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reports round-up for the 2006-2007 season DECEMBER 06 |
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Week ending December 29: As Boston and District Bowls League teams
enjoy their mid-season break, it is a good time to assess the standings in
various divisions. And basically the same names as last year are once again
dictating at the top of the Stonehaven Care Home Division One but in a
slightly different order. At the top 12 months ago were Cosmos, followed by
A40, Holland Fen, Eastenders, Carlton Road and Swineshead. Topping the table
at the moment are Holland Fen closely followed by Eastenders, Cosmos, Carlton
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Week ending December 22:
Stonehaven Care Home Division One
The only surprise in the top division this week was
A40s’ maximum points haul against Freelanders, which represented a turnaround
from the result of their opening match of the season. Bryan Sharp, Geoff
Taylor and Stan Lawrence dictated play. At the ninth end they led 13-3. Then
A40 executed positional change and mat length switch which soon saw the Landers
shaking. They duly conceded 24 points with only two in reply in a 27-15
defeat. Tom Freeston, Des Aelberry and Vic Murtough let two points drift away
on the last end. Leading by three shots they somehow dropped a count of four
to go down 21-20. As expected, Kirton Town — even without the services of
their top rink — saw off the challenge of second from bottom Crusaders
without too much difficulty. Ann Thomas, Sheila Tracey and Pauline Richardson
won 26-11 while Ann kemp, Robert Dawkes and Peter Tracey enjoyed a 24-13
success. The Stumpers’ captain didn’t put out his top team
against leaders Holland Fen and consequently they tumbled on both rinks.
Skips Martin Tomlin and Mick Tomlin won with comparative ease against the
sets led by Bernard Skelton and Barry Richardson by margins of 24-10 and
25-11 respectively. Cosmos’ George Phillips, Royce Reynolds and Abb French
were involved in a roller-coaster game before claiming the p[oints against
IBC’s Alan Bates, Richard White and Ted Bourne. Leading 13-3, they then found
themselves 16-15 down at 16 ends and were still 17-16 adrift at end 18 before
recovering to win 20-17. Michael Emery, Sue Simpson-Shaw and Les Feary
coasted home for the Cossies by a 32-14 margin. Rustics might have expected to beat bottom side
Swineshead, but they could only muster a solitary point. For Swineshead,
Janet Vinter, Pam Dawson and Bob Thompson won 30-18 against John Sivill’s
set. Meanwhile, Jean Thompson, Joan Mews and Fred Scrupps picked up a last
end count of one to tie 21-21 against John Craft’s rink. Jolly Farmers and Carlton Road shared the rink points,
but it was the Road who claimed the aggregate rewards. For the Farmers,
Shirley Moore, Dave Allen and Joe Moore won 19-9. Replying for the Road were
Jeff Powell, John Rylott and Geoff Parker who succeeded in a 26-8 rink win to
clinch the extra points. T and B Containers Division Two The top two both dropped points this week. Breakaways in
pole position let two points slip against the Golfers. Bill Smith, Mick Nundy
and Graham Scarboro did the dame for the Golfers with a 16-13 winning card
against Keith Bailey, John Marshall and Alan Saxton, For Breakaways, Janet
Whyers, John Whyers and John Stevens replied for a four-point haul with a
29-6 victory. Woodhall, in second spot, were matched against Amateurs.
For Woodhall, Richard Whitaker, John Riches and Tom Richardson won
convincingly 35-12. For Amateurs, Anthony Tabor, Sam Leafe and Eric Taylor
scored seven shots without reply in the first three ends that set them up for
a win of 17-14 and two match points in the process. The Gang, in third place, were up against the bottom
team Robins. Rita Epton, Ivan Dilley and Denis Tebbs won 28-16. But Harry
Dodd, John Allen and Mary Hewinson found themselves under the cosh as the
bottom side had an advantage at 15 ends. Here, skip Mary switched to lead and
showed her drawing skills. Shots were obtained in abundance as the Gang trio
went away to win 23-20. Royal Mail at this time of year are always generally
overworked! Stickney took advantage and enjoyed success on both rinks. Steve
Todd, Angela Saxton and Ron Flower were level at 10 ends before going on to
win 19-16. Steve Shaw, Graham Tooley and Brian Hooker claimed the rest of the
points with a win of 18-16. Anyone thinking that Patriachs could leave Ray Woods out
of their side and gain maximum points had cause to doubt their views. Matched
against the Feathers, the Patriachs duly picked up a maximum haul. Sam White,
Alan Woods and Seamus Rooney were 20-3 ahead after 12 ends before winning
25-15. Darren Little and Michelle Dobbs were never behind in posting a
winning card of 19-13. As expected, the Strollers’ league position told all as
they rolled along to a maximum points haul against Norprint. Ray Hobart Ken
Haigh and Alan Everitt enjoyed a 24-12 success while Dave France, Mick
Hippisley and Keith Swain collected a winning 24-15 scorecard. Benton’s Glazing Division Three
Table-topping Highflyers picked up a comfortable maximum
points haul against the Crowns. Joy Tory, Robert Goodale and Alan Watson were
successful by a 29-12 margin. Bas Atkin, Eric Lewis and Ivor Roberts also
enjoyed a winning scorecard, this time by 21-12. Vikings, pushing for a promotion spot, surprisingly let
two points slip to mid-table Central. Janet Loughran, Ray Loughran and Ron
Blackamore started slowly but then picked up some momentum and won four
points for the home side courtesy of a 23-17 scoreline. Central pocketed two
points on the back of a 15-14 win for David Clark, Hazel Clark and Dean
Chapman. Fairways’ Mavis Ablard, Hazel Smith and Carol Nundy were
in good form against the Wranglers and collected a rink win of 25-11 to
ensure four points for their side. Derek Green, Tony Drury and Maurice Young
were unable to match that margin, but still netted two points for their side
with a 17-11 return. Abrasives versus Punchbowlers saw the rink points
shared. But the Abrasives trio of Derek Cooper, Maureen Brammer and Sue
Bridges enjoyed a convincing win of 31-7 to pick up the aggregate two points
in reply to a 22-16 win for the Bowlers set of Bill Young, Les Kelly and Jeff
Skelton. Shipmates collected their third win of the season with a
positive result against BBC. Stan Smalley, Brian Sanson and Tony Tamblin had
a 24-14 success while Betty Taylor, Brian Lund and John Balderson didn’t take
the lead until the 17th end by virtue of a “pan full” en route to
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Week ending December 15:
Stonehaven Care Home Division One
It was a clean sweep of maximum 6-0 results this week in
the top division. As such, the top three were all among the points and have pulled
further clear with comfortable victories. Leaders Holland Fen saw off the
Rustics with rink wins of 29-12 and 18-13 for the sets skipped by Mick and
Martin Thomas respectively. Second placed Eastenders were matched against Kirton
Town and bagged maximum spoils with rink wins of 21-15 and 22-14 for skips
Andrew Reeson and Paul Flatters. Cosmos didn’t have many problems either and defeated A40
6-0 thanks to rink wins of 24-7 and 21-12 for Abb French and Les Feary.
Freelanders jumped above A40 in the table with a maximum points haul against
Stumpers. Ron Thacker, Vic Murtough and Derek Whelbourne won their game 27-8
while Bryan Sharp, Des Aelberry and Stan Lawrence won 22-12. Invaders moved to within four points of A40 with skips
Ian Tebbs and Keith Stones successful by margins of 24-17 and 20-13 over a
lacklustre Crusaders team. IBC will be pleased with their efforts in netting
maximum points against basement side Swineshead. It was a tight game, but in
the end, rink wins of 19-15 and 18-15 went the way of skips Ted Bourne and
Richard White. T and B Containers Division Two It was a gloomy week for leaders Breakaways. Their once
comfortable lead has now been reduced to just one point. Against a Butchers
side in the lower reaches of the table, the Breakaways remarkably stumbled to
a 6-0 loss. Keith Bailey, John Marshall ad Alan Saxon never recovered from a
poor start. They were 11-0 down after six ends and 21-9 adrift at 17 ends. It
was game over as Ron Bagshaw, Sylvia Bagshaw and Geoff Dawson claimed a
success of 21-17. Eileen Brown, Gloria French and Lorraine Stevens were 11-7
behind at nine ends but received only to fall away again as Eileen May,
George Eastgate and Dave Gill won 24-19. Woodhall are now looking like serious promotion
contenders. Matched against Feathers, skips Tom Richardson and Eric Ulyatt
won fairly convincingly 26-11 and 20-14 respectively. Royal Mail, who are
just off the top spots and boosted their position with a 6-0 win over Robins.
Skips Barry Barton and Keith Sharp won 25-11 and 30-13 respectively. Only only a single point before their game separated
Stickney and Amateurs. But the latter grabbed the lion’s share of the spoils.
For Stickney, Steve Shaw, Steve Todd and Brian Hooker won 22-19. Replying for
the Amateurs, Jonathan West, Albert Bachelor and Phil Sharp claimed the
aggregate with a 19-14 win. In the lower reaches, Golfers were matched against
Shunters. Winning two points for Shunters were Mathew Smith, Ian Smith and
Norman Wright (19-17). The golfers trio of David Locking, Mick Nundy and
Norman Ablard claiming the extra points with a success of 28-17. The Gang should, in theory, have won all the points
available when they faced Patriachs. But that wasn’t the case as the latter’s
trio of Sam White, Alan Woods and Seamus Rooney were never behind against
David Tebbs, Rita Epton and Denis Tebbs and ran out 16-12 winners for two
much-needed points. Meanwhile, the Gang’s set of Pete Vines, Keith Hewinson
and Mary Hewinson won by a destructive margin of 40-8 to take the aggregate
points. Benton’s Glazing Division Three
Like the top division, all matches in this section
resulted in maximum 6-0 scorelines. The Crowns, Fairways and Burtons — all in
the bottom half of the table — all picked up maximum points from difficult
games. The best result of the lot was achieved by Crowns
against leaders Parthians. John Adcock plus Sandra and Pete Copeland trailed
9-2 against Keith Rix’s set but recovered to win 19-15. George Rennison, Lee
Mulholland and Graham Mulholland were 12-3 clear at nine ends but had been
hauled back to 16-16 after 19 ends. But they rallied to register a winning
card of 19-16. Fairways, matched against a good Central team had not
won maximum points for several weeks. But here they came good. Mavis Ablard,
Hazel Smith and Carol Nundy were 18-9 ahead before hanging on to claim a
19-15 success. Chris gill, Lorna Locking and Heather Scarboro came from 11-16
down to win 19-16. The Burtons managed to win both rinks against BBC.
Oliver Fenner, Jim Fenner and Mick Greet won with plenty to spare at 22-9.
Meanwhile, Roger Young, Chris Hill and Chas Newham scrambled home via a 17-16
verdict. As expected, the Vikings had the edge over the Terriers.
Jenny Holmes, Geoff Barnes and Ron Holmes won 24-15 thanks largely to a full
house count on the 10th end. Barbara Moore, Ron Moore and Gordon
Gallichan turned in a strong finish to win 22-11. Third placed Wranglers failed to withstand the pressure
in their game against Highflyers and went down 6-0. Jill Rousell, Tony Drury
and Stuart Green stood at 13-13 at 11 ends and were level again (18-18) after
15 ends. They found themselves 23-18 adrift two ends later, but despite a
positive rally, the succumbed 24-23 to the Flyers’ Linda Garner, Peter Hoyles
and Barry Trigg. Meanwhile, Brian Simpson, Fleur Simpson and Maurice Young
were 13-5 ahead, but crashed 13-21 to Joy Tory, Robert Goodale and Alan
Watson. Traders took all the points from their clash with
Shipmates. Pete Coulson, Cyn Baker won 25-9 while Barry Hudson, Ray Robinson
and Norman Stanley enjoyed a 26-4 success. Internationals
Boston had two representatives in the England team last
year — Bex Field playing for the under-25s and Sarah McKay in the senior
team. This year they have both been successful in trials at Daventry and
Oxford Indoor Bowls Clubs. Bex will be travelling to Arbroath in mid-January
while Sarah will travel to Belfast in mid-March to play against the other
home counties. Denny Cup
Spalding did a real demolition job on the Boston team in
the latest round of the Denny Cup, winning through by a wide margin on
104-69. Boston managed only one winning rink — at home skipped by Martin
Tomlin by a margin of five shots. Mick Tomlin’s rink, at home, was matched
against Spalding’s top player Graham Smith but lost by four shots. The away
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Week ending December 8: Stonehaven Care Home Division One
Eastenders game against IBC did not quite run to the
form book. And in the end, the high-flying Enders dropped one of the six
points at stake. For the Enders, Matt Whyers and Tony Powell began their game
a player short enabling opponents June Burman, Ruth Wright and Reg Doughty to
make hay while the sun shone. The latter were 13-2 ahead at the point when
Andrew Reeson arrived to complete the rink sextet. The Enders then closed the
gap to 13-11 before finishing level at 19-19. Meanwhile, Andrew Limb, Ian Clark
and Paul Flatters were 9-6 ahead against Alan Bates, Tony Burman and Ted
Bourne but failed to score for five ends and then trailed 12-9. With one end
remaining, they trailed by two shots but picked up a count of three to win
17-16, thanks to a massive last bowl by the aforementioned Flatters. Invaders were matched against Kirton Town and figured in
a close encounter. Town’s top skip Dorothy Hawkesworth looked comfortable
after 16 ends with a lead of 17-9 but then collapsed in conceding a three and
two to finish 17-14 ahead against Sally Gurton, Ian Tebbs and Paul Gurton.
Elsewhere, Ann Kemp, Robert Dawkes and Peter Tracey for the Town fell 18-16
to Invaders’ Dale elsam, Ken Rochford and Keith Stones. A40 were matched against Carlton road. At seven ends,
Gill Grant, Sheila King and captain Arnold Bennett led 7-3 at seven ends. But
they only scored on three further ends as Alex Tomlin, Chris Gill and Roy
Vinter “rolled” all over their rivals by winning 21-12. Changing positions
didn’t improve the situation for A40. It worsened. Sarah McKay, Maggie Kisby
and Mick Asplen were 10-3 ahead after seven ends and 15-8 clear by the 12th
end. The Carlton Road trio of John Rylott, Roly Hall and Geoff Parker all
switched places and the move paid off as they gave A40 just one more shot and
won 20-16. A result that didn’t go with the formbook was
Freelanders’ demolition of Crusaders. For the Landers, Ron Thacker, Tom
Freeston and Vic Murtough won 27-12 against Crusaders’ Gordon Harris, Ken
Rawlings and Margaret Chester. Bryan Sharp, Geoff Taylor and Stan Lawrence
saw off the challenge of Jenny Hill, Alan West and Alan Hill by a 29-12
margin. Cosmos skips Les Feary and Abb French, matched against
Rustics, also had a comfortable win with rink successes of 27-8 and 23-14. Stumpers, matched against second from bottom side Jolly
Farmers, surprisingly waved goodbye to four points. For Stumpers, Margaret
Bycroft, Norma Barnes and Ken Bycroft led 16-7 but were closed down to an
18-13 victory margin. Replying for the Farmers, Shirley Moore, Dick Allen and
Joe Moore claimed the aggregate points with a 22-14 win against rivals Gerry
Myers, Denis Robins and Barry Richardson. This win saw the Farmers vacate the
two basement slots. T and B Containers Division Two Only one team picked up maximum points in this section
this week. And that was Norprint in their game against bottom side Robins.
The printers won with plenty to spare. Skips Ralph Pick and Chris Avison
succeeded by margins of 25-12 and 32-11. Woodhall were the pick of the top
teams as they won five of the six points available against the Butchers.
William Busby, Ruby Salmon and George Salmon tied 13-13 in a low-scoring
game. Alan Eastgate, Doreen Sharp and Eric Ulyatt trailed 13-12 at 13 ends
but then stepped up the pace to win 25-11. But Carol Dowse, Eileen Brown and
Lorraine Stevens were under pressure as Derek Butwright, Frank Smith and
Norman Wright produced a winning performance of 20-16 to net two points for
the lower team. Another of the top teams, Strollers, were involved in a
high-scoring game — and ultimate defeat. For Strollers, Ray Hobart, Ken Haigh
and Alan Everitt won 25-8. Replying for the underdogs to earn four points,
Stickney’s Steve Todd, Angela Saxton and Ron Flower won 28-8. Patriachs this week should really have won all the
points. From a good position at the half-way point against Amateurs, they
floundered and only finished with two points. For Patriachs, Tina Bennett,
Mark Bennett and Seamus Rooney were 15-8 up after 13 ends and 18-12 clear at
17 ends. They then found themselves 19-18 down but gleefully picked up a last
end count of four to secure the points 22-19. Sam White, Darren Little and
Ray Woods were 13-6 up after 14 ends but did not secure another shot and
Amateurs’ Jonathan West, Albert Batchelor and Phil Sharp recovered to win the
extra points by just one shot at 17-13. And even higher scoring game was the one between Royal
Mail and Golfers. For the latter, Jerry Gill, David Locking and Norman Ablard
were 14-0 ahead after just five ends and went on to win 32-8. But that wasn’t
enough for the aggregate points as Mail’s John Sharp, Barry Harrington and
Keith Sharp swept to a 39-9 victory. Benton’s Glazing Division Three
The top two in this section were on a bye week while
third and fourth met each other. Here Wranglers got the better of Traders.
Jill Rousell, Tony Drury and Malc Nichols eased to a comfortable 16-7 lead
then finished up cosily ahead by 17-10. Brian Simpson, Fleur Simpson and Russ
Rousell were well in tune, succeeding 21-11. Vikings easily defeated BBC. Skips Gordon Gallichan and
Ray Blackamore enjoyed wins of 28-10 and 26-16 as their team climbed to
fourth spot. The closest game of the night saw Punchbowlers matched
against Central. For Bowlers, Bill Young, Charlie Reeson and Steve Skelton
won 23-14. Replying for Central, Frank Bembridge, Iris Facey and Don Chapman
claimed the extra points with a 26-16 win. Abrasives’ Derek Cooper, Maureen Brammer and Sue Bridges
were 19-9 ahead at 15 ends but then found themselves 20-19 down with one end
remaining against Terriers’ Eric Pereira, Fran King and Bill Earth but then
scrambled to a 21-20 win. Ray Wagstaff, Ivan Stimson and Dave Bridges were
20-10 clear at 14 ends and then eased up slightly for a 24-16 win. Fairways and the Crowns shared the rink points with the
Fairways’ Mavis Ablard, Lorna Locking and Heather Scarboro winning two points
for the team with a win of 19-15, Replying for the Crowns, Brian Blackburn,
Peter Copeland and Albert Crowder won 25-10 for the extra points. Bottom team the Shipmates had no answer to the play of
the Burtons and fell on both rinks. Eileen Smithbone, Chris Hill and Chas
Newham enjoyed a 22-9 winning scorecard while Roger Young, Pete Dodes and
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Week ending December 1: Stonehaven Care Home Division One
It’s looking increasingly like being a two-horse title
race. Leaders Holland Fen and rivals Eastenders are proving tough to prise points
from. The Fenmen were matched against Kirton in sixth place and had a fairly
comfortable ride to claim six points. Keith Tointon, Fred Kirk and Mick
Tomlin cruised home 29-8 while Bazza Wilson, Hazel Marshall and Peter Gorbutt
ran out 24-13 winners. The pick of the evening’s games was Eastenders’ clash
with third placed Cosmos. Matt Whyers, Tony Powell and Andrew Reeson were
13-10 ahead against Royce Reynolds, Colin Palmer and Abb French and then
picked up a count of five to ease away to a 23-12 win. Andrew Limb, Ian Clark
and Paul Flatters for the Enders were 15-5 clear at the 12th end
but dropped a count of five that enabled Michael Emery, George Phillips and
Les Feary to close the gap. The latter trio’s momentum was then maintained as
they snatched a 20-19 win. It was two points only for the Cossies and it now
seems unlikely they will retain their title. A40 in fourth spot picked up four points from Invaders.
They nearly blew the aggregate points away as Scott Whyers, Sandra Tebbs and
Ian Tebbs for Invaders picked up five shots without reply to win 20-17. A40
were grateful for Jean Cammack, Maggie Kisby and John McKay holding their
heads for a 20-14 success. Jolly Farmers versus Crusaders, both in the lower
reaches, saw the former pick up their third win of the season thanks to a
solid performance from Chris Bristow, John Houghton and Alan Bristow winning
25-7. Replying for the Crusaders were Carol Cliffe, Margaret Chester and
Chris Clarke who scored a “panful” on the fifth end that gave them a cushion
to produce a success of 20-12. Freelanders surprisingly were given a tough game by IBC
who are finding it hard going at the moment. With the rink points shared, the
Landers’ set of Bryan Sharp, Geoff Taylor and Stan Lawrence won the extra
points with a 20-10 scorecard. For IBC, June Burman, Ruth Wright and Reg
Doughty won 26-19. But it was only enough to secure two points. As expected, Carlton road had no problems in beating
bottom team Swineshead. Jeff Powell, Roly Hall and Geoff Parker won 21-10 and
Alex Tomlin, Chris gill and John Benton had a comfortable lead at 10 ends
before winning 21-11. Last week Breakaways lost all the points in their match
against Woodhall. This week they faced a tough clash against the Gang, but
certainly made amends. Keith Bailey, John Marshall and Alan Saxton were 10-3
up after five ends but were pegged back as Harry Dodd, Ivan Dilley and John
Allen picked up 10 shots without reply to go into a 13-10 lead. From then on,
it was nip and tuck as first one set and then the other held the advantage.
It culminated in the leaders eventually sneaking a 24-23 win. John Whyers,
Janet Whyers and John Stevens had no problems in beating an out-of-touch Pete
Vines, Keith Hewinson and Denis Tebbs to claim the rest of the points with a
25-14 success. Woodhall, after last week’s success against Breakaways,
fell to defeat against Royal Mail this time around. New signing John riches
playing with Alan Eastgate and tom Richardson won fairly easily 28-9 for Woodhall.
Eric Ulyatt, Ruby Salmon and George Salmon could not match their team-mates
and fell to the Mail’s Joan Sharp, Keith Sharp and Keith Thorlby 31-11. This
secured the aggregate for the Mail by a slender one-short margin. Shunters and Stickney’s meeting saw the latter put their
rivals ambitions into the sidings with rink wins of 24-10 and 24-6 for skips
Ron Flower and Brian Hooker to secure six much-needed points. The Norprint versus golfers game saw the latter win all
of the available points. Malc Cook, Margaret Broughton and Chris Avison for
Norprint found David Locking in scintillating form (both bowls fairly
adjacent to the jack), leading for Mick nundy and Graham Scarboro who won by
a wide 27-7 margin. The Printers’ Pam Vinter, Dave Toynton and Tony Hall were
14-7 ahead at eight ends, 18-16 up at 15 ends but then fell away as Golfers’
Peter Dyer, Ron Hulley and Norman Ablard got the “driver” out and won 29-18. Amateurs found it hard going against the Butchers with
the latter’s skips Dave Gill and Geoff Dawson claiming all the points with
rink wins of 21-14 and 22-16. Strollers in fourth spot were able to win the lion’s
share of points against Feathers. The latter’s rink of Beryl Brewster plus
Tony and Sheila Dawson won 23-19 — far short of what was needed to claim the
aggregate spoils. Strollers’ trio of Dave Franc, Mick Hippisley and Keith
Swain were 8-6 up at nine ends but then won 11 of the last 12 ends to win
24-9. Benton’s Glazing Division Three
Joint leaders Highflyers picked up just two points this
week from their game against Punchbowlers, the aggregate points being won for
the Bowlers on the last end played on each rink. For the bowlers, L Kelly,
Charlie Reeson and Jeff Skelton picked up a count of two to win 24-13. Bill
Young, Steve Skelton and Richard Bell — despite losing 23-14 — picked up a
last end count of four that earned the aggregate spoils. Back on top of the league are Parthians who were pushed
all the way by bottom team Shipmates. Skips Mick Atkin and Keith Nix produced
winning scorecards of 17-16 and 14-11. Wranglers moved up to third place win a win against
third-placed Vikings. Brian Simpson, Fleur Simpson and Russ Rousell were 12-3
up after 10 ends before winning 20-12. This proved enough for the extras
points. Derek Green, Tony Drury and stuart Green were 10-9 ahead at 11 ends
but then had a disastrous time and found themselves 17-10 down to Barbara
Moor, Ron Moore and Gordon Gallichan. The latter kept their momentum and won the
points 18-15. Burtons and Central shared the rink points but the
Burtons won the aggregate with Oliver Fenner, Jim Fenner and Pete Dodes
winning 23-17. It should have been all six for the lower team, but Central’s
Tracey Bembridge, Iris Facey and Don Chapman (trailing 14-7) came through to
snatch an 18-17 success. Expectations were high for Abrasives matched against
BBC. But they were dashed by a good performance from the lower team. Sid
Cropley, Sue Upsall and Jack Howes trailed by one shot at the 11th
end but then surged into a 16-9 lead before hanging on to win 19-16. Len
Tokley, Margaret Kirk and Mu Watson were 16-9 ahead and also clung on to win
20-19 to net all six points. Traders’ Gordon Wells, Gordon Neal and Cyn Baker found
the Fairways girls of Mavis Ablard, Hazel Smith and Heather Scarboro in good
form as they surged into a 27-7 lead. Then the girls eased up and Traders
made the score more respectable with the final count being 29-17. Traders’
Barry Hudson, Maurice Harding and Norman Stanley won 29-7 which clinched the
extra points. Denny Cup The Denny Cup team triumphed 103-62 over Scunthorpe. The
team were grateful for a resounding rink win from Adrian Field, Ian Clark,
Paul Flatters and Mick Tomlin which saw them though to the next round of the
competition. The selectors have made further changes to the team for the next
round when neighbours Spalding — currently bristling with confidence — are
next up. Boston bowls enthusiasts are hoping for plenty of support from
locals for the match on December 9 (10am start). Yetton Trophy Lincoln last beat Boston in the Yetton Trophy eight
years ago. In the past two campaigns, results were really close and nearly
caused upsets by losing on an extra end and then by four shots. This time,
Lincoln finally got the better of Boston with an 88-69 success. Boston had to
produce wins on both home rinks to be successful. Here Sheila King did her
best by skipping her rink to a 24-17 win. But Jean Cammack and Co fell on
home soil by 18-15 while both away rinks lost by decisive margins. |
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