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Could someone put the 1st week games on for Taddy winter league and the list of teams with numbers and schedule, it would be easier to refer back to it through the season and hopefully keep the results and league table up to date. I understand that this year could be one of the closest and most competitive of winters!

Give me a shout if any teams are short

1 Wrecking Crew
2 Liams Allstars
3 Little Rascals
4 Fiery Jacks
5 Black Swan
6 Dream Team
7 Coca Colas
8 Otley Snakes

wk1 wk2 wk3 wk4 wk5 wk6 wk7
1v2 6v8 4v6 3v7 5v7 2v8 2v3
3v4 3v5 5v8 1v6 1v4 4v7 1v8
5v6 1v7 2v7 4v8 2v6 3v6 4v5
7v8 2v4 1v3 2v5 3v8 1v5 6v7

The last person to do these reports didn't hasve such a succesfull winter, maybe Ken, in asking me to do them is hoping it rubs off! Anyway here goes.

On 1st was Garforth Wreck under the leadership of loopy Lufford, against Liams Allstars, what was said in Terry Kelly's words to be "all the young lads", however with Terry's enthusiasm to always do well the average age of the team was about 45 with an all family team of Grandad, Dad, Uncle, and Nephew making up the 4 with a promise from Terry of Tony Green, Harry Seehra and Phil Hill all to come in! AnywayTerry beat Mark 21-17, Lisa "I only play once a year" Hiscock beat young Liam 21-19, Steve "Snowy" Winterburn won 21-7, and Uncle Sean Kelly winning 21-9, meaning a 3-3 result.

On 2nd was Little Rascalls against Fiery Jacks who have lost the services of Mr Morris but replaced him with his twin, Scooby Lightfoot, Scooby had a very close game with Alwyn and just got home 21-19, Bailey Boy won as easily as his dad lost to Jake the peg Nacey and the consistant rock and roller Stan beat young Telly to wrap up a 5-1 win for the Fire!

3rd on was a repeat of last years grand final as the homesters of Taddy took on Balck Swan, Chaz "lazerus" Charlton nudged his way past Andy Walton 21-17, the ever consistant Telly senior, played very very very well and beat me 21-18 , Dave Lickley beat Charlie 21-20 and Dave "Bad Luck" Rowson got 12 against Graham, so a 4-2 win for taddy.

Last but by no means least was Ken's Cokers - against the other new team from Cranmore called "six pack".

Mr England got the Coca's off to a great start by winning his first game of the season 21-17 against Darren Cookson, the battle of the ladies went "Bowled Caarol"s way by beating Miss Speight 21-16, Rosey played really well to win to 18, but the performance of the night was left to the fish man himself, to beat "the top boy" Rob Spink 21-16, so 6 pack got 6 packed off by the Coca Cola's and we are all left looking up at the top of the league. Ken's hot chocolate was the best it has tasted for a few years when he got home.

Excellent report Mr Smith,enjoyed reading it down here in the deep south and looking forward to friday mornings to read whats been going on up North.

Excellent report David.This from the captain of the top of the league and therefore the highest compliment you can get.
In fact you have done such a good job it is yours for the rest of the season.
Its great to see all these top boys now playing Taddy so make hay while the sun shines and beat them before they know the green.
Very disappointed that you have dropped out young David.Come back all is forgiven and after all its no big deal losing all your games in winter league.You are still brilliant when it matters in the summer.
Please come back we all miss you
Cheers for now
Top of the league captain
Ken

Thanks for your kind words Ken, but sadly i wont be playing at Taddy this year.

I have enjoyed my time at Taddy but the lure of Cas Town and a few personal reasons have ended my short stay with the Fiery Jacks.

All the best,

Dave

Onto week 2 and all the eyes were on the league leaders, to see if last weeks result was a freak or an indication of the season to come? However with the green being a bit slower than the 1st week, it was always going to be tough for Ken's "Touch Bowlers".

1st up this week was 6 pack against Dream Team.

Andy Walton got his season running with a 21-15 win, Gramam followed with a 21-13 victory, Charlie Turnover then won 21-11 and you would have backed a 6-0 whitewash for Taddy with Telly last up but amazingly, it didn't work out like thatas Mick Rennison beat him 21-16 to register 6 packs first point of the season.
So a 5-1 win for the champions.

Black Swan v Little Rascals. Dissapointly for the Swan Dave Smith was the only winner, in a good night for the rascals, Jake he peg just scaped home against Rousey 21-20, Derek Greens best customer beat Lickers 21-19 and Lazerus never got to grips with the pace of the green and lost to Ian Farrah 21-17, however the lone winner for the Swan was enough to secure the aggregate so a 3-3 result transipred.

The Rec v Top of the league.Hoppsy was given a good run for his money but wicked in on a few occasions to scrape past young Josh,Loopy Lufford stopped Chris Englands recent run of wins with a 21-15 win, Snowy followed suit, but the Fish Man stood tall for Top of the League team and rescued a point at the death against Les. 5-1 to the Rec.

Last on this week was The Kelly family against the Jax on Fire
Cookey, beat the always happy Grandad Kelly with ease, Dave Morris' twin just lost 21-18 to Uncle Sean, Baily Boy beat Grandson Liam and Terry used his green craft to put Stan off his game so that he could win 21-14, so with a couple of easyish wins the Jax established a 4-2 victory.

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Week 3 at Taddy.

Fiery Jax v Taddy A
Graham beat Bailyboy 21-16, Coooookey lost 21-19 to Alan, Mick Baily got over the shock of not getting double figures against Jake the Peg by beating Wally 21-16 and Scooby wrapped up the match with a 21-17 win over Charlie turnover to ensure a 4-2 win for the Jax. However the action didn't stop there as completely out of the blue, Stan the man put in a transfer request to the Jax directors, which was accepted, resulting in Stan becoming a Mucky Duck for the winter, I wish to point out that there was no poaching done by the Swan and the change was solely down to the player himself. Rock and Roll.

NEWSFLASH: The board of Directors at Fiery Jax have moved swiftly just before the transfer window closes, in replacing Stan the man, with Collywobble Lightfoot.

Mucky Ducks v Six Pack
Rowsey played em close and beat Rob quite easily, Lickers never found his length and was beaten by Joanne 21-13, I never led within a yard but Daz Cookson played very well and beat me 21-16, but Lazerus rose form the dead again and sealed the aggregate with a 21-14 win against Mr Fletcher. 4-2 to the Swan but the newby team is improving as they have gone 0,1,2 points in 3 weeks.

Liams allstars v Kenny's Gang
1st on for the the allstars, replacing grandad Kelly was Phil "more clubs than Jack Nicklaus" Hill, Chissy Engalnd felt sorry for him and let him get 18, before closing the game out,Young Liam beat young Josh, Caaaarol bowled a right chin dropper at 20-20 to beat Terry, and Riggers beat Shaun Kelly 21-18 to make the game 3-3.

Little Rascals v The Rec
Ian "never off the green" Farrah beat Shane 21-18,Loopy just lost to Alwyn 21-19, Toddy won his first game of the season beating Les, but Snowy stopped the whitewash with a win against Jake the peg, so surprisingly 5-1 to the RAascals

So after 3 weeks the league table looks like this:

Jax on Fire 13
Taddy A 11
Ken's Flock 10
Mucky Duck 9
Taddy B 9
Garforth 9
The Kelly Family 8
Cranmore 3

I was on last this week and when I came off, I found out that a bad loser had torn up and thrown away the cards, so I am afraid that I only have the team results this week

Taddy B 1 - Kens Flock 5
Garforth 4 - Taddy A 2
Jax 2 - Cranmore 4
Swan 4 - Kelly family 2

Just a quick congartualtions to Ken for being joint top of the league, Stan for winning on his debut for the Swan and to Cranmore for wining their first game.

League table now after 4 weeks:
Jax on Fire 15
Ken's Flock 15
Taddy A 13
Mucky Duck 13
Garforth 13
Taddy B 10
The Kelly Family 10
Cranmore 7

Thanks for that Dave but you must make sure that cards are not torn up.You have a massive job to do here and therefore we do not want excuses.
We are of course in the correct position as joint top and class will come to the top in the end.We only lost one point with our top two out
Keep a very close eye on the league.We are looking to win the top prize this year and the honour of winning this league
Cheers for now and enjoy your time off

Kenny old boy, I don't go away till next week as I don't want to miss this weeks game as we are playing the top of the league, hope you play as I could do with a win!


Love Dave.

Isn't time flying, week 5 already!

Swan v Top of the League (without Kenny boy)
Stan the man kept up his good form with a 21-11 win against Ken's reserve Homer Howorth. Chaz returned this week with a close win to 18 over Chris England, I just got home against Caaaaaarol 21-19, Josh put em near to be the only winner for ex top of the league, so a 5-1 win for the Swan

Garforth v Jax
Tony Hicks 1st appearance of the season was against a joyful Bailyboy and it was Scott that turned it on to win 21-14, Les just ran out of luck against Collywobble losing to 17, Coooooky beat loopy Lufford quite easily 21-11 but the whitewash was averted by Snowy (who is now 10 and 0 for the winter season, or so he says!) with a close fought win against Micky B 21-18. A 5-1 win for the Jax.

Kelly family+1 v Taddy A
Phil "full of it"Hill beat Mick "I played with the wrong bowls again" Cooper 21-16, Grandad Kelly had Andy Walton worried and was lying game but for an excellent bowl by Andy to pip the game 21-19, young Liam couldn't work out the workings of Charlie turnover and lost 21-16, then Graham beat Terry 21-18 with the bowl of the night, turning the peg on a corner to corner mark to run the jack to make 2 and seal a 5-1 win for Taddy, despite it looking for long periods that the Kelly familly were going to get a positive result.

Cranmore v Taddy B
Rob Spinks turned his indiferent for of the last 2 weeks around with a 21-9 win,Jake the peg beat Daz Cookson 21-18,Ian "never off the green" Farrah never got on a length and scrambled to 11 against Mr Fletcher, and young Telly dominated the early exchanges to build a good lead against Mick Rennison but fell away to lose to 18, so Cranmore just keep improving again and secured a 5-1 win.

The Pie and peas went down really well and only the brave will admit to having smelly trumps on friday, thanks to Graham, Lisa and Co for working in the kitchen, the firework display was good but nearly took out the floodlights, Chris Sunter's birthday cake was amazing, Its the 1st time I have seen a 3 tear birthday cake, (or was that 3 tears from Chris?)Carol must have broken the bank for that one as everyone commented on how lovely it was as they sang happy bithday to the youthful looking Mr Sunter. A good night was had by all and onto the next celebartion on the 17th December, when Bailyboy celebrates another birthday, he has promised to provide food and entertainment, I think the food will be curry, but I am not sure about the entertainment as he mentioned something about a kilt and a hankerchief! Anyway whatch this space for more details.

Take care everyone, Dave.

League table after week 5

Jax on Fire 20
Taddy A 18
Mucky Duck 18
Ken's Flock 16
Garforth 14
Cranmore 12
Taddy B 11
The Kelly Family 11

Sorry about last week girls, I never got the scores so I can't report them.However, I understand that Garforth are on a roll after a lucky result against the Swan!

Right, on to week 7 that ends the 1st round of games.
The Kelly family v Taddy "B"
Phil Hill narrowly lost to young Telly 21-19 after firing off his own bowl at 19-19 to leave a easy pair, Uncle Sean sealed the aggregate winning 21-9, Jake the peg beat young Liam 21-11 and Father Terry beat Toddy 21-11 for a 4-2 win for the all stars

Garforth v Cranmore
Steve "The Click" won easily (as usual), Les got just over halfway against Daz Cookson, Tony Hicks lengthened Miss Spieght just in time to edge home 21-20 and Loopy also then edged home against Rob to record a 5-1 win to Garforth.

Swan v Jax
Micky B, said he was poor against Rowsey as he lost 21-12 but Rowsey played well, I got stuck having been well up against Coooooky, and lost 21-17, Stan the man and Scooby had the best game of the night and Stan edged it 21-19, Bailyboy sent in a sicknote and his replacement Alwyn performed very well to beat Lazerus 21-17, meaning a 4-2 win for Swan.

Taddy "A" v Kens x Flyers
Paul Burrows made his Thursday night debut for dream team and duly obliged with a 21-20 against the unlucky Josh, Andy Walton played well to beat Rose, Charlie turnover wasn't on form and Caaaaarol took full advantage to beat him 21-10,then last on was the Fish man against "Super G", Kenny dominated the exchanges up until the 3/4 mark before tailing off to allow Graham a 21-15 win, so a 5-1 win for the Dream Team.

League Table after 7 games
Taddy A 24
Garforth 24
Jax on Fire 24
Swan 23
Kens Flock 21
Kelly Family 19
Taddy B 18
Cranmore 15