Steve Wilkinson of Clayton won the Luther Fetherstone Trophy at Silsden Bowling Club at the weekend.

He took the event, sponsored by SpecSavers Opticians, after holding out to beat Chris Slater (Devon) 210-19 in an exciting final. Losing semi-finalists were veterans Dennis Smith and Lewis Hubblick while others in the money were Mick Duke, Keith Ridding and Kenny Baker. The competition was well run by Donald Varley and the home club.

Brian Potts teamed up with Barbara Rowan to win the Oxenhope Mixed Pairs and Roy Sanderson has teamed up with Les Foster to qualify for the Hollins Pairs Finals on October 14.

Chris Slater also reached the quarter-finals of the Spen Victoria Millennium event only to lose to Ken Strutt (Diggle), the eventual runner-up to Gary Hinley (Sheffield). Trevor Hargreaves lost in the final day's opening round.

The Whins Wood Doubles, sponsored by Ondura, take centra stage this weekend with preliminaries on Saturday and Sunday at 10.30 and 2.00. the final is on October 15 when holders Mick Walsh and Richard Hargreaves of Cross Roads hope to be in the final showdown once again.

The Valley AGM is on Devember 4 at the Cross Roads Inn.