The Huddersfield Junior Bowling League will be holding their first cup competition of the year in August. 

As well as the regular season fixtures this will be a great chance for the junior bowlers to test their skills in a different competition. 

The event will be held on Friday August 6 starting at 10am at Spen Victoria bowling club.

The juniors will battle it out for the Alec and Bryan Wrathall Memorial Rosebowl under 18 singles handicap, sponsored by Susan Wrathall. 

Juniors can take part if they hadn’t reached the age of 18 on January 1 2021. It is open to Huddersfield junior registered bowlers and Huddersfield CGBA registered bowlers. 

If you are interested in taking part then contact Geoff Martin, Huddersfield Junior competition secretary on 07527 681325 or e-mail: geoffrey.martin@ntlworld.com

On to the latest league action and the juniors have now played seven rounds of matches. 

Last weekend saw a great battle at the top of the Tommy Wilson Memorial junior table. Spen Victoria BC and Marsh Liberal club went toe to toe. Meanwhile Golcar are not far behind and they are still in with a chance of winning the title.

This Saturday’s games are as follows:

Marsh Liberal Club v Almondbury Liberal Club

Spen Victoria BC v Lindley Bowling Club

Golcar Liberal Club v Cowcliffe Liberal Club

If you want to find more information out about the Huddersfield Junior Bowling league then visit: Bowlsnet.uk

Here is the current Huddersfield junior bowling league table.

Finally there were trials for the Yorkshire junior county team last weekend. 

Taking place at Pudsey B.C. 25 juniors turned up to try and gain a place in the Yorkshire junior county home and away teams for the 2022 season.

The event was a huge success and there was some very good bowling by the junior county players.

Geoff Martin was impressed by the standard so much he thinks that Yorkshire may regain the title again. 

He said: “From the standard of bowling I saw at Pudsey, Yorkshire are still in a good position to regain the BCGBA county team title for a record breaking sixth time in a row.”