Burscough & Lathom Mens Bowling League
KO Team Trophy Draw & Results
Semi-Finals - 03.10.08
At New Longton
| Match No | Team Name | Handicap | Aggregate | Aggregate | Team Name | Handicap | |
| SF1 | Mere Brow A | SCR | 188 | V | 142.5 | Botanic Gardens A | +10.5 |
At London Hotel
| Match No | Team Name | Handicap | Aggregate | Aggregate | Team Name | Handicap | |
| SF2 | Banks St Stephens B | SCR | 182 | V | 170.5 | Hesketh Arms | +50.5 |
Final - 10.10.08
At Fleetwood Hesketh
| Match No | Team Name | Handicap | Aggregate | Aggregate | Team Name | Handicap | |
| F1 | Banks St Stephens B | +0.5 | 173.5 | V | 159 | Mere Brow A | SCR |
| 01 | E.Weekes | |
21 | V | 06 | J.Shacklady | |
| 02 | D.Hulm | |
17 | V | 21 | I.Grady | |
| 03 | D.Ainsworth | |
06 | V | 21 | C.Birchall | |
| 04 | R.Webster | |
16 | V | 21 | C.Gregson | |
| 05 | A.Pilkington | |
21 | V | 12 | W.Rose | |
| 06 | T.Webster | |
09 | V | 21 | D.Finch | |
| 07 | J.Greer | |
21 | V | 08 | A.Shacklady | |
| 08 | M.Wilde | |
21 | V | 10 | A.Wolfe | |
| 09 | K.Miley | |
21 | V | 18 | J.Berry | |
| 10 | A.Draper | |
20 | V | 21 | D.Fenney | |
A fairly large crowd witnessed an exciting final in the KO Team Trophy at Fleetwood Hesketh BC. After the first four games, the favourites Mere Brow A led by 9 chalks, winning 3 of the 4 games. Their lead was increased to 21 chalks after five games due to Danny Finch's 21-09 win & Mere Brow looked in a strong position to win the title again. However, Banks St Stephens B's next 3 blocks had different ideas & turned the match completely on it's head as they all won, with man of the match, John Greer, leading the way with a 21-8 win over Alan Shacklady & ably supported by Mark Wilde's 21-10 & Alan Pikington's 21-12 wins. This gave Banks St Stephens B a lead of 12 chalks after 8 games. The last two games were nip & tuck affairs, with each team at times having a chance to win the title. After seventeen ends of these games, Banks St Stephens B looked favourites to cruise to victory when Ken Miley led John Berry 14-8 & Andy Draper led Dave Fenny 12-10, but after 25 ends the Mere Brow players had got back into contention & the match look like it was going to be a very close call when John Berry was beating Ken Miley 17-16 & Dave Fenney led 20-14 against Andy Draper. But the Banks St Stephens lads secured victory & the title by both scoring sufficient chalks in the final crucial ends to give their team a 14.5 chalk advantage at the end of the match. The League & teams would like to give many thanks to Fleetwood Hesketh Bowling Club for the use of their excellent facilities including the superb condition of their green & their members who helped to ensure the final ran smoothly.
Handicaps to be based on league positions at end of the season
All matches commence at 7pm unless otherwise arranged
In order to avoid draws, please note that in each match the lower placed team in the league as been given an additional 0.5 handicap
All teams to send their home result to secretary on match cards provided