Area Three National Results

Singles: D Dowson (Gt Aycliffe) 14, M O'Riordan (Thornaby) 21; D Fenwick (Hartlepool) 8, A Macey (Hpool) 21; P Latcham (Ferryhill) w/o/.

Junior singles: M Squirrell (Hpool) 10, C Higgins (Hpool) 21; P Moseley (Thornaby) 21, M Ayers (Thornaby) 16.

Over-60 singles: E Ramsdale (Dton) 21, R Hamilton (Ferryhill) 3; D Dowson 21, K Skipp (Thornaby) 11; J Gibson (Hpool) w/o.

Pairs: Dowson and Potter (Gt Aycliffe) 22, Jones and Peters (Ferryhill) 24.

Triples: D Barron (Gt Aycliffe) 18, J Appleton (Dton) 17; M Tompkins (Dton) 19, D Dowson 18; A Frosdick (Thornaby) 14, J Wells (Hpool) 15.

Over-50s triples: A W Jones (Thornaby) 29, G Lamb (Dton) 12.

Fours: A Hartlepool (Hpool) 16, M Lynch (Dton) 25.

Mixed pairs: George and Packham (Hpool) 29, Stephenson and Stephenson (Dton) 9; Jones and Maddison (Ferryhill) 22, Bousfield and Bousfield (Dton) 10.

Mixed fours: A Bousfield 18, W Maddison 24.

Cleveland County Bowling Association

Cleveland County opened their winter Derbyshire trophy campaign at Thornaby indoor with a splendid win over Northumberland.

The four winning rinks were J Gillespie (A Nichol, G Roberts) 20-17, W Hall (T Gilbert, D Richards) 30-19, W Shand (T York, B Young) 29-14 and S Slaughter (R Witham, D Wood) 24-14.

T Addison and J Hare fought hard to hold strong opposition with Addison pulling back from 14-0 down to finish only six adrift. The final score was Cleveland 134 (18 points), Northumberland 112 (4 points).

The next Derbyshire game is also at Thornaby against Durham on January 9.