The first four of the last eight qualifiers for the area final of the Silver Arrow were decided on Wednesday at the Stork Hotel. All were 2-0 results. M. Lee beat T. Marsden; B. Royle defeated C. Anderton; N. Catterall won against K. Taylor and S. Dugdale went out to P. Birch. Qualifiers - Margaret Lee (Coal Clough), Pauline Birch (Railway, Padiham), Norma Catterall (Mitre), Barbara Royle (Nelson).