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Indoor League 2005-2006 archive: RESULTS and REPORTS plus TABLES |
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Latest
reports round-up for the 2006-2007 season JANUARY 07 |
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Week ending January 26: Stonehaven Care Home Division One Holland Fen maintained their table-topping position, but
only on shot difference . Matched against Freelanders they let two points
drift away. The Landers’ set of Brian Sharp, Geoff Taylor and Stan Lawrence
trailed 6-5 at seven ends but ran out winners against the Fen’s Bazza Wilson,
Fred Kirk and Mick Tomlin. The Fenmen relied on Martin Tomlin to put in a
good performance and help win the aggregate spoils for the team with a rink
success of 23-12. Earlier in the evening, Eastenders had picked up six
points from their game against Stumpers. Andrew Limb, Ian Clarke and Paul
Flatters enjoyed success by a massive 35-6 margin. Matt Whyers, Tony Powell
and Andrew Reeson did not have such an easy time as the Stumpers’ top set of
Margaret Bycroft, Norma Barnes and Ken Bycroft did not crumple until the
latter stages of the game when the Farmers picked up eight shots to one to
secure a 17-13 win. A40 versus Jolly Farmers was evenly balanced in the
early exchanges but the former picked up 32 shots to just 12 conceded over
the second part of both rinks and duly recorded successes of 24-16 and 25-17. Kirton Town’s set of Ann Thomas Sheila Tracey and
Pauline Richardson were well beaten last week. But this time around they
turned on the style. Matched against Carlton Road’s Phil Harris, John Rylott
and Geoff Parker, they picked up counts of one and four to clinch the
aggregate rewards with a 20-15 scoreline. It should have been all six points
for the town as Ann Kemp, Jill Smith and Peter Tracey let a lead of 14-6
disappear to a 21-19 loss thanks to the concession of a last end count of
four. Winning rink here for the road comprised Alex Tomlin, Roly Hall and Roy
Vinter. Cosmos, still chasing the top two, claimed all six
points when they tackled Invaders. Skips Keith French and Les feary won 19-14
and 32-13 respectively. IBC were really fortunate to win the lion’s share of the
spoils against next-to-bottom Crusaders. They relied on a remarkable recovery
from June Burman, Ruth Wright and Reg Doughty. Trailing 12-2 at the ninth end
they were still seven shots adrift with 14 ends played. With six ends
remaining they picked up eight shots to one to tie 15-15. Richard Tory, Denis
Ellis and Ted Bourne, trailing 13-12, then picked up counts of one and two to
win 15-13. T and B Containers Division Two Are the top three unable to stand the pressure? Last
week the Gang lost all six points. And this week it was repeated. Matched
against the royal Mail, they fell again on both rinks. For the Mail, Joan
Sharp, Ted Bloodworth and Barry Barton produced a good result against Pete
Vines, Mary Hewinson and Keith Hewinson with a win of 25-18. Margaret
Garnder, Barry Harrington and Keith Thorlby took the lead on the fourth end
played which they then developed into a 22-15 win. Breakaways in second place did slightly better in that
they at least picked up two points. Matched against Strollers, Janet Whyers,
Gloria French and John Stevens were 17-9 ahead after 13 ends and then hung on
to win 18-17. Keith Bailey, John Marshall and Alan Saxton were 17-7 behind at
14 ends before recovering slightly. However, the Strollers’ set of Ray
Hobart, Ken Haigh and Alan Everitt ensured the aggregate win with a rink
victory of 21-15. Woodhall in third place also only netted two points.
Matched against the golfers, Richard Whitaker, John Riches and Tom Richardson
were 12-3 behind after eight ends but then picked up a “hot shot” and two
counts of four en route to a 24-18 win. William Busby, Ruby Salmon and George
Salmon were then 10-6 up but fell 23-14 to the golfers’ set of Ron Hulley,
David Smith and Jerry Gill. The robins may be bottom of the league but they gave mid-table
Butchers a really tough time. Janet Pape, Eileen Sellars and Arthur Hanson
just missed out on winning points by the slender margin of 20-18 against Dave
Gill’s set. Meanwhile, Eileen Dorrington, Terry Hall and Arnold Pape also
lost by just two shots, Butchers’ skip Ron Bagshaw picking up the
all-important count on the final end for an 18-16 win. Stickney always had the edge throughout their game
against Norprint. Steve Todd, Angela Saxton and Ron Flower won 22-13. Steve
Shaw, Ray Bavin and Brian Hooker were also successful by an 18-16 margin. After the euphoria of beating the Gang last week, the
Amateurs came down to earth with a bump against Shunters when they won just
two of the six points at stake. Winning their points were Jonathan West,
Albert Batchelor and Phil Sharp with a set win of 21-16. Replying for the
Shunters were Matt Smith, Ian Smith and Norman Wright with a 28-15 triumph as
the Amateurs skipper uttered: “Whoops!” Benton’s Glazing Division Three With leaders, Highflyers on a rest week, the spotlight
was on second-placed Parthians. They had a tough game to negotiate against
third in the table Vikings. Parthians’ set of Gerlad Horrey, Ken Hamblin and
Mick Atkin did well to win 28-14. Vikings’ Barbara Moore, Ray Moore and
Gordon Gallichan made life more difficult for Parthians’ skipper Keith Nix.
He did have a slight advbantage with 14 ends played, but the former finished
strongly to win 17-13 to earn two points. Terriers put in another good performance this week when
they overcame highly-placed Traders. For Traders, Gordon Neal, Cyn Baker and
Sid Coultan won with plenty to spare, 29-8. This score, though, wasn’t enough
to net the aggregate points as Eric Pereira, Fran King and Bill Earth replied
even more convincingly for Terriers with a 32-9 win. Central and Abrasives shared the rink points but a good
display from Abrasives’ Phil Stubley, Richard Jutsam and Sue Bridges (31-12)
secured the aggregate points as the Central’s Frank Bembridge, Marion Epton
and Fred epton could only manage an 18-14 win in reply. Punchbowlers and Shipmates also shared the rink points
but it was the bowelrs’ set of Les Kelly, Terry Dawson and Richard bell with
a win of 24-15 that helped to secure the extra points. Replying for
Shipmates, Betty Taylor, John Balderson and Brian Hunn won 22-19. The Burtons, as expected, overcame Fairways for whom
Mavis Ablard, Heather Scarboro and Carol Nundy did really well to win 26-13.
Replying for the Burtons, though, Olive and Jim Fenner plus Mick Greet picked
up a wide margin success of 39-6. It’s weeks since Wranglers last picked up a maximum
haul. But this week they came good, albeit only against lowly BBC. Jill
Rousell, Russ Rousell and Malc Nichols enjoyed a 26-10 success. Derek Green,
Tony Drury and Stuart Green added a 34-11 success for good measure — the “number
two” in this rink, it is said, was the star of the show! |
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Week ending January 19: Stonehaven Care Home Division One
The top game of the evening’s play should have been the meeting
of leaders Holland Fen and last season’s champions Cosmos. But the latter
turned in a feeble performance and lost on both rinks. For the Fen, Keith
Tointon, Hazel Marshall and Mick Tomlin established a 15-7 lead at 14 ends
and went on to win 25-8. Adrian Field, Peter Gorbutt and Martin Tomlin led
16-7 at 15 ends before easing up in a 17-14 success. Eastenders played a Carlton Road side who the previous
week had turned over the leaders. But this week they mustered just one point.
For the Enders, Matt Whyers, Tony Powell and Andrew Reeson put up a good
display to win 21-11. Andrew Limb, Simon Reeson and Paul Flatters were 14-6
ahead at 15 ends but had to settle for a 15-15 tie against the Road’s John
Rylott, John Benton and Chris Gill. IBC have now put the thought of relegation to one side
and are looking more solid. Matched against Jolly Farmers they secured all
six points with rink wins of 16-15 and 36-9 respectively for skips Ted Bourn
and Reg Doughty. Swineshead, who lifted themselves off the bottom rung
the previous week, tumbled back to the wooden spoon slot when crashing 6-0 to
the Invaders. Paul Gurton, Ken Rochford and Keith Stones won 24-11. Scott
Whyers, Sandra Tebbs and Ian Tebbs stood level at 12-12 after 13 ends before
pulling away to a 26-15 success. Before the latest rounds of games began, Crusaders were
in bottom spot but they edged upwards after securing the lion’s share of
spoils against Rustics. For Crusaders, Jenny Hill, Keith Rawlings and Alan
Hill won 33-9. Replying for Rustics, Audrey Sivill, Don Ebbage and John
Sivill earned a consolation two points with a 22-14 win. Kirton Town versus the Stumpers saw four of the six
points going to the latter. For the Town, Jeff Homewood, Jill Smith and
Dorothy Hawkesworth were 7-12 down at 10 ends but recovered well as Bernard
Skelton’s set could only win one more end, the result eventually going 25-13
in Town’s favour. Stumpers’ set of Gerry Myers, Denis Robins and Barry
Richardson saw off the challenge of Town’s Ann Thomas, Sheila Tracey and
Pauline Richardson with few problems in a winning scoreline of 28-8. T and B Containers Division Two The best result this week was Amateurs’ total eclipse of
top team, the Gang. For Amateurs, Anthony Tabor, Sam Leafe and Eric Taylor
won 25-15 against the Gang’s David Tebbs, Rita Epton and Denis Tebbs. Vera
Monger, Tony Nixon and Vic Chester were 17-8 head at 13 ends and eventually
hung on for a 22-20 win against Harry Dodd, John Allen and Ivan Dilley. The second and third teams both earned five points to
close down the gap on the leaders. Breakaways were matched against the
Robins. Here Eileen Brown, John Stevens and Lorraine Stevens were 9-3 down
after 11 ends but recovered to win all but one of the remaining ends to
secure a 19-11 success. Keith Bailey, John Marshall and Alan Saxton were 14-8
up at 13 ends but then lost the plot and had to settle for a 20-20 tie
against the Robins’ Eileen Dorrington, Terry Hall and Arnold Pape. Woodhall, in third spot were up against Norprint. For
Woodhall, John Riches, Ruby Salmon and Tom Richardson were 5-11 down at 11
ends and found Norprint’s skip firing off-target as they picked up two
“hot-shot” maximum counts en route to a 24-17 recovery win. Dorren Sharp,
Alan Eastgate and Eric Ullyat were 18-11 clear at 15 ends but only just held
on as the Printers’ Pam Vinter, Dave Toynton and Tony Hall scored on all but
one of the remaining ends to tie 20-20. Feathers took on Shunters, both in the lower reaches.
Nancu Mason, Abb Houlden and Alan Mason won a closely contested game 20-14.
Mathew Smith, Rod West and Norman Wright should have won the rest of the
points for Shunters as they led 16-11. But with two ends left, they dropped
counts of four and two to lose 17-16 to feathers’ Maureen Hunn, Keith Posey
and Derek Hunn. Butchers and Strollers shared the rink points with the
former going on to lift the aggregate. For Strollers, Ray Hobart, Ken Haigh
and Alan Everitt won 22-17. In reply for the Butchers, Eileen May, George
Eastgate and Geoff Dawson enjoyed a solid win of 25-15 to tip the scales in
their team’s favour on aggregate. The Patriachs versus Golfers was another game that went
in favour of the underdogs. The Golfers’ set of Ron Hulley, David Smith and
Jerry Gill did reasonably well in winning 20-13. But the Patriachs’ set of
Mike Dobbs, Darren Little and Ray Woods put the higher team on the back
burners with a resounding 29-9 win. Benton’s Glazing Division Three Setting the pace at the top, Highflyers were only able to
win two points from the Burtons. With 17 ends played overall, the flyers had
all six points in the bag. But the Burtons finished strongly and picked up 12
shots against just four to snatch the aggregate by just one shot. For the
Flyers, Bas Atkin, Eric Lewis and Barry Trigg won 17-15 thanks to a last end
count of four. Replying for the Burtons, Eileen Smithbone, Jim Fenner and
Peter Dodes trailed 11-15 before finishing up 18-15 winners. With the Flyers losing, the Parthians closed the gap to
just one point with maximum returns against the Fairways. Gerlad Horrey, Malc
Rogers and Mick Atkin won 16-12 while Diane Bedford, Pauline Atkin and Pete
Bedford enjoyed a 27-13 success. Abrasives’ set of Phil Stubley, Peter Parker and Ray
Wagstaff won 22-11 in their clash
with Wranglers who replied with an 18-7 success for Derek Green, Tony Drury
and Malc Nichols, score that resulted in a 3-3 overall match points tie
(Wranglers’ third of the season). Another tied game came in the encounter between basement
duo Terriers and Shipmates. For Terriers, Phyl Rickett, R Peter king and
Barry Thompson won 27-17. Replying for Shipmates, Betty Taylor, John
Balderson and Brian Hunn won 20-10 to ensure the total spoils were shared. It was a high scoring encounter when Crowns and BBC met,
the former just doing enough to snatch the aggregate points. John Adcock,
Sandra Copeland and Peter Copeland won 33-12. But that margin was nearly
matched by the BBC set of Sid Cropley, Rene Howes and Ted Vere who won 33-14. Elsewhere, Traders surprisingly lost to the
Punchbowlers. For the Bowlers, Bill Young, Charlie Reeson and Steve Skelton
tied 18-18 against Traders’ Barrie Hudson, Gordon Wells and Ray Robinson, the
latter pair gratefully picking up a last end count of three to snatch the
tie. Les Kelly, Terry Dawson and Richard Bell (Bowlers) won with a little bit
in hand via a margin of 29-12. |
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Week ending January 12: Reports still to be add. |
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Week ending January 5: Stonehaven Care Home Division One
The top five in the division all managed to pick up
maximum points — apart from Eastenders whose set of Andrew Limb, Ian Clark
and Paul Flatters scrambled back from a 19-5 deficit to tie 22-22, meaning
that only one point went adrift in their clash with the Invaders. The Enders’
other set of Matt Whyers, Tony Powell and Simon Reeson won with plenty to
spare in a 23-11 success. But here, the Invaders’ trio of Dale Elsam, Ken
Rochford and Paul Gurton led 8-6 at one point, only to crumble in the end. The leaders Holland Fen know in the game of bowls you
always need the three Ls — line, length and luck — plus the correct bias and
tactics implanted into the lead’s head. When everything was duly installed,
Mick Tomlin had no problems in guiding his set to a 29-15 win while Martin
Tomlin’s trio sailed home 35-10 as opponents Jolly Farmers were swept
aside. A40 saw off the challenge of bottom side Swineshead. But
the latter were no pushovers with A40 edging to success on both rinks by
margins of 17-15 and 22-15 for skips Mick Asplen and Arnold Bennett
respectively. Stumpers knew they were up against it when their top
rink fell heavily (28-10) against Carlton Road’s Geoff Parker, John Rylott
and Chris Gill. In the other game, Phil Harris, John Benton and Roy Vinter
had an early slender advantage over the rink skipped by Barry Richardson
before going on to record a fairly decisive 23-12 triumph. Cosmos, lying in third place, were matched against Freelanders
and picked up maximum rewards with a 23-15 win for Keith French, Colin Palmer
and Abb French in addition to a 22-14 success for Michael Emery, Sue
Simpson-Shaw and Les Feary. Rustics put up a good show against IBC in winning four
of the six points at stake. For IBC, Richard Toy, Denis Ellis and Richard
White were 13-4 up at 12 ends before going on to win 24-16. The stars for
Rustics were Audrey Sivill, Keith Woods and John Sivill. Despite trailing 5-7
at 11 ends, they then went on to secure the aggregate spoils with a great
21-12 comeback success over IBC’s Alan Bates, Ted Bourne and Reg Doughty
thanks in no small measure to late counts of four and five. T and B Containers Division Two With the leaders on a bye week, second placed Woodhall
were hoping to add more points to their tally against relegation-haunted
Patriachs. But in the end they had to settle for just two. Despite including
new signing John Riches, Woodhall missed the steadying influence of Malc
Hilton. Patriachs’ set of Darren Little, Michelle Dobbs and Ray Woods did not
start too well but moving the skip to lead role paid off and they never
looked back in a 35-13 success. Relyping for Woodhall were Doreen Sharp, Alan
Eastgate and Eric Ulyatt. But their 26-14 win wasn’t enough to haul back the
difference from the other rink. Moving ahead of Woodhall are the Gang who picked up
maximum returns from their game against Norprint. For the Printers, Pam
Vinter, Ralph Pick and Dave Toynton were doing fairly well up to the ninth
end. Then the bubble burst. The Gang’s Harry Dodd, Ivan Dilley and John Allen
took control and ran out 21-19 winners. Pete Vines, Keith Hewinson and Mary
Hewinson had a far more comfortable win by 21-7. Stickney were impressive against the feathers when
lifting all the available points. Skips Ron Flower and Brian Hooker guided
their respective sets to wins of 25-12 and 21-18. Shunters and Butchers, both
in the lower reaches of the table, met with the result going in favour of the
former. For the Butchers, Kirsty Dryden, Tina Reeson and Geoff Dawson won
21-11. Replying for the Shunters, Matt Smith, Rod West and Norman Wright won
27-15 to edge the aggregate by just two points. Amateurs and Royal Mail shared the rink points. For
Amateurs, Anthony Tabor, Sam Leafe and Eric Taylor put in a good winning
result of 22-14 against Joan Sharp, ted Bloodworth and Keith Sharp, The Mail
had to rely on Margaret Gardner, Barry Barton and Keith Thorlby for a success
of 25-7 to seal the additional points. Dropping points meant the Mail slipped a place in the
table. Going above them were Strollers after success in their match against
the Robins. Bob Pearce, Berwyn Thomas and Alex Seaton won 19-14. On the other
rink, Ray Hobart, Ken Haigh and Alan Everitt looked comfortable at 16 ends when
leading 20-9. But they struggled to hang on as their rivals closed down the
gap to just 20-17 at the final count-up. Benton’s Glazing Division Three
There were some surprise results in this division.
Possibly the best outcome was achieved by Fairways against the Vikings. Here
the all-ladies side won on both rinks. Chris Gill, Lorna Locking and Heather
Scarboro were 12-7 ahead at 12 ends but then dropped seven shots without
reply only to recover well and go on to secure a 20-15 win. Jean Spratt, Andrea
Hall and Barbara Slade established a comfortable lead and eventually won
20-14. Another good result went to Abrasives in sixth place who
achieved success against second-in-the-table Parthians. George Bulman, Ivan
Stimson and Charles Russell saw off the set skipped by Parthians’ top man
Keith Nix. Trailing 14-17 they picked up counts of one and three to edge
their game 18-17. Ray Wagstaff, Phil Stubley and Dave Bridges were ahead
14-13 at 16 ends and won on the remaining four ends to secure a 22-13 success
margin. Highflyers, in the top berth, saw the second and third
teams taking zero points to help consolidate their own position. In their
game against Central, Highflyers pocketed four useful points. For Central,
David Clark, Hazel Clark and Fred Epton recorded a decisive 31-10 win. But it
was only good enough for two points as the Flyers’ Linda Garner, Peter Hoyles
and Barry Trigg replied with an even more emphatic 32-8 success to claim the
aggregate spoils as well. Punchbowlers and Terriers shared the rink points. But it
was bottom-placed Terriers who claimed the lion’s share of the spoils. For
the Bowlers, Les Kelly, Terry Dawson and Peter Cannon won a tight game 17-15.
For the Terriers, Alf Twiddy, Fran King and Tony Townsend enjoyed a 20-10
win. The Crowns also did well when collecting four points
from their game against fourth-placed Wranglers. For the Crowns, Sandra
Copeland, Lee Mulholland and Graham Mulholland had few problems in winning
25-10. It could so easily have been maximum points for the Crowns, but the
Wranglers’ set of Brian Simpson, Fleur Simpson and Russ Roussell netted a
21-20 win in a see-saw game that saw them 7-16 down, then 20-17 ahead before
being level at 20-20 going into the final end. The Burtons also picked up a surprise result. Matched
against Traders, the Burtons’ set of Olive Fenner, Jim Fenner and Mick Greet
won 25-14. Roger Young, Jim Fenner and Pete Dodes had a slender lead at 17
ends before the higher placed team edged home with a 14-12 rink win. Christmas Tournament The Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries-sponsored
Christmas Tournament at Boston Indoor Bowls Club was again well organised and
well supported. The winners with 47 points were Dave Staples, Fred Hurst,
Cliff Searson and John Needham from Spalding IBC. In second spot were Shirley
Moore, Dick Allen, Dave Allen and Joe Moore (Boston IBC) with 41 points.
Occupying third place were Jill Smith, Margaret Chester, Hazel Marshall and
Sheila King (also Boston IBC). |
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