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Latest reports round-up for the 2006-2007 season FEBRUARY 07

Week ending February 23:

Stonehaven Care Home Division One

The top three all claimed maximum points this week. Holland Fen and Cosmos were matched against teams in the bottom three and duly had fairly comfortable wins. For the Cossies, Keith French and Abb French had rink wins of 17-12 and 22-13. Holland Fen, at the midway stage, might have been worried as opponents Swineshead looked like inflicting some degree of damage. But they pushed on in the second part of the match and Hazel Marshall and Mick Tomlin secured wins of 25-14 and 25-18 to make sure of maximum match points.

Elsewhere, leaders Eastenders had, on paper, the hardest of the three games scheduled, but they came through with flying colours as Freelanders were left wanting. Andrew Limb, Ian Clark and Paul Flatters had a 22-12 success and Matt Whyers, Tony Powell and Simon Reeson won 29-9.

Margaret Bycroft, Norma Barnes and Ken Bycroft for the Stumpers found scoring shots hard as Invaders Dale Elsam, Michael Penfold and Paul Gurton demolished them 24-11. The Stumpers other set of Sheila Gall, Denis Robins and Gerry Myers put up a better fight, but still fell to Scott Whyers, Sandra Tebbs and Ian Tebbs.

A40 surprisingly dropped points to Rustics. Gill Grant, Sheila King and Arnold Bennett, of A40 fell to the rink of Don Ebbage, Stuart Van Bierendonck and John Craft by a 22-20 scoreline. Meanwhile, Sarah McKay, Maggie Kisby and Mick Asplen struggled but eventually got the better of Audrey Sivill, Keith Woods and John Sivill 16-13.

Carlton Road against IBC saw rink points shared. For IBC, June Burman, Ruth Wright and Reg Doughty secured another two points for the team with a win of 21-16. Replying for the Road, Phil Harris, John Benton and Roy Vinter got carried away with success and forgot to fill the scorecard in, but won 26-12.

T and B Containers Division Two

With Breakaways on a bye week the division has new leaders. The Gang thus went to the top the table, but only by one point. That single point should realistically have been three as they were matched against third-from bottom-Feathers. For The Gang, David Tebbs, Rita Epton and Dennis Tebbs made their superior league position show when leading 11-1. Feathers’ Maureen Hunn, Richard Sharp and Derek Hunn had a brief flurry of activity to drag themselves back into the game, but the Gang’s trio finished strongly to win 26-12. Meanwhile, Harry Dodd, John Allen and Ivan Dilley were never in contention and Beryl Brewster, Tony and Sheila Dawson snatched two points for Feathers with a rink win of 20-15.

Royal Mail are still in contention to lift the title. They came through a tough game against Butchers before taking all the points with wins of 18-5 and 27-16 for Keith Sharp and Keith Thorlby.

Woodhall, in fourth, edged out Strollers by the closest of margins. For Woodhall William Busby, Alan Eastgate and Eric Ulyatt won by a wide margin 26-12. That scoreline was nearly matched by Strollers' Dave France, Mick Hippisley and Keith Swain who replied 26-14.

Stickney, matched against Patriachs, won five points. Steve Todd, Roy Waite and Ron Flower for the villagers won fairly comfortably 2-10. Steve Shaw, Ray Bavin and Brian Hooker led 17-9, but Marie Woods, Darren Little and Michael Dobbs forced their way back and tied 19-19.

Robins may be in the bottom spot but they are giving teams tough game of late. Shunters’ skips Alan Mason and Norman Wright were trailing at 12 ends, but won the game over the last third with respective scores of 22-17 and 24-14.

Norprint seem to have found a jewel in Chris Avison, who does not drop many points. Playing with Malc Cook and Margaret Broughton she won 23-8. This scoreline was not enough for the aggregate points as Amateurs’ Jonathan West, Albert Batchelor and Phil Sharp won 32-10.

Benton’s Glazing Division Three

Highflyers had a lead of four points before their game against second-placed Parthians. And the leaders showed off their talents winning five of the six points at stake. Joy Tory, Robert Goodale and Alan Watson won 25-16. Eric Lewis, Ivor Roberts and Peter Hoyles, trailing 14-9 to Keith Nix, tied their game 14-14.

To put pressure on the top two, the Wranglers really had to pick up all six points against Punchbowlers. Derek Green, Tony Drury and Stuart Green won convincingly 25-8. But Jill Rousell and Maurice Young went down to the Bowlers Les Kelly, Terry Dawson and skip Barry Julian 22-17.

Terriers were demolished by Burtons. Skips Chas Newham and Mick Greet won 30-4 and 23-11 on their respective rinks.

Abrasives were left wanting by the Fairways as they let the aggregate points slip away. George Bulman, Ivan Stimson and Dave Bridges for Abrasive lead 18-7, but did not score another shot and Mavis Ablard, Hazel Smith and Barbara Slade picked up nine shots without reply to close the margin down to an 18-16 deficit. Meanwhile, Chris Gill, Lorna Locking and Heath Scarboro won 18-15 for the Fairways giving an overall win by one shot.

The Crowns did not turn up with all their star players this week and this enabled Central to gain two points from their encounter. Dave Clark, Hazel Clark and Frank Bembridge for Central had a close 16-15 victory over Sandra and Peter Copeland. Picking up the aggregate points for the Crowns were George Rennison, Lee Mulholland and Graham Mulholland with a 33-9 success.

National Championships

In the father-and-son competition at the National Championships in Northampton, Martin and Mick Tomlin fell disappointingly at the quarter-final hurdle. And Bex Field in the singles at Lodden Vale Basingstoke fell in the first round.

Week ending February 16:

Stonehaven Care Home Division One

Leaders Eastenders were on a bye week, but were pleased to see rivals Holland Fen and Cosmos drop points. Cosmos, matched against lowly Crusaders would be disappointed to drop two points. For the Cossies, George Phillips, Colin Palmer and Keith French were 18-6 up at 14 ends but, allowed their opposition to bite back and only had a four-shot advantage at 18 ends when they led 19-15. However, they eased away again to win 23-15. Meanwhile, Michael Emery, Sue Simpson Shaw and Les Feary, with a lead of six shots at seven ends, let their opponents score 14 shots without reply to fall behind 17-9. They closed the margin down to 17-16, but Carol Cliffe, Margaret Chester and Chris Clarke put some more shots on the scorecard to win 22-17.

Holland Fen put out a much-weakened team against IBC and paid the price. For the Fenmen, Bazza Wilson, Fred Kirk and Mick Tomlin were given a rough ride by Richard Toy, Denis Ellis and Ted Bourne before securing a 19-14 win. This was well short of securing an overall win as IBC’s June Burman, Ruth Wright and Reg Doughty won with plenty to spare against Keith Tointon, Hazel Marshall and Peter Gorbutt.

Swineshead secured their fifth win of the season against an out of form Stumpers and lifted themselves off the bottom spot. Beccie Reeson, Jean Thompson and Bob Thompson won 23-16 and Janet Vinter, Joan Mews and Fred Scrupps won 10-7.

Jolly Farmers and Rustics, in a high scoring game, shared the rink points with the aggregate points going to Jolly Farmers. For the Farmers, Dick Allen, Allen Bristow and David Allen powered to a 30-6 win. For Rustics Audrey Sivill, Keith Woods and John Sivill (trailing 12-6 to Shirley Moore, Shirley Allen and Joe Moore at 11 ends played) scored 23 shots without reply to win 29-12.

A40 did not have too many problems in securing six points in their game against Kirton Town. Skips John McKay and Mick Asplen won 22-17 and 20-15.

Freelanders, trailing Carlton Road in the table by four points, lifted themselves above them when they won all the points. Bryan Sharp, Geoff Taylor and Stan Lawrence won 18-16. Ron Thacker, Vic Murtough and Jeff Nicholson had a 22-13 success.

T and B Containers Division Two

The game of the evening was the exciting finish that Woodhall against the Gang produced. Overall the scores were level with one end remaining, 18-18 and 17-17. The Gang, in the second half, recovered well. David Tebbs, Rita Epton and Denis Tebbs picked up a last count of one to win 19-18 and Pete Vines, Ian Dilley and Mary Hewinson finished with a count of two to win 19-17. The win saw the Gang move to second spot.

Royal Mail, who started the evening in fourth spot, lifted themselves to third with a win over Strollers. For the latter Ray Hobart, Ken Haigh and Alan Everitt won 22-18. Replying for the Mail, Joan Sharp, Barry Harrington and Keith Sharp secured the aggregate points with a win of 25-11.

Leaders Breakaways had a tough game against Stickney. Janet Whyers, Gloria French and John Stevens were playing catch up against Stickney's Steve Todd, Angela Saxton and Ron Flower, the latter taking the points 17-15. Winning the four points for the Breakaways were Keith Bailey, John Marshall and Alan Saxton with a 19-12 victory.

In a bottom of the table clash, Feathers won six points from the Robins. Richard Sharp, Tony Dawson and Sheila Dawson won 21-16 and Dick Masters, Derek Hunn and Keith Posey won 21-11.

Norprint, matched against Patriachs saw the latter short of manpower. For Norprint, Pam Vinter, Tony Hall and Chris Avison won 22-12. Malc Cook, Margaret Broughton and Ralph Pick made hard work of beating Michael Dobbs and Alan Woods, the game turning in the former's favour on end 16, which gave them a lift and secured a win of 22-19.

In the Golfers against Amateurs match, Jerry Gill, David Smith and David Locking were 18-10 up but then dropped seven shots while only picking up two and Amateurs closed the margin to 20-17. Bill Smith, Roy Woodthorpe and Graham Scarboro found themselves 23-13 down with one end remaining. They made the scoreline a bit more respectable picking up a count of five to lose 23-18 and Jonathan West, Albert Bachelor and Phil Sharp picked up the lion's share of the points.

Benton’s Glazing Division Three

Highflyers saw the chasing pack all dropping points. Playing in the early session, the leaders picked up all six points from lowly Terriers. Linda Garner, Peter Hoyles and Barrie Trigg were 11-3 down to Frank King for Terriers and they were still trailing with 17 ends played. But they picked up counts on the last three ends played to win 26-17. Eric Lewis, Ivor Roberts and Alan Watson were runaway winners 30-13.

Parthians, in second spot fell to the Wranglers. For Parthians skip Mick Atkin won 23-19. Replying for the Wranglers were Derek Green, Maurice Young and Malc Nichols who took the extra points with a 32-15 scorecard.

Vikings in fourth spot fell to Punchbowlers. Vikings Barbara Moor, Ron Moore and Gordan Gallichan won 23-17. But Bowlers Bill Young, Charlie Reeson and Jeff Skelton won 26-14.

Abrasives were in good form this week with skips Ray Wagstaff and Sue Bridges winning 17-15 and 17-12 against Crowns.

BBC, short of players for the game against Fairways, took advantage of the “floater list” and produced their seventh win of the season. For Fairways, Mavis Ablard, Lorna Locking and Carol Nundy won 26-13. This proved not good enough for the aggregate as BBCs Margaret Kirk, Rene Howes and Mick Roberts replied 33-8.

Shipmates and Central were involved in a very close tussle with the aggregate points going to Central by just one shot. For the Shipmates, Stan Smalley, Brian Samson and Tony Tomblin won 19-16. But for Central, Frank Bembridge, Marion Epton and Fred Epton won 18-14.

Week ending February 9:

National Championships

Northampton Indoor Bowls Club will, over the weekend of February16, 17 and 18 be holding the final stages of the national father-and-son championships. Qualifying from Boston are Martin and Mick Tomlin who start their quest for glory this Friday evening. The Tomlins have already won this title once before and will be aiming for a repeat success.

The following weekend will see the start of the ladies’ national championships at Basingstoke. Representing Boston will be Bex Field in the singles while the same player will join forces with Jean Cammack, Di Wilson and Sarah McKay in the fours.

Stonehaven Care Home Division One

This week’s fixtures saw the top two going head to head. Second placed team Holland Fen put out their best six players, but it still wasn’t enough to topple Eastenders who looked more comfortable on the green and came out on top by a points score of 4-2. Andrew limb, Ian Clarke and Paul Flatters looked like they were going to be demolished by Martin Tomlin’s rink for the Fenmen. But despite trailing 15-5, the Enders’ trio battled back to lose by the more slender margin of 19-14. And this proved vital as the Enders’ other set of Matt Whyers, Tony Powell and Andrew Reeson (10-7 ahead at seven ends) raced away to win 25-12 against Mick Tomlin’s set.

Cosmos, in third place, showed some much-improved form when they secured all six points at the expense of Stumpers. Skips Abb French and Les Feary won 24-14 and 30-16 respectively.

Of the bottom three, only Crusaders managed to gain any reward. And this was only one point. It came in the match against A40. Chris Clarke, Carol Cliff and Margaret Chester went down 16-11 to Mick Asplen’s rink. Then Jenny Hill, Ken Rawlings and John Swain tied 21-21 against Sheila King’s rink.

Freelanders made hard work of beating Swineshead, picking up the vital shots only in the later stages to enable skips Stan Lawrence and Jeff Nicholson to win 17-12 and 20-16 respectively.

At 11 ends played overall Kirton Town looked like they were going to lose the aggregate points in their game with Rustics. Ann Kemp, Jill Smith and Dorothy Hawkesworth were level at 10-10 while Ann Thomas, Sheila Tracey and Pauline Richardson were trailing 14-8. The former then picked up the tempo and ran out 28-14 winners which took the extra points as the latter trio managed to pull back to a slender 18-17 loss against Don Ebbage, Stuart Van Bierendonk and Jim Gott.

IBC managed to take four points from their game against Invaders and possibly threw away the other two with some inaccurate firing. June Burman, Ruth Wright and Reg Doughty won with plenty to spare against IBC’s rink led by Paul Gurton. But Alan Bates, Tony Burman and Ted Bourne (20-16 up) lost out as Scott Whyers, Sandra Tebbs and Ian Tebbs “got out of jail” with late counts of two and five to win 23-20.

T and B Containers Division Two

The top two both surprisingly dropped points. Leaders Breakaways were matched against second-from-bottom Patriachs but won only four of the six points at stake. Doing the damage for the latter were Sam White, Alan Woods and Seamus Rooney who enjoyed one notable spell of mid-match powerplay en route to a 26-13 win. That margin should have been enough for maximum rewards. But Keith Bailey, John Marshall and Alan Saxton for Breakaways picked up a “hot-shot” on their way to a 31-13 win.

Woodhall in second place also had problems with one of their players apparently misreading the fixture list. With no reserve on standby, this left John Riches and Tom Richardson to battle against the odds. And the kept the final score to respectable margins of 20-14 to Shunters’ Nancy Mason, Abb Houlden and Alan Mason. Picking up the aggregate points for Woodhall with a 30-17 win were Doreen Sharp, Alan Eastgate and Eric Ulyatt.

The Gang were matched against the Butchers and had comfortable leads across both rinks at the half-way stage. And things went from strength to strength. David Tebbs, Keith Hewinson and Denis Tebbs won by a massive 39-5 margin while Harry Dodd, John Allen and Ivan Dilley cosily won 21-15.

Royal Mail, matched against the Feathers also won with plenty to spare. Joan Sharp, Keith Thorlby and Keith Sharp won 25-16 while Ken Sharman, Ted Bloodowrth and Barry Barton succeeded 26-12.

Stickney versus Golfers saw all the points gpo to the former. Skips Ron Flower and Brian Hooker guided their rinks to respective successes of 24-14 and 20-17.

On paper, Amateurs matched against basement-dwelling Robins should have seen all the points going to the higher placed side. But it wasn’t the case. For Amateurs Anthony Tabor, Sam Leafe and Eric Taylor won 33-9. But that only just eclipsed a telling reply of 30-7 by the Robins set of Janet Pape, Eileen Sellars and Arthur Hanson.

Benton’s Glazing Division Three

Only one of the top four sides picked up maximum points. This proud feat went to the Wranglers. As expected, the Highflyers took the aggregate points when matched against third placed Vikings. For the Flyers, Linda Garner, Peter Hoyles and Barry Trigg won 26-10. Replying for the Vikings, Jenny Holmes, Dough Staples and Ron Holmes claimed two points with a rink win of 25-19.

Second placed Parthians seemed to have all the points in the bag after 16 ends of their clash with the Traders. But when the latter turned up the fightback heat, Parthians were left with only one point. For Traders, Gordon Wells, Gordon Neal and Sid Coultan trailed 20-14 against Keith Nix’s rink but then picked up 10 shots without reply to win 24-20. Maurice Harding, Cyn Bake and Norman Stanley were 22-15 down but then picked up seven shots without reply to draw 22-22 and effectively turn the match on its head.

Wranglers secured all six points against the Burtons with rink wins of 19-15 and 33-6 for skips Stuart Green and Malc nicholls respectively.

Central had too much clout for BBC who are really struggling this term. David Clark, Hazel Clark and Frank Bembridge won 22-10 while Iris Facey, Marion Epton and Fred Epton also secured a winning scorecard — this by a margin of 24-10.

Elsewhere, the Crowns surprisingly lost to bottom side Swineshead. With 18 ends played overall, the game was tied. For the Crowns, George Rennison, Sandra Copeland and Peter Copeland were winning 21-11 but drop a pair of two counts that closed the margin to 21-15. John Burton, Brian Lund and Tony Tomblin for Shipmates were leading 18-8 and picked up two counts of two to win 22-8 and secure the aggregate spoils.

Terriers had no answer to the Fairways’ green play as skips Carol Nundy and Heather Scarboro produced winning scorecards of 23-14 and 20-11 respectively.

Week ending February 2:

Stonehaven Care Home Division One

Holland Fen have led the table from week one and through a phenomenal further 19 weeks since then. But this week, with the Fenmen on a bye week, Eastenders went top by virtue of claiming maximum points in the match against Rustics. Andrew Limb, Ian Clark and Paul Flatters enjoyed a 20-10 win while Matt Whyers, Tony Powell and Simon Reeson won 35-8 to land six valuable match points..

Cosmos look like they can say goodbye to retaining the league title. Matched against bottom team Swineshead, they lost the aggregate points by one shot. George Phillips, Colin Palmer and Keith French were always in front and won 21-19. Meanwhile, Michael Emery, Royce Reynolds and Les Feary were put on the back burners when being beaten 21-18 by Jean Thompson, Pam Dawson and Bob Thompson.

Crusaders, second from bottom, negotiated a tough encounter against Carlton Road before coming out on top. For the Road, Alex Tomlin, Roly Hall and Roy Vinter won 19-16 thanks to picking up four shots without reply over the last three ends. Geoff Powell, Phil Harris and Chris Gill (leading 13-9 at 11 ends) fell to a rampant Chris Clarke, Alan West and Alan Hill, who at one point picked up 20 shots to just two conceded to win 29-15 for four points.

Jolly Farmers have not won since way back in December. This week they faced a difficult match against Kirton Town whose skips Pauline Richardson and Dorothy Hawkesworth were successful with scores of 25-15 and 23-10.

A40’s John McKay, Maggie Kisby and Mick Asplen did not have any problems in disposing of IBC’s June Burman, Alan Bates and Ted Bourne, winning 25-12. Gill Grant, Sheila King and Arnold Bennett (11-9 down at one stage) recovered to beat Reg Doughty’s set 18-15 to secure the rest of the points for A40.

Freelanders were grateful to have a slight advantage in their game with Invaders as the latter fought back, and at 16 ends played, looked to have the aggregate points in the bag. The Landers, though, are very resilient and picked up 15 shots to three conceded in the latter stages to run out winners 21-15 and 21-18 to secure all six points.

T and B Containers Division Two

Leaders Breakaways tightened their grip at the top with a maximum haul against Norprint. Jo Dowse, Carol Dowse and Lorraine Stevens won fairly convincingly 23-14. Janet Whyers, Gloria French and John Stevens were given a tough game by Barbara Kenny, Tony Hall and Ralph Pick but managed to win 15-14.

The Gang, holding the lead role were on a bye week. And this allowed previously-level-on-points Woodhall to lift themselves to the top spot with a win against Stickney. Doreen Sharp, Alan Eastage and Eric Ulyatt won 24-17. William Busby, Ruby Salmon and Tom Richardson might have added two more points for Woodhall. But they were overtaken by Stickney’s Steve Todd, Graham Tooley and Ron Flower who picked up five shots without reply late on to snatch a 19-18 rink win.

Royal Mail, on paper (and the division’s form team) should have won all the points from Shunters. Margaret Gardner, Ted Bloodworth and Keith Thorlby won with plenty to spare 28-7. The Mail’s top rink of Joan Sharp, Barry Harrington and Keith Sharp were level at nine ends played but then the Shunters set of Derek Butwright, Rod West and Norman Wright went into a 13-7 lead at 13 ends, an advantage they kept right to the finish (16-13).

Strollers picked up another six points against Golfers with skips Alex Seaton and Keith Swain winning 22-9 and 28-19 respectively. Feathers and Patriachs, both in the lower reaches, each finished pointless. Feathers matched against an inconsistent Amateurs side lost 35-8 and 24-13. Patriarchs fell to the Butchers whose skips Geoff Dawson and John Sellars with comfortable wins of 24-13 and 23-15.

Benton’s Glazing Division Three

The division produced two very surprising results this week. The leaders Highflyers fell to Fairways and Abrasives, who have been in good form, fell to the bottom team Shipmates. Doing the damage for Shipmates were Brian Hunn, Brian Lund and Rowland Chapman who won 25-14. Trailing 8-6 to Charles Russell’s set, they led 14-8 at 12 ends, were then pegged back to all-square at 14 ends. They then finished with 11 shots to zero to win 25-14. Replying for Abrasives, skip Dave Bridges won 23-15 for two points only.

The Highflyers fell on both rinks, opponents Fairways picking up all the points with skips Barbara Slade and Heather Scarboro winning 14-8 and 22-20, the latter nearly letting it slip. This loss by Highflyers now puts Parthians in second spot in a very strong position.

Vikings kept the pressure on the top two with a maximum points haul against Burtons. Jenny Holmes, Geoff Barnes and Ron Holmes snatched a 22-20 win and Janet Loughran, Ray Loughran and Ray Blackamore won a fluctuating game 21-15.

Punchbowlers just had the edge in their game with BBC. Tina Bennett, Mark Bennett and Steve Skelton won 22-19 and Bill Young, Charlie Reeson and Jeff Skelton had an 18-14 success.

Traders and the Crowns shared the rink points. For the traders, Barrie Hudson, Gordon Neal and Sid Coultan won 23-18. The extra points went to the Crowns thanks to a 30-12 success for John Adcock, Sandra Copeland and Peter Copeland.