THE Winter Rounders season got off to an enjoyable, if slightly damp, start at Westhoughton Cricket Club on Sunday when 16 teams took part in a charity tournament. Two teams from the Farnworth League and two from the Halliwell League lined up in each of the four sections and played matches of one innings each to a maximum of 33 good balls.

The four group winners were ABC from the Halliwell League, Adlington from the Farnworth League, Hanson also from Farnworth but who played in the Halliwell League last season as ARC Pencrete, and Apollo Ladies, some members of which play regularly in both Leagues.

Proceeds

It is fitting that Apollo did well because the charity event was arranged to help former Apollo player Carol Lloyd who is battling against cancer.

Hopefully, the proceeds of over £600 raised from the tournament for the Christie Hospital, will go some way to help Carol in the fight to regain her health and fitness.

Both semi-finals produced similar results, ABC beating Hanson 62-47 and Adlington getting the better of Apollo by a narrower margin of 64-57. Despite the rain which persisted for most of the afternoon, the finalists and spectators were still in good spirits at the end of an enjoyable day, but Adlington were disappointing as they crashed to a surprisingly heavy defeat (54-23) at the hands of an inspired ABC side.

Before the start of the final, but after some players had left the ground, the draw was made for the grand raffle which had over 20 prizes. Four prizes were not claimed and these are being held by Lillian Chamberlain. The winning tickets are:- Yellow ticket 186-190 and Orange tickets 176-180, 271-275 and 431-435. Holders of these winning tickets should contact Lillian on 01204 436609 or 495859. If the prizes are not claimed they will be carried forward to a raffle next month which Lillian is organising for the Myeloma Research Fund on Tuesday 26 October at Halliwell Central Reform Club. Fixtures

Halliwell Winter League: Sunday September 26 - Adlington v The Flag; Bradbury Ladies v Church Inn; Harper Green Girls v Lucas XI; Royal Hotel v Darcy Lever; Siddon's v Hanson; White Horse (K) v Ross XI; White Horse (LL) v Imago.

Matches start at 10.30am prompt.

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