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JANUARY 2006 WEEKLY REPORTS |
Week
ending January 27:
Miko Coffee (East Midlands) Division One The match of the week should have been the top of the Boston
Indoor Bowls League Cosmos game against second placed A40. But it turned out
to be a damp squib though, as A40’s captain played his top rink to try and
secure some points. But they did not perform on the night. Up against Royce
Reynolds, Chris Hiom and Abb French, A40’s Bex Field, Sarah McKay and Mick
Asplen lost by a wider margin than they did at the beginning of the season
going down 23-10. Arnold Bennett’s rink for A40 did have the upper hand when
they led 11-4 at seven ends. Cosmos had to make a decisive move to stop the
haemorrhaging of shots. Their skipper moved from lead to skip, Les Feary
moved into the number two berth and this proved profitable as they went on to
win 16-15. Maximum points for the leaders and the loss saw A40 let the chasing
Eastenders and Holland Fen overtake them. Moving into second spot with a maximum points haul are
Eastenders. Matched against Crusaders, Andrew Limb, Ian Clark and Paul
Flatters had a comfortable 29-7 success. Bunny Reeson, Tony Powell and Simon
Reeson ground out a 14-7 winning scorecard. Holland Fen, playing a double week, took on teams in the
lower regions of the table. First up were Rustics. Mick Tomlin and Hazel
Marshall skipped their sets to 23-8 and 17-7 successes. Following this,
Foresters were the opposition. Making his first appearance of the season
Brian Grant, Andy Dawson and Mick Tomlin won with plenty to spare 26-6. But
Bazza Wilson, Adrian Field and Andrew Grant fell to the Foresters’ Beryl Parker, Lorraine Stevens and John Stevens by 17-10
— another good result for skip John Stevens. Foresters had earlier played Carlton Road and were most
unfortunate to only win one point. For the Road, Pete Clark, Phil Harris and
Alan Coupland won by two shots 15-13. Alex Tomlin, Chris Gill and Geoff
Parker tied 10-10 with Janet Whyers, Mary Hewinson (playing out of her skin)
and Keith Hewinson. Freelanders, like Carlton Road, also secured five points
in a closely fought game. Dale Elsam, Michael Emery and Andrew Wooding for
Invaders secured the lone point with a 10-10 tie with the Lander’s Stan
Lawrence. Sally Gurton, Ian Tebbs and Paul Gurton gave their opposition of
Ron Thacker, Tom Freeston and Vic Murtough a bit of a start. They did wind it
back but eventually lost 14-9. The carpet must have been getting quicker as
only 11 ends were played! Jolly Farmers had a 4-2 success against Rustics and then
had a good result against IBC. For IBC June Burman, Ruth Wright and Reg
Doughty won 12-6. Replying for the Farmers, Shirley Moor, Ken Rawlings and
Joe Moore saw off Richard Toy, Ted Bourne and Alan Bates 22-6. Swineshead surprisingly let points slip to the bottom
team Stickney. Becci Reeson, Jean Thompson and Fred Scrupps won 25-12, but
Janet Vinter, Joan Mews and Bob Thompson fell to Angela Saxton, Graham Tooley
and Ron Flower 18-9. With the reorganisation of the leagues for next season
the fight to finish in the top nine is on — there is only a comfort zone for
the top five at the moment. Boston Electrical Services Division Two Only the Gang in the top four were able to pick up
maximum points. Matched against BBC, skips Ivan Dilley and Denis Tebbs won
17-11 and 16-13. The leaders Stumpers lost again this week. Eliot Dews,
Gerry Myers and Bernard Skelton did well for the leaders with a 16-10 result.
The Stumpers’ top set went down with a bump. Margaret Bycroft, Norma Barnes
and Ken Bycroft (down 6-4 at six ends) progressed through the game in dire
circumstances and lost 16-5 to Feathers’ Maureen Hunn, Richard Sharp and
Derrick Hunn. The Butchers secured six useful points from Patriarchs
with skips Dave Gill and John Sellars winning 18-12 and 12-9. Amateurs secured for themselves a good result also
against a team in the higher regions of the table. Jonathan West, Albert
Batchelor and Eric Taylor won the lion’s share of the points with a success
of 17-6. Ray Hobart, Ken Haigh and Alan Everitt for Strollers fell short of
the required number to turn the result around. Royal Mail, in fourth spot, found Shunters in sixth in
good form. For the Mail, Margaret Gardner, Dave Gardner and Keith Thorlby
13-4 up at nine ends did not win another end but hung on for a 13-12 results.
However, the aggregate points were lost. Shunters’ Mathew Smith, Rod West and
Norman Wright won 12-8. Woodhall and Norprint’s game was very friendly, Eric
Ulyatt for Woodhall won 15-11 and Chris Avison for Norprint replied with the
same scoreline. Breakaways in second spot finished with zero points. The
Golfers played well to win on both rinks with skips Graham Scarboro and
Norman Ablard producing wins of 10-9 and 13-7. The second form bottom team picked up their fourth win
of the season with a good result against Parthians. For the latter, Mary
Cowham, Pauline Atkin and Keith Nix won a close game 12-10. Replying for the
Vikings, Janet Loughran, Jenny Holmes and Ron Holmes (7-1 up at six ends)
lost the next four ends played but picked up their game to finish with a win
of 13-7 for four points. Benton’s Glazing Division Three When Robins were matched against Terriers it should, on
paper, have been a clean sweep for the former. For the leaders, Janet Pape,
Eileen Sellars and John Riches secured four points with a win of 15-9. For
the Terriers, Eric Pereira, Fran King and Bill Earth led 13-4 at 11 ends and
might have been thinking they could nick an overall win against the leaders.
That lead evaporated and with one end to play they were trailing 13-15, but
picked up a last end count of four to clinch two points. Wrangle also saw points slip away. Matched against
Fairways, Brian Simpson, Fleur Simpson and Russ Rousell won 15-9 for the
second placed team. Replying for Fairways, Lorna Locking, Anne Vaughan and
Heather Scarboro (trailing 9-6) picked up a count of four to push them into
the lead and a final winning scoreline of 13-11. Abrasives had cause for celebration this week. Matched
against the Burtons they tied the points 3-3. The celebrations came when
Maureen Brammer, Richard Jutsam and George Bulman won against possibly the
Robins’ best set 13-11 — a good recovery as they were trailing 4-9 at seven
ends. Phillip Stubley, Peter Parker and Ray Wagstaff 10-13 down at 13 ends
finished with a win of 15-13. Fenhouses were put on the back burners this week with a
double fixture they found points hard to win. They had to rely on Norma
Davis, Ben Davis and Malc Nichols to win their only points with a 12-10
success over Punchbowlers. For the bowlers, Charlie Reeson, Bill Young and
Norman Truepenny produced a creditably 21-9 success for four points. Next up
for the Houses were Highflyers and they finished pointless. For the Flyers,
Craig Spencer, Peter Hoyles and Barrie Trigg won 18-7 and Joy Tory, Robert
Goodale and Alan Watson took their points 16-5. Earlier in the week the Flyers picked up five points
from Central. Alan Watson tied 11-11 with Fred Epton and Barrie Trigg, Eric
Lewis and Ivor Roberts won 13-11 against Dean Chapman. Another team finding wins hard to come by had a great
result this week. Shipmates did well to pick up five points from Traders. Stan
Smalley, Brian Lunn and Tony Tomblin (6-13 down at 10 ends) reduced the
arrears dramatically to finish winning 15-13. Betty Taylor, Jean Stevens and
John Balderson were 10-11 down playing the last end but tied 11-11. Traders were more successful in their game against the Crowns. Gordon Wells, Ray Robinson and Pete Coulson were 8-0 up at five ends. The Crowns reduced the arrears to 10-5 before finally losing 20-5. The margin proved enough for the extra points as the Crowns’ Brian Blackbourn, Ray Holland and Peter Emery 18-5 up at nine ends won 20-11. |
Week
ending January 20:
Miko Coffee (East Midlands) Division One The top two sides in division forfeited ground in their
respective championship challenges by allowing the chasing pack to close up
on them when they both dropped points. The Cosmos set of Royce Reynolds, Chris Hiom and Abb
French played themselves into a lead of 12-8 against Geoff Taylor, Bryan
Sharp and Stan Lawrence. But it proved not enough as the latter led by one
playing the last end. And that was enough, thanks to “What a Bowler” Lawrence
who killed the head to win 13-12. George Phillips, Colin Palmer and Keith
French for Cossies secured four points with a 17-9 success. Invaders, who had been masters in the two teams’ first
meeting, again put A40 under the cosh. Bex Field, Sarah McKay and Mick Asplen
(11-8 up at eight ends) powered away to win 25-8. Gill Grant, Maggie Kisby
and Sheila King were running on diesel and spluttered to a 19-9 defeat at the
hands of Scott Whyers, Sandra Tebbs and Ian Tebbs. Four points went to the
second team. But for most of the game it looked like it was only going to be
two. Eastenders this week did manage to win all the points.
Watching the game against Swineshead at the half-way stage, it was close with
rink leaders of 6-4 and 6-5. The Enders then imposed themselves and Matt
Whyers, Ian Clark and Paul Flatters won 24-5 and Andrew Limb, Bunny Reeson
and Simon Reeson succeeded 22-5. Kirton Town must be wondering when they are going to
record a win. It is now some weeks since they came out on top in a game.
Matched against Holland Fen they finished with zero points. For the Fenmen
Andrew Grant, Adrian Field and Keith Tointon had a comfortable success 23-4.
Andy Dawson, Adrian Field and Keith Tointon had a comfortable success 23-4.
Andy Dawson, Fred Kirk and Mick Tomlin matched against the Town’s top set
just had the edge with a winning scorecard of 15-9. Carlton Road are looking comfortable in fifth position.
Matched against IBC, Pete Clark, John Benton and Alan Coupland were 8-0 up at
three ends, 9-4 at seven ends and ran away with the game 21-6. Alex Tomlin,
Chris Gill and Geoff Parker (8-3 down at eight ends) won 15-11 to secure six
points. Crusaders gave themselves a boost with a maximum points haul against
the bottom team Stickney. Gordon Harris, Alan Hill and Denis Clark won 16-10
and Carol Cliffe, Margaret Chester and Chris Clarke had a 19-6 result. Boston Electrical Services Division Two Here, the leaders suffered their third defeat of the season.
Up against Norprint the Stumpers could only pick up one point. For the
Printers Pam Vinter, Alan Townsend and Tony Hall built up a 7-0 lead at four
ends. At nine ends the lead had nearly evaporated when it read 9-8. At 12
ends it was even closer at 11-11. But they finished with two pairs to win
15-11.Meanwhile Barbara Kenny, Malc Cook and Ralph Pick (7-4 at seven ends)
were 9-10 down at 13 ends but picked up a last end count of one to tie 10-10
against the Stumpers’ most successful set of Margaret Bycroft, Norma Barnes
and Ken Bycroft. Royal Mail and Strollers were engaged in a high-scoring
game that finally saw the points shared three apiece. For the Mail Joan
Sharp, Barry Harrington and Keith Sharp won 28-7 scoring as many shots in the
last four ends as they did in the first 12. Replying for Strollers, Dave
France, Mick Hippisley and Keith Swain won by a margin of 27-6. Woodhall did not get much joy from their game against
the Feathers. Doreen Sharp, Alan Eastgate and Eric Ulyatt were overcome by a
late surge from the bowls of Maureen Hunn, Richard Sharp and Derek Hunn who
picked up seven shots without reply to win 16-14. Beryl Brewster, Tony Dawson
and Sheila Dawson gave their opposition just two scoring ends as they ran
away to win 30-3. Vikings’ Janet Loughran, Jenny Holmes and Ron Holmes
forced a tie in their game against the Golfers. Bill smith, Mick Nundy and
Graham Scarboro — thanks to a last end count of four — returned a card of
14-14. The Golfers’ set of David Locking, Ron Hulley and Norman Ablard won
well 19-11 to claim the other four points. Parthians should have won four points against the
Breakaways but they only finished with one. Mary Cowham, Pauline Atkin and
Keith Nix lost a close game 12-11 to Eileen Brown, Ivor Brown and Mark Brown.
Pete Bedford, Malc Rogers and Derek Henderson (17-7 up) dropped 10 shots and
the game finished tied 17-17 against the Breakaways’ Keith Bailey, Sue
Bridges and Alan Saxton. It was a good comeback for the Breakaways but head
scratching time for the Parthians. The Butchers did not have the staying power against the
Gang. Eileen May, Geoff Dawson and John Sellars (8-8 at nine ends) fell away
to lose 18-8 to the Gang’s David Tebbs, Yvonne Busby and Denis Tebbs. Tina
Reeson, Roy Bennett and Dave Gill (11-8 ahead) lost 12-11 to Rita Epton, Pete
Vines and John Allen. As expected Patriarchs had too much in the locker for
BBC. Skips Shamus Rooney and Ray Woods had wins of 16-13 and 20-6. Shunters
picked up six useful points from their game against Amateurs. Nancy Mason,
Rod West and Norman Wright won a very tight game 12-10 and Jack Taylor, Abb
Houlden and Alan Mason 11-1 ahead at six ends cruised home 18-8. Benton’s Glazing Division Three Wrangle had mixed fortunes when they finished with six
points from a possible 12.First up were the hard to beat Fenhouses team. And
that proved the case. For the Houses, Vera Monger, Barry Thompson and Vic
Chester were always in control and won 14-10 against Russ Rousell. Norma
Davis, Ben Davis and Malc Nichols (6-7 down at six ends) picked up 10 shots
without reply in the mid-section of the game and it proved enough as they
held the advantage to win 16-11 against Tony Drury. For their second game they fielded the same six players
and it proved successful. Jill Rousell, Brian Barwick and Tony Drury won
19-16 against Abrasives’ Ray Wagstaff and partners. And Brian Simpson, Fleur
Simpson and Russ Rousell were successful 25-13 against Charles Russell and
his colleagues. It was back to the drawing board again for Central as
they finished pointless against Highflyers. For the Flyers, Barry Trigg and
Alan Watson both won with a bit to spare — 18-10 and 21-6. Abrasives did not have a good week, playing twice and
finishing pointless on both occasions. Matched against the Punchbowlers for
their second game, skips Richard Bell and Barry Julian for the Bowlers
finished with rink successes of 25-8 and 17-13. No doubt the Abrasives
captain will have them in for Saturday morning practice to find out what’s
going wrong. Fairways were in top form on the green this week. Matched
against the Crowns, Mavis Ablard, Catherine Isaac and Carol Nundy played to
their best ability and produced a winning scorecard of 20-9. Lorna Locking,
Anne Vaughan and Barbara Slade also had a creditable result succeeding 19-9. Fenhouses, having seen off the challenge of promotion
candidates, Wrangle picked up a further four points from the Burtons, Linda
Garner, Frank Smith and Alan Butler won 24-7 which covered the reply from the
Burtons’ Olive Fenner, Jim Fenner and Chris Hill of 17-8. Are the Robins taking the foot off the accelerator?
Bottom team Shipmates prised two good points from them when Betty Taylor,
Jean Stevens and John Balderson won 17-10. Could they have won the aggregate
if they had not run out of time? Replying for the leaders, Brenda Hanson,
Eileen Sellars and John Riches posted a successful scorecard of 21-12. Denny Plate The next match versus Angel Tonbridge is on January 28 at
the Riverain Herts. Anyone interested in travelling to support the team
should list names at the club. Yetton Trophy The team continued their successful run. Matched against
Erewash, Boston had three winning rinks and one rink going down on the Erewash
green. Overall score was 97-76 much better than last year’s result when the
margin was only seven shots. Next opposition are Wellingborough on Thursday
February 2. |
Week
ending January 13:
Miko Coffee (East Midlands) Division One The leaders Cosmos might have been worried about their
opposition Jolly Farmers who have been known to upset some of the top teams.
But the Cossies were in imperious form, skips Keith French and Les Feary
winning 19-6 and 24-11. A40 also had a tough fixture against Kirton Town, Bex
Field, Sarah McKay and Mick Asplen were matched against the Town’s top trio
Jeff Homewood, Jill Smith and Dorothy Hawkesworth. They played themselves
into the comfort zone when they led 11-4 at 10 ends. The Kirton trio fought
back to win four of the following five ends played to close the gap to 13-9.
A40’s captain Arnold Bennett skipped his rink to a decisive 21-6 success. Third placed Eastenders let two points slip to
Foresters. Matt Whyers, Ian Clark and Paul Flatters seemed in trouble when they
trailed 6-8 to John Whyers, Mary Hewinson and Keith Hewinson but they then
pushed up the tempo and finished winning six of the following seven ends to
win 19-9. The Foresters were happy to have John Stevens in accurate form with
his running woods as two down playing the last end and two down at the head
he created form with his running woods as two down playing the last end and
two down at the head he created four shots to win 14-12. Holland Fen let a point drift away when six looked
safely in the bag. Matched against Invaders Andrew Grant, Adrian Field and
Hazel Marshall 11-3 up against Sandra Tebbs, Scott Whyers and Ian Tebbs saw
the latter wind the difference down and they forced a tie 13-13.Meanwhile the
combination of Andy Dawson, Keith Tointon and Mick Tomlin won the other four
points with a comprehensive success of 20-5. With points being crucial Crusaders turned the formbook
upside down when they defeated Carlton Road. The Road looked a little ‘rusty’
as Alex Tomlin, Chris Gill and Roly Hall made hard work winning their points
15-9 against Chris Clark. Crusaders’
set of Jenny Hill, Gordon Harris and an in-form Alan Hill secured the
aggregate points with a 19-12 success. IBC look like they might be back to some consistency as they
saw off the challenge of Stickney. June Burman, Denis Ellis and Reg Doughty
winning 13-7. Alan Bates, Ted Bourne and Richard White with an 18-6 win. Rustics popped up with another good result as they tied
their game with Freelanders. The captain sat himself out and he watched his
team put in a good performance. Audrey Sivill, John Craft and John Sivill
dropped a last end count of one to lose 12-11 against Stan (wot a bowler)
Lawrence (what a recovery they made down 11-2). Don Ebbage, Ron Reed and Jim Gott
14-10 up dropped a count on the last end to hang on to win 14-13. A game that
could have been 4-2 to the Rustics finished 3-3. Boston Electrical Services Division Two The games this week saw teams in the higher echelons of
the league matched against each other. Playing on the first session was third placed the Gang
up against second in the league Breakaways. The result went to the higher
team with wins on both rinks. Keith Bailey, John Marshall and Alan Saxton
(playing superbly) won 13-9 and Carol Dowse, Gloria French and Mark Brown
10-6 up at eight ends did a demolition job to win 24-6. At the same time Royal Mail in fourth played Woodhall in
fifth. With just two points separating them the Mail delivered in style with
Margaret Gardner, Dave Gardner and Keith Thorlby coming from behind to
succeed 14-11. Joan Sharp, Barry Harrington and Keith Sharp allowed their
opponents just three scoring ends to win 30-5. Strollers came back from their defeat last week to pick
up all the points from Feathers. Skips Keith Swain and Bob Bexon winning 26-5
and 12-9. Norprint are doing well against teams above them in the
table. Last week Strollers fell. This week it was Shunters. For the Printers,
Pam Vinter, Margaret Broughton and Chris Avison won 13-7, which was enough to
snatch the aggregate points. For Shunters Nancy Mason, Abb Houlden and Alan
Mason falling just short of what was required with a win of 15-11. Parthians
and Butchers were also evenly matched. The Butchers won overall by three
shots. Eileen May, George Eastgate and John Sellars had a 15-9 success.
Replying for Parthians, Diane Bedford, Peter Bedford and Mick Atkin won
17-14. In the lower regions of the league Patriarchs just had
the edge over Vikings. For Patriarchs, Shamus Rooney, Stella Baxter and Colin
Baxter won 17-9. Replying for Vikings Barbara Moor, Ray Moore and Geoff
Barnes trailing 5-9 recovered to win 14-9. The Golfers, four from bottom, played BBC rock bottom
and it was the higher team who won all the points. Jerry Gill, David Smith
and Graham Scarboro were finding it hard going against Mu Watson trailing 6-7
they put in a winning run of ends to lead 14-7 and went on to win 17-10.
Meanwhile David Locking, Ron Hulley and Peter Dyer excelled winning 27-5
against Sid Cropley, Margaret Kirk and Derek Richmond who could not hold off
the good display from their opponents. The Amateurs’ captain will surely be disappointed not to
ease a point or two away from the leaders. In the early stages they were
matching Stumpers, but then the leaders went away from them and skips Ken
Bycroft and Bernard Skelton won 18-5 and 15-6. League statistics says it all
and the engraver could already have their name on the trophy. Benton’s Glazing Division Three Next to bottom Terriers were the pick of the teams this
week. Matched against highly placed Fenhouses they assumed to have no
problems lifting all the points. Alf Twiddy, Glenda Middleton and Ken
Thompson put their noses in front on the seventh end and maintained their
advantage to win 14-9. Fran King, R Peter King and Chas Newham established a
rather large lead by end nine and comfortably won 15-4. The Crowns, just two points ahead of Highflyers, could
only nick one point and the Flyers lifted themselves ahead in the table.
Craig Spencer, Peter Hoyles and Barry Trigg — leading 10-5 — could not
maintain the advantage that the Crowns skip Peter Emery forced a tied 12-12.
Bas Atkin, Eric Lewis and Ivor Roberts finished with a flourish to secure the
rest of the points for the Flyers. The Abrasives versus Shipmates game was friendly as they
finished tied three points apiece. Philip Stubley, Peter Parker and Ray
Wagstaff won 11-8. Replying for Shipmates, Stan Smalley, R Chapman and Tony
Tomblin came back well to win 17-14. The Traders produced a good result this week then they
overcame the Burtons, five places above them in the table. For the Burtons,
Mary Middlebrook, Chris Hill and Mick Greet won by a margin which should have
lifted the aggregate points. But that was not the case as Traders’ Gordon
Neal, Ray Robinson and Sid Coulton won by one more shot 21-7. You simply cannot predict the Central’s results this
season compared with last, as they are totally inconsistent. Matched against
Fairways, the league positions suggested they should win the lion’s share of
the points. And for once they did just that — and a little more. Fred Epton,
Marion Epton and Peter Boxall won 13-9 and Iris Facey, Tracey Bembridge and
Dean Chapman were never behind to win 16-10. The Robins’ game against Punchbowlers was evenly matched
and at 11 ends the leaders the Robins had a slight advantage of two shots.
The Bowlers’ set of Les Kelly, Stuart Van Beirendonck and Norman Truepenny
(taking to the indoor game like a duck to water) 8-8 at 12 ends went on to win
11-8. Replying for the leaders Janet Pape, Eileen Sellars and John Riches
finished two, two and three to lift four points. Second placed Wrangle then took on the leaders and the
week finished on a high for the Robins chirpily lifting a further six points.
Janet Pape, Eileen Sellars and John Riches 8-11 down at 13 ends picked up a
3-2 to win 13-11 this game was of the highest standard a match for the
Division One outfits to watch. Brenda Hanson, Alan Davey and Brian Stanhope
were in impressive form to win 17-5. Wrangle’s star man remembered on the
last end that it’s bowls nearest the jack that count! Robins’ name going on
the trophy is almost a certainty. Denny Plate The men’s team playing against South Shields won with
plenty to spare even though a rink went down heavily on the South Shields
green. The South Shields team were probably unfortunate they could not field
their best team due to a clash of fixtures. Next up for the Boston team on
January 28 (neutral green) are the Angel (Tonbridge) team. Egham Trophy Boston’s run in the competition came to an abrupt halt.
The away rinks did well. Simon Reeson skipping for Iris Reeson, Tina Reeson
and Tony Powell came back well. Playing in the Lincoln rink against them was
Dean Tute most consider the best young prospect in the county. Lincoln did
the damage on the Boston green. Boston played their best two skips at home
Mick Tomlin and Les Feary and they were unable to produce against the Lincoln
skips. They might not be the ‘big names’ in the County ‘bowls world’ but you have to perform against them else you fall by
the wayside. Yetton Trophy Next match date is Thursday January 19 versus Erewash,
starting at 12.30pm. |
Week
ending January 6:
Miko
Coffee (East Midlands) Division One
With just one
game scheduled, Kirton Town might have wished the fixture secretary had not
put them up to play second from bottom Foresters.
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