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Week
ending March 31:
Miko Coffee
(East Midlands) Division One
Newly-crowned
champions Cosmos closed their campaign in a fixture against Holland Fen,
a side trailing some 17 points behind in third spot - but the newly crowned
champions were certainly tested to the full. Royce Reynolds, Colin
Boston Electrical Services
Division Two
The
champions, Stumpers, negotiated a decent result against the Gang. Eliot Dews,
Gerry Myers and Denis Robins secured four points with a win of 22-8. The
Gang's set of Rita Epton, Pete Vines and John Allen defeated the leaders’
most successful rink of Margaret Bycroft, Norma Barnes and Ken Bycroft 21-10.
It must have been a pleasing result, as the scorecard was taken home for lots
of studying!
Benton’s Glazing Division Three
The
Robins have almost placed their hands on the title trophy now with a maximum
points haul against the Traders. They now need just one more point to be
absolutely safe. Janet Pipe, Eileen Sellars and John Riches won a difficult
game against Traders’ Margaret Harris, Pete Coulson and Sid Coultan by a
14-11 margin. Brenda Hanson, Alan Davey and Brian Stanhope enjoyed a 16-11
triumph.
Punchbowlers,
in third spot, were matched against Central. Richard Bell, Bill Young and
Barry Julian gleaned the aggregate points with a 20-10. The Central
team's set of Iris Facey, Tracey Bembridge and Dean Chapman overcame the Bowlers'
Jean Young, Norman Truepenny and Peter Cannon 13-9 for two points.
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Week
ending March 24:
Miko Coffee
(East Midlands) Division One
Cosmos are the newly-crowned champions of the
Boston Indoor bowls League’s top section. They last won the league in the
2001-02 season. Since then they have finished third and fourth (twice), last
year's finish being hugely disappointing with nine losses overall. But this
year they have been the most consistent team in the division with only two
defeats and are simply the best. Matched against Swineshead for their
penultimate game Colin Palmer, Keith French and Les Feary won 25-7 and Royce
Reynolds, Chris Hiom and Abb French finished strongly to win 21-8. The
Cossies' last game against Holland Fen has a little but at stake as the
Fenmen are trying to finish in second spot. But Eastenders have a three-point
advantage and they look favourites to secure the second position.
Invaders lifted themselves up another position in
the league with a good result against Crusaders. Sally Gurton, Sandra Tebbs
and Ian Tebbs won 11-6. Michael Emery, Scott Whyers and Paul Gurton with a
good 21-14. The Jolly Farmers surprisingly lost to bottom
team Stickney who were playing at their best. Skips Ron Flower and Brian
Hooker had wins of 14-7 and 15-6. Kirton Town also fell to a team below them in the
league. IBC's Reg Doughty snatched the aggregate points by one shot. The Freelanders versus Carlton Road game saw the
rink points shared, the aggregate points being won for the Road from the
bowls of Pete Clarke, John Benton and Alan Coupland with a win of 17-10.
Replying for the Landers, Vic Murtough secured two points with a success of
14-9. Rustics and Foresters (third and second from the bottom) saw the points
going to the lower team. Foresters' Janet Whyers, May Hewinson and Keith
Hewinson had a win of 18-10 which saw the aggregate points safely in the bag. Boston
Electrical Services Division Two
The leaders Stumpers needed two points for the
title. And this they duly gained to take the championship when matched
against second placed Breakaways, they were given a tough game. For the
Breakaways Keith Bailey, Jo Dowse and Alan Saxton (playing superbly) put in a
winning scorecard of 21-8. The Stumpers relied on their consistent set to
pick up the required two points when Margaret Bycroft, Norma Barnes and Ken
Bycroft won 16-12. Royal Mail tied with Breakaways in second, gave
them a two-point cushion going into the last game of the season when they
picked up all six points from Patriarchs. The Mail are definitely the form team
of the league, having won 47 points from a possible 48 in their last eight
matches. Skips Barry Barton and Keith Sharp were in commanding form with wins
of 23-4 and 23-3. A mid-table contest between Butchers and Shunters
saw the latter claim four of the six points at stake. For the Butchers,
Eileen May, George Eastgate and John Sellars won 18-12. Replying with a wider
margin for the Shunters Mathew Smith, Rod West and Norman Wright won 23-10. The Golfers played well above their league
position with a comfortable win against Feathers. Jerry Gill, Mick Nundy and
Graham Scarboro were 7-0 down and 13-8 down but closed out the closing ends
to win 15-13. David Locking, Ron Hulley and Peter Dyer were under no pressure
with a win of 22-13. Woodhall, as expected, overcame Vikings with
skips George Salmon and Eric Ulyatt lifting the points 11-7 and 32-5. Parthians were pleased to beat Norprint. With the
rink points shared Mary Cowham, Malc Rogers and Derek Henderson won the extra
points with a success of 16-9. BBC were unfortunate to lose the aggregate
points to high riding Strollers y just one shot. Mike Campion, Jack Howes and
Mu Watson 11-5 up at 11 ends dropped three consecutive counts of two and were
grateful to pick up a last end count of one to win 12-11. Derek Richmond,
Rene Howes and Margaret Kirk recovered from 7-1 down to level the game at 12
ends 8-8 and they just lost the game 11-9 against the Strollers Dave France,
Mick Hippisley and Keith Swain.
Champions-elect, the Robins, matched against the
Crowns saw four more points put on the league table. Janet Pape, Eileen
Sellars and John Riches (707 at seven ends) stormed away to win 21-7. Neil
Lockwood, Terry Hall and Arnold Pape trailed their feet and were always
playing catch-up, losing the points 16-10 to the Crowns' George Rennison, Lee
Mulholland and Graham Mulholland. Highflyers saw off the challenge of the Burtons
and look like they will finish in second spot. Skips Ivor Roberts and Barrie
Trigg won 12-9 and 16-10. They followed this maximum points haul with another
against Shipmates. Here Peter Hoyles, Bas Atkin and Barrie Trigg had a win of
24-5 and Joy Troy, Eric Lewis and Alan Watson had a success of 15-11, thanks
to a last end count of four. Abrasives and Fenhouses, lying in sixth and
seventh in the table, saw the rink points shared with the Houses claiming the
extra points. For Abrasives Philip Stubley, Ray Wagstaffe and Charles Russell
(12-4 down) recovered superbly to claim a win of 16-13. The Houses' set of
Norma Davis, Ben Davis and Malc Nichols - leading by a wide margin at the
half-way stage - ensured the aggregate points went in their favour. Shipmates, having lost all the points to the
Flyers, also finished pointless against the Crowns. For the Crowns, skips
Peter Boxall and Fred Epton won 21-7 and 15-13, another good recovery as the
captain was 11-3 down and did not put his nose in front until the last end
was finished. Wrangle made hard work of beating the Fairways.
Brian Simpson, Fluer Simpson and Russ Rousell (trailing 11-9 with three ends
left to play) finished by winning 17-11. Margaret Purkiss, Phil Purkiss and
Tony Drury (9-8 up playing the last end and three down at the head), saw a
cracking last bowl from the skip (he knows when to play them) to a one up
advantage and a win of 10-8. Traders had too much ammunition for the Terriers
when they secured five of the six points at stake. Chas Newham and Sid
Coultan tied 10-10. Gordon Wells, Maurice Harden and Pete Coulson for Traders
won 25-16. Punchbowlers, in third spot, finished by sharing
the points with the Burtons. For the Bowlers, Les Kelly, Norman Truepenny and
Barry Julian won 13-8. Replying for the Burtons, Olive and Jim Fenner with
Chris Hill succeeded 11-6. |
Week
ending March 17:
Miko Coffee (East Midlands)
Division One
The
head-to-head game between Cosmos and nearest rivals Eastenders, as expected, was
a close run thing. The Enders, with the pressure of needing to claim all six
points, did not get over the line. And their chance of the title has
been blown away over the last four games. Here, Matt Whyers, Tony Powell and
Simon Reeson looked favourites (on paper) to secure the points against
Cossies' Royce Reynolds, Colin Palmer and Keith French. But the latter
had no problems. They were 9-2 up at seven ends and finished up by winning
16-7. Andrew Limb, Ian Clark and Paul Flatters, for the Enders, did their
stuff. They led 11-1 at eight ends before finishing up 14-8 winners. But that
was still only good enough for two points. The Cossies’ captain's concern of
not having his leading player - Chris Hiom (away watching West Ham in London)
- available proved unfounded.
Boston Electrical Services
Division Two
Stumpers
have nearly clinched the title. Second from bottom Vikings held them up
slightly as Ray Loughran, Ray Blackmore and Geoff Barnes secured two points
when they won the last two ends against Bernard Skelton's trio for a 12-11
win. Stumpers' four points came from Gerry Myers, Denis Robins and ken
Bycroft with a win of 24-9.
Benton’s Glazing Division Three
The
Robins are rapidly closing in on championship glory. After a season of
domination, the high-flyers now find thesmelves 14 points clear of the
chasing pack.And with just four matches remaining, it's hard to see any
opposing side making up the difference. As such, the Robins look nailed on
for title success. In their latest match, they picked up their 25th win of
the season when lined up against Central. Skips Brian Stanhope and Arnold
Pape led their trios to respective successes of 15-9 and 16-8.
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Week
ending March 10:
Miko Coffee (East Midlands) Division One Eastenders faced a double fixture against A40 and
Invaders. But they failed to muster as many returns as they probably expected
— a factor in them arguably making life much tougher for themselves in the
title race. Needing at least 10 points from a possible 12 they finished by
winning only seven. The game against A40 seemed in the bag. Skip Paul
Flatters won his two points 11-10 against Arnold Bennett. But Simon Reeson
contested a roller-coaster game against Mick Asplen. He led 18-13 with two
ends remaining but let it slip and A40 secured a win of 19-18 and a tie for
the points. Against Invaders, the Enders were forced into a crucial team
change. Paul Flatters again won, but the Invaders set of Michael Emery, Dale
Elsam and Paul Gurton were never behind against Matt Whyers, Bunny Reeson and
Simon Reeson and secured two useful points with a win of 14-8. The crunch game is next week for the Enders when they
are head to head with the leaders Cosmos. And nothing but six points will be
good enough if they are going to lift the trophy. Both then have a tough
encounter with Holland Fen coming up who are in third spot. The Invaders, earlier in the week, had a good result
when they defeated IBC on both rinks. Michael Emery, Dale Elsam and Paul
Gurton won 20-8 and Sandra Tebbs, Sally Gurton and Ian Tebbs were successful
12-10. Two more teams in the lower regions produced good
results. Rustics’ Don Ebbage, Ron Reed and John Craft won 19-5 and Ray
Reeson, Henry Dowse and Keith Stones recovered from a 10-5 deficit to secure
a 13-10 result to see Swineshead finish pointless. Crusaders matched against Kirton Town saw four points
going to the former. For the Town, Ann Thomas, Sheila Tracey and Tony Kemp
trailed 10-7 but then scored on all the remaining ends for a convincing 21-10
scoreline. But the Town’s prolific points winners and top rink of Geoff
Homewood, Jill Smith and Dorothy Hawkesworth were not at the races and Gordon
Harris, John Swain and Denis Clare (14-1 up at nine ends) finished winning
19-4. The leaders, on paper, had a comfortable-looking fixture
against Foresters. But at nine ends played Cosmos were making hard work of
it. The Foresters’ skips John Stevens was tying 7-7 with Les Feary and Keith
Hewinson was 7-6 down against Abb French. The latter went on to win 15-9. But
Les, feeling under the weather, had to change positions to produce his win.
Keith French took on the skip’s role to succeed 15-11. Freelanders overcame
Stickney with wins of 12-10 and 23-11 for skips Stan Lawrence and Jeff
Nicholson. Boston Electrical Services Division Two With three games remaining, Stumpers were given a boost
this week when their nearest rivals Breakaways failed to pick up any points.
Breakaways, matched against Royal Mail in third spot, were comprehensively
beaten. The Mail’s Keith Sharp and Barry Barton won 17-9 and 22-7. Stumpers had a pretty easy game on paper. And so it
proved as Parthians in the lower regions fell 18-10 and 12-10 to skips
Bernard Skelton and Ken Bycroft. Fourth placed Gang looked like they were losing all six
points to Shunters. For the Shunters, Mathew Smith, Rod West and Norman
Wright won with plenty to spare 17-5. The Gang’s set of Rita Epton, Pete
Vines and John Allen (trailing 11-7) finished with five counts of one to
secure a 12-11 success for two points. Patriarchs came up with the good this week —
surprisingly against Strollers. Chris Bristow, Alan Woods and Alan Bristow
trailed in the early stages but recovered well to win 21-8. Marie Woods,
Shamus Rooney and Ray Woods had a fairly comfortable 16-5 success for all six
points. Golfers and Woodhall shared the rink points but the
aggregate went to the underdogs team (the Golfers) by just one shot. For
Woodhall, skip Eric Ulyatt, helped by Doreen Sharp and Alan Eastgate won
16-12. Replying for the Golfers Jerry Gill, David Smith and Norman Ablard
nearly let it slip when they dropped a penultimate count of five, but
snatched the aggregate on the last end to win 21-16. With just one point separating them in the league table
the Feathers widened the margin when they picked up five points from the
Butchers. Beryl Brewster, Dick Masters and Keith Posey tied 13-13 with John
Sellars. Maureen Hunn, Richard Sharp and Derek Hunn were in overdrive as from
5-0 down, they won 19-6 against the Printers’ Pam Vinter, Ralph Pick and Tony
Hall with a success of 17-13. The Printers’ winning rink of Barbara Kenny,
Margaret Broughton and Chris Avison had a good second half of the game to
secure four points with a 24-7 success. Vikings had no answer to the bowls of Amateurs Brenda
Wheway, Sam Leafe and Eric Taylor with a win of 21-8 while Jonathan West,
Albert Bachelor and Phil Sharp, after a ropy start, recovered to win 18-10. Benton’s Glazing Division Three Highflyers made their quest for the title a little
harder when they let four points drift away to mid-table Traders. Winning
well for the Flyers, Joy Troy, Robert Goodale and Alan Watson produced a
scorecard of 21-7. For the Traders, Gordon Wells, Ray Robinson and Norman
Stanley were in commanding form and won the extra points with a 23-4 success. Meanwhile the leaders, Robins, have topped the table
since late September but did not take advantage of the Flyers’ loss as the
fell to the Fairways. The Robins top rink of Janet Pape, Eileen Sellars and
John Riches — who have been pretty consistent all season were under the cosh
from the off as Mavis Ablard, Barbara Slade and Carol Nundy (13-2 ahead at
five ends) finished with a winning scoreline of 19-14. The margin was enough
for the aggregate points as skip Brian Stanhope for the Robins could only managed
a 12-9 success against Heather Scarboro. The Fairways had earlier gone down to Shipmates with
John Burton, Brian Lund and Brian Hunn taking the aggregate with a win of
19-7. The Crowns, playing a double fixture, picked up all the
points. Matched against Abrasives the scorelines were 23-3 and 23-8 for skips
Peter Emery and Peter Copeland. Against an under-strength Fenhouses, the
points again went in favour of the Crowns. Earlier, the Houses had tied their
game with the Central. For Central skip Peter Boxall won 13-6. Replying for
the Houses, Norma Davis, Ben Davis and Malc Nichols succeeded 14-7. Central had earlier fallen to the Terriers. For Central,
skip Fred Epton won 17-15. Replying for Terriers, Alf Twiddy, Glenda
Middleton and Ken Thompson (9-5 down at eight ends) “bared their teeth” and
recovered to win 18-9. Wrangle’s captain knows how to pick her team as they
moved up a spot in the table when they overcame the Burtons. Pete Dodes, for the
Burtons, won 15-12. Replying for the Wrangle team, Jill Rousell, Tony Drury
and Maurice Young secured four points with a win of 19-13. Shipmates could not keep up their good work of earlier
in the week and fell on both rinks to highflying Punchbowlers. for the
Bowlers, Maggie and Stuart Van Beirendonk with Jeff Skelton won 17-6. Les
Kelly, Norman Truepenny and Peter Cannon (12-0 up at eight ends) went on to
win 17-11. National Championships, Nottingham The quartet of Sarah McKay, Di Wilson, Dorothy Hawkesworth
and Jean Cammack safely negotiated two of the national fours competition
rounds before falling in the semi-final. The over-50s triples of Janet
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Week
ending March 3:
National Championships At Nottingham: National titles are far from simple competitions
to win. But at Nottingham the Boston Indoor Bowls Club had plenty to
celebrate when the first of their competitors at the National Championships —
Janet Vinter and Gill Grant — hit a rich vein of form and lifted the National
Unbadged Pairs Trophy. At the same venue, Bex Field did really well but
fell in the semi-finals of the Champion of Champions singles. Bex Field and
Sarah McKay won their first game in the pairs but fell at the quarter-final
stage. At Northampton: Sarah McKay and Martin Tomlin came up against a
skip who had all the shots in the bag and fell at the first hurdle. Miko Coffee (East Midlands) Division One Cosmos, at the head of affairs, saw off the challenge of IBC with wins
of 15-10 and 30-8. The leaders then picked up all the points as expected from
the bottom team Stickney.
The Crusaders captain did not have his full set
of players to chose his team from but still produced a maximum points haul.
John Swain, making a rare appearance, and Bill Barton (off the floaters’
list) helped skips Alan Hill and Denis Clare to capture the points 19-7 and
17-7 and Rustics were comprehensively beaten.
Boston Electrical Services Division Two Top of the league Stumpers and second placed
Breakaways both picked up six points and fourth placed Royal Mail picked up
five. Golfers, Amateurs and Vikings were the losing side.
Benton’s Glazing Division Three Top-of-the-table Robins saw their set of Neil
Lockwood, Terry Hall and Arnold Pape have a tough week. Matched against
traders' Gordon Neal, Cyn Baker and Sid Coultan they fell 19-9. And against
Highfliers' set of Bas Atkins, Eric Lewis and Ivor Roberts they went down
13-9. The Robins, though, picked up four points from a possible 12 from the
bowls of Brenda Hanson, Alan Davey and Brian Stanhope who won 20-8. Janet
Pape, Eileen Sellars and John Riches (the Robins’ reliable set) also went
down as Highflyers claimed all the points. Peter Hoyles, Craig Spencer and
Barrie Trigg won 16-11.
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