Observer Golf Shield

DEFENDING Observer Shield champion Gary Byrne had a comfortable victory in the first round - but he may find the second round a bit trickier to negotiate.

The Great Harwood golfer has been drawn against Green Haworth's Clive Robertson and that will be a test.

Gary saw off Loll Burton from Rishton 9 & 7 in the opener to make it a safe trip into round two.

Teenager Nathan Dunn, who pulled off the shock of the round by beating last year's finalist Paul Swan, was the first name out of the hat facing G Crostron at home.

But DS Nutter, from Accrington, got the best draw - he has a bye as opponent D Liles from Whalley has been forced to pull out.

First Round Results:

N Dunn (Gt Harwd) beat P Swann (Gn Howrth) 5&3; J Kershaw (Bax) beat M Sharp (Acc) 4&3; C Elliott (Wh) beat A Rigby (Gt Harw) 6&5; P Barrett (Wh) beat J.Fielding (Acc) 7&6; P Cross (Bax) beat B Rehal (Acc) 2&1; J Law (Gn How) beat S Redfearn (Gt Harwd) 6&4; RM Ormerod (Acc) beat E Walton (Rish) 8&7;D Keeley (Gt Harwd) beat D Taylor (Rish) 3&2; A Belfield (Gt Harwd) beat S Charlesworth (Accr) 1 up; P Holroyd (Acc) beat M Hurtley (Accr) 20th hole; P Billington (Acc) beat B Meager (Ross) 1 hole; E Brook (Rish) beat D Grimshaw (Gt Harwd) 4&2; S Miller (Gt Harwd) beat D Lord (Rish) 8&6; D Parsons (Gt Harwd) beat G Hargreaves (Bax) 1hole; I Tomlinson (Gt Harwd) beat G Collis (Ross) 19th hole; A Barber (Gn How) beat V Hudson (Ross) 5&4; N Bury (Gn How) beat P Briggs (Acc) 8 & 6; C Robertson (Grn How) beat A Rennox (Rish) 8 &7; DP Millington (Acc) beat M Waites (Baxenden) 2&1; C Dunn (Gt Harwd) beat A Lindsey (Ross) 2&1;J Hindle (Acc) beat Pl Dudgeon (Rish) 2 up; C Brannan (Bax) beat D Render (Bax) 2&1; P Mabbutt (Bax) beat P Mullin (Acc) 1up; L Shaw (Acc) beat T Walsh (Bax) 2 & 1; GC Davies (Acc) beat JK Walmsley (Acc) 2 & 1; J Sharples (Rish) beat F Corson (Acc) 5 & 4; R Altham (Wh) beat C.Byrom (Acc) 2 & 1; M Foulds (Wh) beat D Thornton (Gt Hard) by 1 hole; D Waite (Acc) beat P Woodhouse (Bax) 3 & 1; P Hawkins (Acc) beat K Swain (Ross) 3 & 2; N Baldwin (Acc) beat T Heap (Ross) plus one; G Croston (Acc) beat P Ferguson (Acc) on 20th hole; D Ormerod (Gn How) breat G Brotherton (Acc) walkover; S Pearson (Bax) beat R Byrom (Acc) 1 up; Frank Jex (Acc) beat Steve Kelly (Bax) on 18th; Jack Brydon (Risht) beat T Bowes (Acc) 4 & 3; B Knowles (Ross) beat G Hope (Rishton) 2 up; DS Nutter (Acc) beat IA Nuttall (Acc) 2&1; JC Knowles (Bax) beat G McMeekan (Acc) 2 & 1; G Milburn (Gn How) beat D Fisher (Acc) 1 hole; JS Wade (Ross) beat A Buller (Acc) 5 & 3; C Hill (Ross) beat D Southworth (Rish) 4 & 2; R Rothwell (Gt Harw) beat F Galpin (Rish) 2 & 1; B Twinney (Gt Harw) beat N Whittaker (Acc) 1 up; I Garraway (Gt har) beat S Nolan (Acc) 4 & 3; S Kellet (Gt Har) beat R McWade (Acc) 5 & 3; MJ Redpath (Acc) beat V Whittaker (Acc) 3 & 2; IR Syme (Gt Harwd) beat N Warren (Rish) 5 & 4; PA Biggins (Acc) beat C Catlow (Acc ) 1 up; M Slack (Acc) beat P Todd (Acc) 5 & 3; P Birtwell (Gt Harwd) beat A Rigg (Acc) 5 & 4; C Dickinson (Acc) beat S Westwell (Acc) 2 & 1; A Byrom (Acc) beat M Aspin (Gt Harwd) 1 up; D Byrom beat (Acc) A law (Acc) walkover; G Davies (Bax) beat G Montgomery (Ross) 7 &6; K Claxon (Ross) beat S Kirkwood (Green How) 3 & 1; E Foulds (Wh) beat N Brotherton (Acc) walkover; A Thompson (Whalley) beat J Hope (Acc) 2 & 1; J O Boyle (Acc) beat A Guest (Acc) 6 & 5; M Walmsley (Risht) beat B Oliver (Bax) 4 & 3; S Heyworth (Gn How) beat S Nolan (Bax) 2up; A Wilson (Acc) beat P Van der Scans (Bax) 3 & 1; S Brawmell (Gt Harwd) beat M Wilkinson (Acc) 5&4; G Jones (Bax) beat A Woloszczuk (Rishton) 5 & 4; G Parkinson (Gn Howarth) beat D Brotherton (Acc) walkover; J Ashworth (Acc) beat A Wood (Bax) 4 & 3; A Thomson (Gn Howarth) beat A Brown (Rishton) 1 up; K Sweeney (Acc) beat P Lancaster (Acc) 4 & 2; C Wykes (Acc) beat G Turnbull (Rishton) 3 & 2; S Thompson (Acc) beat S Hindle (Acc) 19th hole; S Connor (Rish) beat A Connor (Rishton) 3 & 2; S Taylor (Acc) beat D Bateson (Acc) 4 & 2; A Duxbury (Acc) beat S Rehal (Acc) 1 up; A Jones (Grt harw) beat A Rawcliffe (Gn Haw) 2 & 1; G Byrne (Gt Harw) beat L Burton (Rish) 9 & 7; T Lewis (Gn How beat A McKillop (Bax) 5 & 4; A Lewis (Gn How) beat B Walton (Bax) 5 & 3; P Riding (Acc) beat L Bateson (Acc) 2 & 1; C Snape (Bax) beat M Eddleston (Acc) 1 up; A Gaffney (Acc) beat Ged Guest (Acc) walkover; W Ollett (Acc) beat A Brooks (Ross); A Yates (Acc) beat A Rothwell (Ross); M Watts (Ross) beat D Halstead (Gn Haw); D Asquith (Ross) beat N Robinson (Gn Haw); C Biggins (Rish) beat M Higgins (Gt Harwod)

Second Round Draw:

N Dunn (Gt Harwd) v G Croston (Acc); P Cross (Bax) v P Parkinson (Bax); C Brannan (Bax) v G Addison (Rish); W Trickett (Ross) v D Hodge (Risht); A Barber (Gn Haw) v M Walmsley (Rish); PA Biggins (Acc) v C Parkinson (Rish); A Gilbert (Acc) v K Claxon (Ross); A Thompson (Gn Haw) v J Wyer (Gn Haw); M Chapburn (Rish) v M Slack (Acc); D Procter (Bax) v S Miller (Gt Har); S Kellet (Gt Har) v J Higgins (Bax); A Yates (Acc) v K Sweeney (Acc); D Atherton (Rish) v E Fouldes (Whal); P Holroyd (Acc) v M Haworth (Gn Haw); D Asquith (Ross) v E Brook (Rish); G Davies (Bax) v D Rodwell (Acc); I Garraway (Gt Har) v R Rothwell (Gt Har); C Elliott (Whalley) v JM Kelly (Bax); C Sudworth (Ross) v D Kelley (Gt Har); P Birtwell (Gt Har) v G Jones (Bax); M Fouldes (Whal) v D Ormorod (Gn Haw); A Dean (Gt Har) v A Thompson (Whal); S Heyworth (Gn Haw) v SW Howarth (Gn Haw); J Boyd (Bax) v M Hardman (Acc); J Kershaw (Bax) v S Connor (Rishton); J Hindle (Acc) v J Law (Gn Haw); G Parkinson (Gn Haw) v J Sharples (Rish); N Baldwin (Acc) v C Nuttall (Acc); D Liles (Whal) v DS Nutter (Acc) walkover; C Dickinson (Acc) v C Hill (Ross); N Bury (Gn Haw) v T Jones (Gt Har); C Robertson (Gn Haw) v G Byrne (Gt Har); J Tyler (Rish) v I Hackett (Bax); A Gaffney (Acc) v M Taylor (Acc); RM Ormerod (Acc) v S Duckworth (Acc); G Booth (Bax) v S Taylor (Acc); J Byrdon (Rish) v P Riding (Acc); G Milburn (Gn Haw) v B Horrocks (Ross); B Twinney (Gt Har) v P Barrett (Whal); GC Davies (Acc) v P Murphy (Rish); JC Knowles (Bax) v D Nixon (Acc); P Bury (Rishton) v J Ashworth (Acc); A Belfield (Gt Har) v P Mabbutt (Bax); M Watts (Ross) v P Billington (Acc); N Haworth (Acc) v DP Millington (Acc); F Jex (Acc) v L Shaw (Acc); J O'Boyle (Acc) v C Wykes (Acc); J Whittaker (Acc) v IR Symes (Gt Har); C Dunn (Gt Har) v W Ollett (Acc); P Rothwell (Ross) v S Pearson (Bax); I Kirkland (Rish) v JS Wade (Ross); K Fish (Acc) v D Parsons (Gt Har); C Biggins (Rishton) v S Biggs (Gt Har); I Harling (Acc) v A Lewis (Gn haw); A Duxbury (Acc) v MJ Redpath (Acc); B Knowles (Ross) v W Kelly (Acc); A Byrom (Acc) v H Higginson (Acc); P Hawkins (Acc) v B Snape (Bax); S Bramwell (Gt har) v D Waite (Acc); D Byrom (Acc) v R Altham (Whalley); N Crawshaw (Gt Har) v T Lewis (Gn Haw); GS Sharples (Rish) v N Clowes (Ross); I Tomlinson (Gt Har) v S Thompson (Acc); N Hewison (Gn Haw) v A Wilson (Acc)