Winter Bowling LeagueTables
Division 'A'
Waterloo & Taunton showed no mercy in beating Lees & Springhead (10:1) and relegating them back to Division B after a year in Division A. At the beginning of the season Lees & Springhead showed that they had what was required to play in the top division and it is a pity to see them relegated after just one season.
Hopwood beat Radcliffe (8:3) helping them to finish third from the bottom.
Although New Street and Springbank each won four out of the eight games, New Street took the aggregate by twenty-eight points to win the match (7:4). This enabled New Street to take the fourth place in the Division and ensured that Springbank will have to play off against Nimble Nook for a place in Division A next year.
In the individual merit, R Goodman (Hopwood) and I Turrell (Radcliffe) both finished with 13 wins but I Turrell has a superior average.
Division 'B'
Second and third place teams: Nimble Nook and North Chadderton played each other on Saturday and each came away with some self-satisfaction. Nimble Nook took five of the eight games but North Chadderton won the aggregate to win the match by 6 points to 5.
Failsworth had a very good (7:4) win over fourth place Prestwich; the teams shared the game wins but Failsworth won the aggregate.
The Vixens lost to Dogwood (2:9) despite scoring a reasonable aggregate of 139.
S Mellor (Nimble Nook) wins the individual merit competition with 16 wins; he beat D Mountford (North Chadderton) by one win.
Play off
Nimble Nook, second in the second division faced Springbank, second bottom in division one with the prize of first division status at stake. Springbank retained their first division status
Nimble Nook (116) 3 Springbank (149) 8: S Mellor 21 C Lane 20, R Price 13 J Hynes 21, B Seville 21 D Crabtree 11, R Nisbet 12 P Heap 21, J Apps 16 Martin Hodson 21, F Cassidy 21 L Roberts 13, R Ankers 3 A Hodson 21, D Booth 9 B Stapleton 21.
Final Day
Chaddy Cot’s winter bowls season came to a great climax on Sunday, with the Finals day of the Wilds of Oldham Individual Trophy and the presentation of prizes & trophies for all the winter tournaments.
Dan Hodgson, representing InBev UK, and Ged O’Rourke, representing Wilds of Oldham, presented a total of sixteen trophies and the secretary of Chaddy Cot presented a total of £2,220 in prize monies to the various winners, runners up, and semi finalists.
John Melia, on behalf of all the individuals and teams participating, presented a token of appreciation to Alf Harrison and John Stanley of Chaddy Cot, for their unstinting effort in organising and running the various competitions
Division A
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Total Aggregate | Total Points | ||
| 1 | Royle Bowling | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2680 | 132.5 |
| 2 | Hopwood Rec | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2650 | 127 |
| 3 | Waterloo & Taunton | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2600 | 117 |
| 4 | New Street | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 2407 | 88 |
| 5 | Radcliffe | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2464 | 85 |
| 6 | Springbank | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2390 | 76.5 |
| 7 | Lees & Springhead | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 2339 | 67 |
Division B
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Total Aggregate | Total Points | ||
| 1 | Tonge | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2709 | 149 |
| 2 | Nimble Nook | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2599 | 127 |
| 3 | North Chadderton | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2565 | 116.5 |
| 4 | Prestwich | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 2405 | 91 |
| 5 | Dogwood | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 2409 | 77 |
| 6 | Lower Failsworth | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 2265 | 71 |
| 7 | Vixens | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 2287 | 61.5 |