LEIGH & DISTRICT
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Points of Interest - Champion of Champions
Roll of Honour
1998 John Heathcote
1999 Harold Peake
2000 John Heathcote
2001 John Heathcote
2002 Frank Naylor
2003 Albert Prescott
2004 Jimmy Glover
2005 Frank Naylor
2006 Frank Naylor
2007 Albert Prescott
2008 Garth Smith
2009 Garth Smith
2010 Gerry Houghton
2011 John Platt
2012 John Hayes
Roll of Honour
2013 Ian Inman
2014 Ian Inman
2015 Ian Pendlebury
2016 Phil Boydell
2017 Ian Inman
2018 Ian Inman
2019 Ronnie Blackledge
2020 Not Played (COVID)
2021 Not Played (COVID)
2022 Stuart Ivers
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
Total Times Qualified
John Heathcote 28
John McCaul 28
Phil Boydell 19
Frank Naylor 16
Cliff Berry 14
John Hayes 13
Ronnie Blackledge 12
Pam Hodgetts 11
Garth Smith 11
Steve Orrell 11
Number of years in competition
John McCaul has missed only 5 years of being in the competition. Giving John 18 appearances out of 13. A truly great achievement and one which goes to highlight what a superb bowler and competitor he is.
Total Number of Bowlers
Over the 23 times the competition has run there have been a total of 188 different bowlers taken part. of these 90 bowlers have only ever qualified once.
Number of Times a Player Has Qualified in Same Year
John Heathcote and Ian Pendlebury hold the record for the number of qualifying commpetitions won in the same season. Both having won 4 in the same year.
Pam Hodgetts, John McCaul, Phil Boydell, Frank Naylor, Cliff Berry, Ronnie Blackledge, Steve Orrell, Danny Mayers and Maggie Jones have all previously qualified having won 3 qualifying comps in the same season.
