Wayne Ditchfield proved he was the master of the Wigan Subscription green with a dominant final’s night performance.
The 27 year old, who had an unmatched junior career and now is arguably in the best form of anyone in the game, proved to be too good for a high quality field at this famous club which has seen so many of the stars of the game graced its famous green. Photos are provided by the expert skills of the Wigan Subscription Bowling Green Ltd.
In his semi-final Wayne gave Mike Tunstall little chance. Wayne was using a mark from the scorers hut (finger-peg) to the opposite corner and back. This had an exceptional quick finish away from the scorers hut as the green dropped away past the jack. Back towards the hut Wayne was placing the jack at the start of the ‘gulley’ which is a recognisable feature on this green.
Wayne swiftly had a 14 break and everything Mike tried to do was matched by this young man who is dominating all before him.
In the final Wayne played Simon Coupe who proved to be too good from Staffordshire’s Chris Ward in the semi-final. Simon was cleverly positioning the jack to give Chris problems controlling his quick running bowls.
Simon tried a similar tactic in the final but found Wayne too good. Simon playing a 30 yard mark to and from the club entrance had some success but as soon as Wayne got on the mark he played so well, and also another mark using the green entrance corner, he was dominant again.
Against the quality of the field this was a high-quality but also comfortable couple of games for the Eccleston man. Thanks once again to Wigan Subscription Bowling Green Ltd for the photographs.
Semi Finals – Simon Coupe 31 v Chris Ward 18, Wayne Ditchfield 31 v Mike Tunstall 10
Final – Wayne Ditchfield 31 v Simon Coupe 19
Attention now moves less than a mile down the road to the Bellingham Club for the 31up Bellingham Starbank Men’s Classic where Wayne was successful in his first two rounds of qualifying.
| Saturday 7th July George Chadwick v Andy Thomas Alan Broadhurst v Neil Bithell Neil Grant v Colin Crawford David Higginbottom v Mark Britton |
Sunday 8th July David Jackson v Ian Young Chris Cook v Wayne Ditchfield John Brown v Danny Miller Derek Bissell v Michael Heaps |
| Saturday 14th July Alan Horton v Dean Butler Steve Brown v Simon Coupe Ritchie Goddard v Adrian Hodgson Chris Ward v Larry Wells |
Sunday 15th July Mick Prescott v Ray Shaw Steve Davies v Lee Heaton Kevan Shaw v Andy Heyes Lee Johnstone v Billy Simms |
| Saturday 21st July Duncan Watkins v Steven Lea Glynn Cookson v John Gatley Michael Coupe v Darren Allsopp Adam Lea v Tony Gatley |
Sunday 22nd July Steve Brown v Neil Jolley Billy Speed v Martin Houghton Jack Marrow v Bill Griffiths Paul Winrow v Barry Simms |
| Saturday 28th July John Crossley v Alan Manuel Mark Holden v Chris Moody Ronnie Belshaw v Damian Morrison John Brown v David Molyneux |
Sunday 29th July Alan Taylor v Nicky Shaw Harvey Birch v Ian Dennis John Hanson v Gary Ellis Ernie Storey v Chris Ashton |
