BOWLS: Sykes falls in area final (From Oxford Mail)

BOWLS: Sykes falls in area final

11:00am Thursday 16th February 2012 in Other sport

BANBURY Cross star Mark Sykes’s challenge in the English Indoor Bowling Association’s National Champion-ships singles came to an end with a 21-17 defeat by Desborough’s Andrew Knapper in the area final.

SHORT MAT RESULTS

Vale Of White Horse League Division 2 Hanney Bowls Club 28 (7pts), Uffington Dragons 18 (1)

1st leg: Uffington Dragons (J Cuddon, R Smailes, D Wise, D Taylor) 8, Hanney Bowls Club (E Herbert, V Simpson, B Anderson, D Dunevein) 18.

2nd leg: Uffington Dragons (D Moorman, C Stevens, R Haines, R Elbrow) 10, Hanney Bowls Club (B Savage, D Bilcliff, A Savage, F Martin) 10.

West Oxfordshire League

Witney Town Canaries 24 (7pts), Witney Mills Millers 18 (1)

1st leg: Witney Town Canaries (D Cooper, B Jones, J Hutchings, M Jones) 8, Witney Mills Millers (C Ealey, M Wiggins, P Strange, A Wiggins) 8.

2nd leg: Witney Town Canaries (J Franks, E Moran, L Cooper, C Bloomfield) 16, Witney Mills Millers (C Regan, R Robinson, E Barnett, K Silford) 10.