russetts in the semi-final
before proving too strong for the Warriors. Well done Jack’s Lads!
GRANDAD AND GRANDSON
TAKE THE PAIRS TITLE

There were some interesting struggles in
the rounds up to the semi-finals of the Pairs
competition. David Hankey and Richard
Howman went out to Alan Whitelegg and
Peter Kelly. John Downs and Mike Black-
more were beaten by Joe Bell and his
granddad, Geoff Dale. The family firm
played an excellent final game to take the
title for this season. JACK’S LADS