SATURDAY 29TH MAY

MATCHES OF THE DAY

AUDLEY V TRENT VALE IS THE BIG GAME IN DIVISION ONE. BOTH TOP FOUR SIDES NEED TO SCORE WELL TO CLOSE THE GAP ON EARLY PACESETTERS WESTLANDS AND MIDDLEPORT. CHEADLE B TRAVEL TO BUCKNALL PARK NEEDING A GOOD SCORE TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE TEAMS ABOVE THEM. ALTHOUGH TOO SOON TO WRITE OFF ANY TEAM, WESTLANDS LEAD NEEDS TO BE TRIMMED TO AVOID A GAP OPENING UP. THIS WEEKS 204 POINT TOTAL AGAINST FELLOW HIGH FLIERS MIDDLEPORT GIVES WESTLANDS AN AVERAGE SCORE OF 188.8 POINTS WHICH IS A MASSIVE SIX CHALKS BETTER THAN ACHEIVED BY LAST YEARS CHAMPIONS AUDLEY. ALL IN ALL IT WILL MEAN THAT TONY GOLDSTRAW WILL BE UNBEARABLE. CHEADLE A WILL ALSO BE LOOKING TO PUSH ON FOLLOWING THE POSTPONMENT OF FIXTURES DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE GREEN. THIS WEEKS AWAY FIXTURE AT TRENT VALE LOOKED TRICKY ALTHOUGH ARON BROWN LED THEM TO AN IMPRESSIVE 166 POINT TOTAL WITH A SOLID 21-12 WIN FROM THE FIRST BLOCK.

SECOND PLACE WESTLANDS B HOST THIRD PLACED LIGHTWOOD IN THE DIVISION TWO MATCH OF THE DAY. WITH LONDON ROAD OPENING UP AN EARLY LEAD IN THE DIVISION BOTH TEAMS WILL NEED TO SCORE BIG TO CLOSE THE GAP. TWO OF LAST SEASONS RELEGATED TEAMS, ANCHOR ROAD AND LONGTON PARK, MEET AT ANCHOR ROAD. LONGTON HAVE SEVERAL YOUNG BOWLERS IN THE TEAM WHILE ANCHOR ROAD ARE LOOKING TO THE EXPERIENCE OF THE LIKES OF FRED BRADBURY TO PUSH UP FROM THEIR MID TABLE POSITION. THE DRAW COULD THROW UP AGAME BETWEEN NEW PARKS COUNTY JUNIOR LEE MARSHALL AND VETERAN FRED, A NEAR 75 YEARS DIFFERENCE IN AGE. A THOUGHT ON THAT POINT, IS IT ABOUT TIME FRED WAS MADE A LIFE MEMBER OF THE PARKS ASSOCIATION? HE WON PARKS MERITS IN 1963 SOME 41 YEARS AGO AND WAS AN EVER PRESENT MANY YEARS BEFORE THAT.

BIG GAME IN DIVISION THREE HAS TOP SIDE NEW STOKE PARK VISITING SECOND PLACED TRENT BATHROOMS WHILE SECOND BOTTOM PLAY THIRD BOTTOM WITH TUNSTALL PARK B HOSTING ETRURIA PARK.

IN DIVISION FOUR LEADERS MOW COP WILL BE LOOKING TO BUILD ON AN IMPRESSIVE START AT HOME TO FOURTH PLACED KING ARMS.