THE DRAW has been made for the first round of the Observer Golf Trophy.

Matches have to be played by Sunday 27 April with Dave Grimshaw getting a bye in the first round as he begins the defence of his title.

FIRST ROUND

T. Walsh (Bax) V C. Elliott (Wha)

D.Proctor (Bax) V S.Heyworth (Grn.Haw)

S. Shoreman (Wha) V K. Sweeney (Gt. Har)

J. Kelly (Bax) V H. Whittaker (Acc)

F. Whittle (Acc) V I. Hackett (Bax)

S. McIntyre (Jr) (Acc) V W. Shaw (Rish)

A. Byrom (Acc) V I. Garraway (Gt. Har)

S. Lees (Ross) V R. Fielding (Rish)

K. Hartley (Acc) V G. Yates (Acc)

G. Love (Rish) V T. McLaughlin (Acc)

J. Wyre (Gt. Har) V T. Clough (Acc)

D. Waite (Acc) V D. Rogers (Wha)

Matt. Watts (Ross) V D. Rimmer (Acc)

R. Ormerod (Acc) V A. Rigg (Acc)

B. Wood (Ross) V D. Bottomley (Bax)

A. Yates (Acc) V A. Buller (Acc)

R. McWade (Acc) V P. Bury (Rish)

A. Guest (Acc) V F. Trickett (Ross)

B. Norman (Ross) V R. Ellis (Wha)

S. Thompson (Acc) V D. Rodwell (Acc)

C. Nuttall (Acc) V I. Grime (Acc)

S. Taylor (Acc) V G. Davies (Acc)

J. Brydon (Rish) V L. Shaw (Acc)

N. Grimshaw (Rish )V D. Render (Bax)

R. McCarren (Bax) V T. Biggins (Acc)

M.Pemberton (Acc) V G. Booth (Bax)

S. Padbury (Acc) V M. Rigg (Acc)

P. Mara (Acc) V S. Gordon (Grn. Haw)

H. Sharples (Acc) V P. Cross (Ross)

R. Sharples (Rish) V G. Jones (Bax)

A. Gaffney (Acc) V T. Riley (Bax)

K. Claxon (Ross) V M. Addison (Rish)

C. Biggins (Rish) V M. Eddleston (Acc)

R. Foster (Acc) V N. Ward (Acc)

P.A. Biggins (Acc) V D. Walton (Acc)

C. White (Bax) V M. Redpath (Acc)

G. Hargreaves (Bax) V G. Milburn (Grn. Haw)

B. Rehal (Acc) V J. O'Boyle (Acc)

The following players have byes in the 1st Round

WHALLEY

T. Thornber, J. Kennedy, M. Conroy,

RISHTON

E. Walton, F. Galpin, K. Whittle, R. Whittle, C. Philliben,

G. Addison, H. Cook, A. Connor, T. O'Neill, P. Murphy

GREEN HAWORTH

L. Baxendale, A. Thomson, D. Halstead, P. Swan, C Robertson

GREAT HARWOOD

G. Howson, I. Ackers, M. Roche, M. Aspin, N. Crawshaw,

P. Kirtlan, M. Higgins, R. Hall, P. Tomlinson

ROSSENDALE

S. Biggs, I. Billington, S. Parker, M. Watts, C. Sudworth,

A. Lindsay, P. Caines, P. Rothwell, A. Rothwell, B. Meager

BAXENDEN

A. Wood, N. Broderick, B. Snape, P. Van Der Schans,

T. Ormerod , D. Coleman, P. Mabbutt, J. Higgins, P. McDermott, C. Barker, L. Matthews, L. Walsh

ACCRINGTON

M. Wilkinson, D. Bateson, A. Wilson, D. Richardson, S. Richardson, P. Billington, D. Fisher, B. Sharples, C. Catlow, V. Cooper, S. McIntyre (Snr), N. Baldwin, D. Ramsay, D. Grimshaw, C. Ward, P. Briggs, R. Gill, G. Croston, S. Charlesworth, A. Smith, K. Fish, P. J. Fielding, M. Raszler, G. Conlon, J. Ashworth, J. Eddleston, J. Harling, T. Briggs, W. Rimmington, A. Dillon, D. Byrom, A.Lewis, T. Lewis, P. Raw, S. Cosby, M. Charlesworth, D. Taylor, A. Harling, D.Potter, C. Taylor.


* DRAW for second Round is on Monday 28 April at Green Haworth Golf Club.