43rd York Open Bowls Tournament

The title-holders swept through the first two rounds to take their place into the quarter-finals.

Men’s pairs, section ‘A’

Round 1: D Richardson-D Harrison 12, D Newsome-R Lochman 26; A May-R Blackburn 9, J Caulfield-A Phillips 23; P N Abel-L Blackburn 16; A Richardson-D Richardson 24; G Walker-A Lewis 25, J Charlesworth-B Arundale 10; A Potter-J Campbell 19, S Burrell-J Cahill 25; J Cooper-T Wheatley 25, B Carter-B Mayes 24; N Mallen-G Mackie 9; G Storey-B Hardcastle 24; P Lawrence-H Whenham, D Imeson-W Tomlinson w/o; B Chapman-J Dobbin 26, G Andrews-D Hall 15; R Kitchen-J Hill 23, A Brookes-B Brookes 24; R Tiplady-B Johnson 14, G Bell-B Howland 30; D Pearson-J Bowlby 15, T J Stevens-P Barr 18; G Bunce-R Newton 18, K Neeson-R Smith 15; V Thompson-P Henderson 23, B Andrews-D Monfold 10; J Moulds-M Binks 20, S Daly-S Daly 18; E Smith-M Jones 10, E B Walker-P Durkin 28.

Round 2: D Newsome-R Lochman 19, J Caulfield-A Phillips 18; A Richardson-D Richardson 22, G Walker-A Lewis 7; S Burrell-J Cahill 25, J Cooper-T Wheatley 11; G Storey-B Hardcastle 20, D Imeson-W Tomlinson 18; B Chapman-J Dobbin 19, A Brookes-B Brookes 21; G Bell-B Howland 19, T Stevens-P Barr 17; G Bunce-R Newton 21, V Thompson-P Henderson 18; J Moulds-M Binks 24, E B Walker-P Durkin 17.

Section ‘B’

Round 1: B Douglas-T Douglas 25, J Allan-G Patrick 17; A Moore-R Elliot 17, B Birch-P Witherwick 16.

Round 2: B Douglas-T Douglas 16, A Moore-R Elliot 26; M Bruce-A Close 23, P Herridge-G Herridge 11; H Marshall-L Jackson 35, V Wooley-C Pickup 13; L Lambert-K Lambert 13, T Quainton-T Longfield 23; M Thompson-R Calpin 22, Y Corczynski-W Wright 9; P Gordon-J Stankler 15, J L Pinder-S Moody 29; M Foster-K Butler 18, M Rennison-P Wilkinson 29; A Dunbar-P Reeves 20, B Gray-K Liddell 21.

Mixed pairs

Quarter-finals: P Cooper-J Cooper 16, M Pearson-D Pearson 12; H Macdonald-N Macdonald 16, S Grantham-B Gray 15; L Clark-S Burrell 4, H Walker-M Bruce 23; C Guy-A Close v M E Walker-E B Walker to be played tomorrow.