BERNARD O’MALLEY TROPHY – JUNIOR OPEN SINGLES
Saturday saw the Hesketh Arms Bowling Club welcome 18 junior bowlers to Churchtown for the second staging of the Bernard O’Malley Trophy. This is a Junior Open Singles and attracted entries from all over the North West, including for the first time, Blackburn and Rochdale.
Despite the inclement weather conditions, the standard of bowling throughout the day was extremely high and there were some keenly contested games. However, the final was to be between two home players, Kyle Dawes and Fergal Wright. Kyle led for much of the final and at 18-15 up looked to be closing in on victory but Fergal was determined to retain the title he won last year and found his form at the right time to run out a 21-18 winner. Congratulations to both players on providing a fitting finale to an excellent competition and thanks to all the competitors for the part they played in making the day a success in spite of the poor weather.
Special thanks must go to Graham Pickavance, our referee for the day, who gave his time freely to help with the smooth running of this event.
Finally, thank you to all those who helped with measuring and marking on the day and to the Committee of the Club for staging this tournament in recognition of all the support given to the Club by our Vice-President, Mr. Bernard O’Malley.
QUARTER-FINALS
Kyle Dawes 21, Jake Danvers 19
Archie Rimmer 21, Thomas Clamp 18
Jack Torr 21, Aaron Hayhurst 19
Fergal Wright 21, Olivia Fishwick 9
SEMI-FINALS
Kyle Dawes 21, Archie Rimmer 14
Fergal Wright 21, Jack Torr 12
FINAL
Fergal Wright 21, Kyle Dawes 18
