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CROSSFIELD CUP - YORKSHIRE v NORTH MIDLANDS - SUNDAY 1ST MAY 2011 Yorkshire
face North Midlands in their opening group match of the BCGBA County
Championships with the home side playing at Thornhill, Dewsbury whilst
the away team make the trip to Atherstone Grove in Coventry. Making the trip to Coventry will be Pudsey players Jon Edmondson and Liam Griffin, who both feature in the middle order. The weather looks promising and it should be a great match.
BRITISH PARKS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS - SUNDAY 15TH MAY 2011 The 2011 campaign for Yorkshire kicks off at Pudsey Bowling Club on 15th May with Yorkshire playing Central Lancashire & Pennines in their first match. Here are the
line-ups for the first British Parks county match on Sunday 15th May
2011. WEST RIDING CUP - PUDSEY EDGE THRILLING FINAL AGAINST CROSSGATES Pudsey
Bowling Club became West Riding champions for the second time in the
last 3 years beating Crossgates in the final by 13 points. Pudsey BC returned to Irlam, Manchester for the finals day of the World Club Championships and put in some great performances on one of the biggest stages in bowls. Pudsey's quarter-final opponents were Birches Head Hotel from The Potteries and on the smaller No. 2 green it was Birches who started the day well with two good winners to 10 and 12. At jack number 3, Liam Griffin lifted the spirits for the club and supporters with a suberb 21-10 although Birches picked up another big win at no. 4 making the overall aggregate Pudsey 54 Birches 73. A deficit of 19 is a lot to claw back with 4 players but Pudsey showed great character in the next two games with Jon Edmondson winning 21-12 and Mick Smith 21-8 edging Pudsey ahead by 3. As the last two games started, Pudsey ramped up the noise which spurred both Dave Hilliam and Paul Cousins on to vital wins and which saw Pudsey progress to the semi-finals by 10 points. Onto the No. 1 green, Pudsey would again have to lift their game even higher as they faced one of the favourites to win the competition Garwsood Hall from Lancashire. This was without doubt Pudsey's biggest challenge of the season so far but the first four got stuck in with Mick Smith again producing a masterclass winning to 8. Tom Hanson fought back incredibly well to win 21-18 whilst Liam Griffin and Ian Shaw scrapped for every point they manage, keeping the deficit to just 5 points. At no. 5 it was skipper Jon Edmondson's turn to shine again and he did not let the spectators down with another superb win to 17, which meant Pudsey now trailed by just 1 point. Dave Hilliam followed up his previous 3 wins at Irlam with a solid game but was pipped 21-18, restoring Garswood's lead to 4. At 7, Andy Hodgson bounced back from his quarter-final defeat with an impressive display, winning to 12 and putting Pudsey in the overall lead by 5 with one game left on the green. Paul Cousins was level with Nicky Shaw at 15 across needing just 1 point to secure victory for Pudsey. Nicky was given the instructions from his team that he needed to run out and that's just what he did to give Garswood a place in the final. It was another tremendous effort from Pudsey to have come so close to reaching the final, but they will take away the experience and hopefully return one day to become world champions! Well done to all those who travelled on the coach to shout on the team, a memorable day. In the final, it was yet another close match, with Garswood Hall this time on the wrong end of a narrow defeat, going down by 3 chalks to St. Joseph's, North Lancs & Fylde. 27.03.2011
- Round 1:
(No. 2 green)
17-04-2011 - Quarter-Final (No. 2 green) Tom Hanson 10
Joe Williamson 21 Dave Hilliam 21 Keith Williamson 18 Paul Cousins
21 Alan Brown 17
17-04-2011 - Semi-Final (No. 1 green) Ian Shaw 9 John Hodson 21 Mick Smith 21 Chris Cooke 8 Liam Griffin 12 Kevin Kearns 21 Tom Hanson 21 Phil Boydell 18 Jon Edmondson 21 John Taylor 17 Dave Hilliam 18 Alan Manuel 21 Andy Hodgson 21 Bill Farrell 12 Paul Cousins 15 Nicky Shaw 21 Pudsey BC
138 Garswood Hall 139 TABLE TENNIS SECTION ARE COUNTY CHAMPIONS Pudsey Table tennis club competed in the Yorkshire clubs finals at Heckmondwike on Friday night against Dewsbury. Pudsey were led by Yorkshire first team captain Simon Noutch and backed up with experienced county players of Simon Pugh and Richard Smith. Dewsbury consisted of county first team Richard Lightowler backed up with experienced county players, Mark Land and James Brown. In a very nervy opening match which lacked fluency Rich Smith put Pudsey ahead with a 3-1 victory over James. What followed was a topsy-turvy game between Simon and Mark. Mark taking the opening leg before Simon hit back to level and then take the lead to 2-1. In the fourth leg it looked all over as Simon led 10-7 but a missed serve gave Mark a chance and he responded to take the leg 12-10. With Simon letting loose with his backhand against Mark’s left handed forehand some scintillating rallies ensued alongside some error strewn serving. Simon winning 13-11 in the fifth to put Pudsey 2-0 in the lead. Simon Pugh faced his old adversary Richard Lightowler in the next game and after dropping the first end played very positively and dominated the game with his strong forehand topspins. Fourth match saw Simon get the better of James over four sets in an entertaining game with some exhibition play by both players. With Pudsey now 4-0 in the lead Smith faced Lightowler and lost the two opening legs 11-3 and 11-4. Smith then took the third leg 11-6 and continued his form to level the games to 2-2. With the momentum in his favour and being more dominant with his forehand play he look the fifth end 11-7 to see Pudsey gain their first silverware of the season as Yorkshire Club Champions. YORKSHIRE PARKS VICTORY TROPHY - SUNDAY 3RD APRIL 2011 Pudsey Bowling club have made an early addition to their trophy cabinet by capturing the Yorkshire Parks Victory Trophy for the first time, beating Shipley based Myrtle Park in the final.
Pudsey registered two further winners 21-13 and 21-19 to reduce the deficit to just 1 and in a close finish, also claimed the final two games to secure a semi-final spot with an overall 185-179 win.
Click here to see photos from finals days
CENTENARY DVD - TOP CLUB Pudsey's Centenary dinner dance on 13th November 2010 was a night to remember as the club celebrated 100 years of bowling..... The much anticipated DVD was played during the evening and lived up to all it's expectations and more. During a re-playing of the DVD at the club just before Christmas, members were invited to order their own personal copy of the DVD which is to include additional unseen extras. Members have now received their personal copies of the DVD, which has been further enhanced with extras, including extended interviews with Brian Russell, Steve Clayton, Stuart Hanson and Andy Hodgson. The quality of this production is superb and a massive thanks to both Tom Hanson and Sam Hunak for their tremendous efforts in putting together the overall package.
2011 PUDSEY CLASSIC Pudsey BC will again be running their open competition in 2011 and with another top class field assembled, it should provide some terrific bowling from some of the leading players in the game..... There have been a couple of slight amendments to this year's event as follows:- 1) Qualifying and Finals Dates:- The Friday sessions have become increasingly popular in recent years and due to this we have now included 3 Fridays within the 8 qualifying sessions. In addition, due to the Blackpool Champion of Champions moving their date on a week to Saturday 1st October, Pudsey have brought their finals day forward a week to Saturday 24th September. The dates for all sessions are:- 1 - Sat 23rd July 2 - Sat 30th July 3 - Sat 6th Aug 4 - Sat 13th Aug 5 - Sat 20th Aug 6 - Fri 26th Aug 7 - Fri 9th Sep 8 - Fri 16th Sep Finals - Sat 24th Sep
2) Start time of Qualifying Sessions The starting time for all qualifying sessions this year will be 6.30pm, with practice allowed from 6.00pm. The additional half an hour travelling time should allow all players to arrive in good time.
The entry is full at this time, although reserves are encouraged to leave their details with the organiser in order to take up any cancellations. If anyone wishes to go on the reserve list, please contact Andy Hodgson (07764-354049).
PUDSEY BC PRESENTATION EVENING 2011 Discussions have already taken place about the end of year presentation evening... In 2010, the club held an informal evening in the club lounge in October, followed by the Centenary dinner at Tong Village Hotel in November. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions about this year's presentation, please contact Stuart Hanson. |
