THE winners of the first of the floodlit bowling competitions at Ribblesdale Wanderers Cricket and Bowling Club are Mike Geraghty and Dave Phillips.

The Flixton pair got the better of David and Harry Hargreaves from Blackburn, winning 21-14 in the final and earning the £200 first place prize fund.

The runners-up picked up £100.

The winning pair beat Leyand’s A Hodson (Snr) and G Pilkington 21-10 in the quarter finals then defeated S Variey and A Fleming 21-17 in the semi finals.

The Hargreaves’ march to final including a 21-17 win against Neil Airey and Thomas Holt from Longton and a 21-16 victory against Lee Evans and Chris Bly from Bolton.

Despite the disappointment of missing out on victory, Harry Hargreaves wasted little time in booking his place in the final of the second of the floodlit events - this time with Lee Hammond.

They were among the four pairs to win through from the first qualifier last Tuesday and join Bill McLellan and Andy Byrnes from Burnley, Rishton’s Danny Parkinson and Stuart Gall and Ken Channel and Peter Houldsworth from Great Harwood.

They have been joined by Friday’s qualifiers Frank Jolly and Steve Warden from Preston, Peter Wellman and Steve Townley from Great Harwood, Brian and Toni Williams from Bacup and Mike Geraghty and Pete Smith from Flixton

Qualifiers will continue tonight and Friday with the final to be held on Sunday.

Prize funds for both competitions is a total of £820 for as well as money for the finalists, there is also £60 for beaten semi finals, £40 for quarter finalists and £30 for pairs beaten in the last 16.

The competition is again sponsored by Bar-be-Quick Products Flexible Reinforcements Limited FRL Flooring.

n Results - Quarter final: L Evans & C Bly 21-9 B Phillips & K Shaw, N Airey & T Holt 17-21 D Hargreaves & H Hargreaves, A Hodson (Snr) & G Pilkington 10-21 M Geraghty & D Phillips, R Evans & R Hatzer 5-21 S Variey & A Fleming.

Semi final: L Evans & C Bly 16-21 D Hargreaves & H Hargreaves, M Geraghty & D Phillips 21-17 S Variey & A Fleming.

Final: D Hargreaves & H Hargreaves 14-21 M Geraghty & D Phillips.