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Week
ending April 21
For Saturday Night League review and final placings, see
LATEST TABLES section (above) Marriott Motors Handicap KO Tournament Holland
Fen are this year’s conquering heroes in the Marriott Motors Handicap KO
Tournament. They secured the title by virtue of success over the Amateurs in
the final contested at Boston Indoor Bowls Club. But to
achieve overall success, they had to battle through two tough concluding
rounds of the competition. Their first mission (with a scratch handicap) was
in the quarter-finals when, as the only First Division side left in the
contest, They were matched against Wrangle (+28). The First Division outfit
with six ends played were trailing 35-13. At 12 ends the deficit was just two
shots. And with the clock ticking, Bazza Wilson, Andrew Grant and Keith
Tointon put in a good finish which saw the Fenmen home 41-39. Elsewhere
in the last eight stage, Crowns (+10) from the Third Division were matched
against Amateurs (0) from Division Two. It saw the latter in good form.
Jonathan West, Albert Batchelor and Phil Sharp won 20-16 and Anthony Tabor,
Sam Leafe and Eric Taylor with a success of 19-6.
The
semi-final saw Amateurs (0) versus Fairways (+20) and Holland Fen (0) against
Shipmates (+32). The
Fairways were in the driving seat with just one end remaining in their game
against Amateurs. Leading 35-31, everything went pear shaped as they dropped
six shots to lose overall 37-35. Holland Fen were made to work hard by
Shipmates but the shot advantage was slowly wound down and the Fenmen won
with a bit to spare 52-44, a good performance from the top league side.
Stonehaven Care Home Easter
Tournament
The
Stonehaven Care Home Easter Tournament saw an exciting finish to the day’s
play. From Horncastle, John Barker, Richard Whitaker, Ralph Clayton and Ted
Tasker set the target to beat off 43 points (plus 34 shots). They were the
outstanding winners of the top half of the draw. Playing in the second
session, Marie Penfield,
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April
15/16
Under-25s Triples Tournament Boston Indoor Bowling Club held its annual under-25s
triples tournament. The event’s main sponsor was Boston Bowls Supplies, but
there was some additional backing from Dales Sports Surfaces to help generate
a prize fund this year of £300. This helped to attract 72 players from five
counties. The event saw the 24 teams split into six groups for a
round robin phase, which produced eight qualifiers for the quarter-finals. The bowling was of a high standard from the beginning
and several experiences sets failed to get out of the group stages. These
included Mark Chambers of South Forest, Arran Bee of Gedling and also going
home early were Shane Garner’s Pentney rink. The eight qualifiers then took part in a draw to decide
the quarter-finals. Wayne Willgress of Norwich had the best record from the
group stages with three big wins and he faced Andrew Dawson’s Boston rink. Andrew
was playing with England’s Bex Field and surprisingly his brother Matthew who
had retired a year ago. Matthew was forced into action as Andrew Wooding
broke a foot on the day before the event. This was a superb match that went
into the final end tied at 7-7. But it was the home rink who claimed two
shots to move into the semis. Facing them there were their old enemy from Scunthorpe,
Kevin Rands, Paul Johnson and Simon Keay. The Scunny boys were last year’s
winners. And with Jono playing his last under-25 match, they were determined
to retain the title. In the quarter-finals they had cruised past the other
Scunthorpe rink of Duffield, Burton and Wilkinson 17-4. The semi was a hard fought match with Boston racing into
a 10-2 lead. Scunthorpe rallied to close to 11-9, but Boston won the final
two ends to win 13-9. In the other half of the draw the Sutton St James set of
Calvin Leuty, his sister Charlie and another England player, Hayley Robinson,
defeated the Boston set of West, Tomlin and Leafe, 11-4. Filling the fourth semi-final place were Shaun Stubb’s
set of Melton who narrowly beat Andrew Lowe and Co from Newark, 8-6. The
second semi-final followed the pattern of the first one, with Leuty forging
into a 7-0 lead. However, Stubbs closed to be within one shot at 8-9. But
Leuty took the last two ends to win 14-8. The crowd witnessed an excellent final that saw Boston
take an early 5-0 advantage. But Sutton St James recovered to 5-4. Boston
then took control and went into the final end leading 10-4, which forced
Leuty to attempt a full count of six to force a tie. With his final bowl
Leuty drove Boston’s two nearest bowls off rink to leave a county of five.
Boston therefore lifted the title with a 10-9 victory. Mark Brown of Boston Bowls Supplies presented the prizes
and the trophy to champions Andrew Dawson, Bex Field and Matthew Dawson — a
well deserved home success for the Boston rink. Mark, who attends many bowls
events with his business, was impressed at the high standard of play from the
youngsters throughout the tournament. The organiser thanked all the entrants,
some of whom had travelled a great distance to take part, for their superb
standard of play and etiquette in making this an excellent event. |
Week
ending April 14:
Marriott Motors Handicap KO Tournament Defending champions Fairways are still going strong.
Matched against Strollers (and with the advantage of +23) they won overall 45-28. To win through to
the quarters, they overcame Shunters who had earlier beaten a lack-lustre
Crusaders. Wrangle (+32), fourth in the Third Division, were
matched against A40 (0) who finished third in the top division. It saw the
underdogs win with a bit to spare. Doing especially well for Wrangle were
Brian Simpson, Fleur Simpson and Russ Rousell who did not need any help to
defeat a disappointing A40 set of Gill Grant, Maggie Kisby and Sheila King
16-13. Wrangle (+7) continued their good form with a win against Vikings
without the aid of the handicap and a booked place in the quarters. Elsewhere, the Burtons’ run in the competition came to a
halt when matched against Abrasives. Having negotiated a tie-break against
Highflyers, they were comprehensively beaten by Abrasives (+5) which saw the
latter win a place in the quarter-finals. Earlier, Abrasives (+28) were
matched against Swineshead (0) and won through thanks to some good play from
Richard Jutsam, Ivan Stimson and Charles Russell who held the Division One
outfit of Becci Reeson, Brian Vinter and Fred Scrupps to a deficit of 13-10. The Division One champions Cosmos (0) were given a hard
(but not wholly impossible) mission to overcome Shipmates (+36). The game
finished level with Shipmates going through on the tie-break rule. for
Shipmates’ Brian Hunn, John Burton and Brian Lund did really well against the
Cossies’ strong rink of Les Feary, Chris Hiom and Abb French. Shipmates (+25)
then overcame Breakaways (0). The Division Two outfit were not playing to
their usual high standard and fell by a wide margin. The Eastenders (0) versus Holland Fen (0) encounter saw
the Fenmen going through 28-24. Next up for the Fenmen were Royal Mail (+16). This was a
close game with the Mail have a one-shot advantage overall at 11 ends played.
At 14 ends, the Fenmen had a one-shot advantage and they went on to win
35.31. Central (+17) comfortably overcame Patriarchs (0), then
played the Gang who had earlier defeated Stickney. With a +22 start, the
Central team needed a few more as the Gang won overall 46-38. The Crowns
(+14) won through against the Golfers (0) by 32-28. They then overran
Woodhall, thanks to a good performance from George Rennison, Lee Mulholland
and Peter Copeland. Amateurs, using the same six players, put themselves
into a quarter-final spot. Matched against Punchbowlers (+9), they eased
through 37-28 and against Traders (+20) the scoreline was 39-34. Quarter-finals draw is as follows: Crowns v Amateurs;
Shipmates v Abrasives; Gang v Fairways; Wrangle v Holland Fen. The Boston indoor ladies’ team defended the Trudy Bates Trophy they won last year. Up against Spalding on the Grantham carpet, three rinks were won and two went down in an overall success scoreline of 111-97. |
Week
ending April 7:
Benton’s Glazing Division Three
The champions-elect, the Robins, needed just one point
to claim the title. Highflyers, in second spot, needed all six if the leaders
failed in their quest. Matched against third placed Punchbowlers the leaders
had a difficult game to negotiate. The Robins’ top rink of Janet Pape, Eileen
Sellars and John Riches (whose losses this season can be counted on one hand)
were in serious trouble right from the start. with six ends played they
trailed 11-0. They managed to win only four of the 14 ends played and went
down to the Bowlers Norman Truepenny, Richard Bell and Jeff Skelton 19-6. The Robins’ other set of Neil Lockwood, Terry Hall and
Arnold Pape were also given a testing time as Charlie Reeson (playing
superbly), Terry Dawson and Peter Cannon led 14-3 at eight ends and went on
to win 18-12. At the same time the second team Highflyers were playing
an in-form Abrasives. For the Flyers, Bas Atkin, Eric Lewis and Ivor Roberts
did well enough winning 16-8. But the Flyers’ set of Peter Hoyles, Craig
Spencer and Barrie Trigg fell to Abrasives’ Richard Jutsam, Maureen Brammer
and George Bulman 16-6. This saw the Robins win the title by a four-point
margin. The Burtons, who have taken some scalps lately,
surprisingly fell on both rinks to the Fairways. Skips Barbara Slade and
Heather Scarboro 19-10 and 17-10. Wrangle have had a successful season
finishing in equal fifth place. Playing against traders, Margaret Purkiss,
Phil Purkiss and Russ Rousell won convincingly 14-6. Jill Rousell, Tony Drury
and Maurice Young look the strongest of trios but they need to produce the
results. Matched against Traders’ Barrie Hudson, Gordon Neal and Sid Coultan
they could only tie 12-12. The Crowns’ captain Peter Copeland tells me he has at
last found the ‘jewels’ — his new woods! Matched against Terriers they were
in sparkling form producing a win of 21-3 with the help of John Adcock and
Sandra Copeland. George Rennison, Lee Mulholland and Graham Mulholland did not
do too bad, either, as they won also 16-10. Fenhouses finished their last game in the night league
with a good result against Central. Norma Davis, Ben Davis and Malc Nichols
won 18-9 and Vera Monger, Frank Smith and Vic Chester with a successful
14-10. Marriott Motors Handicap KO tournament The first round of the Marriott Motors Handicap KO
tournament saw some Division One teams go out at the first time of asking. First to bite the dust were IBC. Matched against
Fenhouses (+25) they were well short of making the shots up and the Houses
went through 48-35. Freelanders (0) versus Gang (+15) saw the latter go
through by a two-shot margin. Kirton Town (0), matched against Central (+30),
saw the match go in favour of Central by three shots. Doing well for the
Third Division One Opponents Ann Thomas, Sheila Tracey and Tony Kemp 10-9. Punchbowlers (+30) versus Carlton Road (0) saw another
Division One team exit the competition 44-36. Doing well for the Bowlers were
Charlie Reeson, Terry Dawson and Peter Cannon who fought back form 4-11 down
to finish losing 11-15 to the Road’s Phil Harris, John Benton and Alan
Coupland. Flying the flag for the First Division were Crusaders.
Matched against Parthians (+15) they won by an 11-shot margin 41-30. Feathers
(+5) fell to Strollers (0) by four shots. The champions of Division Three the
Robinson (+8) fell to Amateurs (0) from Division Two by a wide margin.
Terriers (+30) found Royal Mail far too strong and went out with comparative
ease. Highflyers (+4) did not need the help of the handicap to defeat a
disappointing BBC (0). Traders (+24) saw off the challenge of Division One
outfit Rustics (0) far too easily 44-22. Woodhall (0) versus Butchers (0) saw
the former go through by just three shots 26-30. The closest game of them all
was Stumpers (0) versus Norprint (+9) that finished 28-28, Norprint won
through on tie-break. Easter tournament: The club are pleased
to have on board new sponsors for the Easter tournament and also Division One
(2006-2007) season — Michael and Marie Penrose of Stonehaven Care Home,
Quadring. It is hoped this will be a long and happy association with the
club.
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