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SEPTEMBER 2005 WEEKLY REPORTS |
Week
ending September 30:
Miko Coffee (East Midlands) Division One League leaders Cosmos negotiated a demanding Boston
Indoor Bowls League encounter against Freelanders to collect all the points.
Barry Freeston, Abb French and Les Feary (13-12 at 12 ends), finished by
picking up three more shots without reply to win 16-12 against the Landers’
Derek Whelbourn. Royce Reynolds, Colin Palmer and Keith French (7-7 at
eight ends) against Geoff Nicholson, won the next three ends to give
themselves a cushion of six shots to ride out the game 13-11. A40 lost their unbeaten record, going down to Invaders
who came through with flying colours. Invaders’ Sandra Tebbs, Paul Gurton and
Ian Tebbs completely out-bowled Gill Grant, Sarah McKay and Maggie Kisby,
with a scoreline of 18-8. Invaders’ other set of Sally Gurton, Andrew Wooding
and James Gurton did their bit by holding their scoreline to a deficit of
two. A setback for A40, but four goods points for the Invaders and a push up
the table. Carlton Road were unfortunate in only having three
players available in their game against IBC. Chris Gill, John Benton and Alan
Coupland secured two points with a convincing win against IBC’s top rink but
had to concede the rest of the points to IBC. Playing a double week, A40 were then next up for the
Road and in a very tight game A40 just had the advantage and claimed the
aggregate points. Gill Grant, Di Wilson and Jean Cammack won 19-12. Bex
Field, Sarah McKay and Mick Asplen went down to the Road’s John Benton, Geoff
Parker and Alan Coupland 17-12. Rink six was not a happy hunting ground for Holland
Fen’s Bazza Wilson, Andy Dawson and Martin Tomlin when matched against Kirton
Town. For the Town, Jill Smith, Sheila Tracey and skip Tony Kemp won 17-11
(four wins out of five for Tony!). Replying for the Fenmen Mick Tomlin had no
problems picking up four points with a win of 26-4. Eastenders maintained their unbeaten record when playing
Swineshead who were also unbeaten. Eastenders took the aggregate points when
Andrew Limb, Ian Clark and Simon Reeson won 15-6. Replying for Swineshead
Jean Thompson, Joan Mews and Bob Thompson won 17-9, which was two short of
turning the game in their favour. Which team will stop the Enders winning
run? Stickney are doing extremely well on their return to the
top division. Matched against Crusaders the aggregate points were in doubt
until the last few ends played. But they then went in Stickney's favour.
Angela Saxton, Pete Sharman and Ron Flowers won 23-7. Replying for the
Crusaders Gordon Harris, Margaret Chester and Chris Clark won 16-10. Rustics must have been hoping for the bell to ring at
end 12 when they had their first win in the bag. But four ends later, time
was up and the Jolly Farmers had picked up nine shots without reply to snatch
a win. For Rustics Ray Reeson, John Sivill and Keith Stones (14-7 up) dropped
counts of three and two to hang on to win 14-12. Don Ebbage, Ron Reed and Jim
Gott were level 9-9 and dropped counts of two and two to lose 13-9 to the
Farmers’ Shirley Moore, Ken Rawlings and Joe Moore. Boston Electrical Services Division Two In Boston Electrical Service Division Two, the
top-of-the-table clash between unbeaten Butchers against unbeaten Gang saw
the former winning by five points to the Gang’s one. Geoff Dawson, George
Eastgate and John Sellars won with a bit in hand 17-8. Tina Reeson, Ron
Bagshaw and Keith Woods were held 14-14 by the Gang’s David Tebbs, Yvonne
Busby and Denis Tebbs. And Butchers remain with a zero still in the lost
column. The Gang, having lost their first game, were closely
followed by Strollers with one point dropped so far. They found life pretty
tough on the bowls green this week. Playing the late session on Monday
evening and back for the early session on Tuesday evening, they finished
pointless. First up were Parthians and the scorecards read 13-10 and 15-9 to
Parthians Derek Henderson and Mick Atkin. Royal Mail then claimed the points
on Tuesday evening with Keith Thorlby winning 17-9 and Keith Sharp earning
success with a close 11-9. Parthians, having claimed six points from Strollers were
not so fortunate when matched against Breakaways. Eileen Brown, Ivor Brown
and Ted Benton had a comprehensive 22-10 success and Alan Saxton, John
Marshall and Mark Brown won 14-8. Amateurs and Shunters shared the rink points with
Amateurs picking up the aggregate with a fine win from Jonathan West, Albert
Bachelor and Phil Sharp of 18-12. Shunters replied with a 13-11 from Bob
Walters, Rod West and Norman Wright. Woodhall’s top skip looks like he may have found his
touch. Eric Ulyatt, along with Doreen Sharp and Alan Eastgate had a
comfortable evening, winning 22-7. But it was not all gloom for the Feathers
as Beryl Brewster, Tony Dawson and Sheila Dawson picked up two points for
their team with a 16-13 success. Stumpers claimed five of the six points at stake playing
against Norprint. Elliott Dews, Margaret Bycroft and Ken Bycroft won 17-12
and Pete Myers, Norman Bush and Bernard Skelton tied 11-11. Patriarchs and BBC shared the rink points. For BBC, Mike
Campion, Mu Watson and Ted Vere (trailing 9-8 at 12 ends) found a little
extra and went away to win 18-9. It proved enough for a share of the
aggregate points also as Patriarchs’ Lesley Woods, Carol Dawson and Shamus
Rooney replied 17-8. Golfers’ set of Rod Bursnell, Ron Hulley and Graham
Scarboro (10-8 up at 11 ends) ran away at the finish to win 18-8 against
Vikings. But they were unable to win maximum points. In a low scoring game,
Jerry Gill, David Smith and Norman Ablard lost out 9-8 to Vikings’ captain
Geoff Barnes with newcomer Ray Loughran (who looks like he’s enjoying playing
in the night league) and Ray Moore. Benton’s Glazing Division Three Here Wrangle, playing a double fixture week, were
pleased with their points haul. Matched against Shipmates, Brian Simpson,
Fleur Simpson and Harry Dodd won with plenty in hand for a 27-3 scoreline.
Two points went to Shipmates as John Burton, Brian Hunn and Tony Tomblin
(leading 14-7) hung on to win 14-12. The second game against Fairways was a friendly affair
with the game being tied overall. For Wrangle, Margaret Purkiss, Phil Purkiss
and Tony Wilson-Carter won 20-8. Replying for the Fairways, Mavis Ablard,
Hazel Smith and Barbara Slade put in a winning scorecard of 19-7. Shipmates — who had earlier gone down to Wrangle — made
amends and overcame Traders. Stan Smalley, Tony Tomblin and Brian Hunn
playing against a Traders’ set who were under strength in numbers won 21-10.
Gordon Wells, Gordon Neal and Sid Coultan replied 13-8 for Traders. Fenhouses, playing a double week, had mixed fortunes.
They overcame Highflyers but fell to the Punchbowlers. Skips Alan Butler and
Vic Chester won 13-10 and 19-12. The Bowlers’ skips of Stuart Van-Beirendonck
and Barry Julian won 19-14 and 22-10. In second spot the Burtons would be disappointed to lose
to second-from-bottom Abrasives. Richard Jutsam, Ivan Stimpson and Charles
Russell (8-1 up) were closed down and only had a one shot advantage on the
penultimate end but counted again on the last end to win 12-9. Philip
Stubley, Maureen Brammer and Ray Wagstaff (11-8 up going through end 13),
promptly dropped a count of five to trail 13-11 but picked up a last end
count of two to tie 13-13 against the Burton’s Olive Fenner, Jo Cowans and
Mick Greet. Central and the Crowns shared the rink points. The
Crowns relied on the success of Margaret Dixon, Sandra and Pete Copeland who
won 17-7. Don Chapman replied for Central 13-9. With the Burtons losing, the Robins now remain the only
team in the division undefeated. Matched against the Terriers they were able
to win four of the six points at stake. Arnold Pape, Terry Hall and John
Riches with a success of 20-6 maintaining the record. Replying for Terriers
Eric Periera, Fran King and Bill Earth (leading 15-9) hung on to two points
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Week ending September 23: Miko Coffee (East Midlands) Division One In the Miko Coffee (East Midlands) Division One, the
results this week threw up just one surprise. Cosmos, heading the table and playing a double week, saw
off the challenge of Crusaders in their first game with wins of 15-10 and
22-10 for Les Feary and Keith French. Up against Jolly Farmers for their
second match they only managed to win two points. Shirley Moore, Ken Rawlings
and Joe Moore were 15-2 up against Colin Palmer, Sue Simpson-Shaw and Les
Feary which also won the aggregate points as Royce Reynolds, Keith French and
Abb French for Cossies. They weren’t faring too well at nine ends when they
trailed 7-5 but finished with a
flourish of winning ends to ease them away for a success of 15-8 for two
points for the leaders. Eastenders, at moment, are struggling for consistency.
Up against Foresters two points drifted away as Matt Whyers, David Allen and
Paul Flatters went down 15-8 to Janet Whyers, Gordon Ship and Mary Hewinson.
Eastenders’ other rink of Andrew Limb, Ian Clark and Tony Powell stormed away
in the early stages to win 28-8. Invaders put up a good fight against Holland Fen with 12
ends played they tailed by four shots on both rinks. Sally Gurton, Andrew Wooding
and James Gurton did get a little closer by end 14 when the scoreline read
14-12, dropping a last end count of three to lose the points 17-12 to Martin
Tomlin. Mick Tomlin at 14-10 for the Fenmen going away to win 25-10, a little
disappointing for the Invaders’ captain having been so close. Freelanders have resumed normal service with a
comfortable win against the Rustics. Skips Geoff Nicholson and Derek
Whelbourn won 18-9 and 19-10. Sheila King and Arnold Bennett won the points for A40
against Kirton Town with rink wins of 19-4 and 14-13. Crusaders, having lost all the points to Cosmos, managed
to snatch two points against Carlton Road. Winning the points were Michael
Emery, Margaret Chester and Chris Clark with a close 13-12. Road skip Alan
Coupland replied with a 15-12 score for the extra points. IBC versus Stickney went in favour of IBC. Rink points
were shared but June Burman, Ruth Wright and Reg Doughty had a comfortable
win for the aggregate points for IBC. Replying for Stickney, Steve Todd, Ray
Waite and Brian Hooker. They were 16-6 up at 11 ends and finished with a
final scoreline of 17-12 for two points against Tony Burman, Ted Bourne and
Alan Bates. Boston Electrical Services Division Two In Boston Electrical Services Division Two, setting the
section alight at the moment are the Butchers with maximum points from four
games. Against Parthians, Eileen May, George Eastgate and John Sellars won
17-9 and Tina Reeson, Roy Bennett and Keith Woods succeeded 13-9. They then
followed t his success with another when matched against Amateurs. Kirsty
Dryden, Geoff Dawson and Keith Woods winning 19-10 and Sylvia Bagshaw, John
Bannister and Ron Bagshaw — who were 6-4 down at six ends — went on to win
16-8. Chasing the Butchers are the Gang having dropped just
one point with three games played. Matched against Breakaways’ Ivan Dilley
and John Allen won 15-12 and 22-9. Another team also pressing hard are the Strollers with
also just one point dropped with three games played. Matched against the
Feathers, Dave France, Bob Pearce and Berwyn Thomas won 19-13 and Ray Hobart,
Ken Haigh and Keith Swain succeeded 18-8. Stumpers matched against Amateurs saw the rink points
shared with the extra points going to Stumpers as Gerry Myers, Denis Robins
and Ken Bycroft won 18-5. Replying for Amateurs, Anthony Tabor, Alex Tomlin
and Eric Taylor did well to recover from 9-3 down at six ends to win 19-13. Woodhall are treading water at the moment with only two
points won from three outings. Matched against Royal Mail, the Mailmen
delivered with wins of 14-12 and 13-10 for skips Barry Barton and Keith
Thorlby. The Golfers just had the edge over BBC winning the
aggregate points by three shots. Graham Scarboro winning 21-12 for the
golfers reply for BBC Ted Vere with Mike Campion and Sue Upsall winning
21-14. Vikings and Patriarchs also shared the rink points; the
extra points going to the Patriarchs with skip Colin Baxter winning 21-12.
Bottom team Shunters picked up their first points of the season with a good
result against Norprint. Jack Taylor, Chris Medcalf and Rodney West winning
17-10 and Nancy Mason, Abb Houlden and Alan Mason with a success of 16-8 and
a move off the bottom spot. Benton’s Glazing Division Three In Benton’s Glazing Division Three, top-of-the-league
Burtons were matched against second in the league Fenhouses and things went
with the formbook. The Burtons won the lion’s share of the points. For the
Houses, Norma and Ben Davis with skip Malc Nichols snatched two points with a
last end count of two to win 9-7. The Burtons relied on Olive and Jim Fenner
with Mick Greet for a comfortable 22-6 scorecard. The Robins, in third spot, lifted themselves to top spot
with a double fixture and maximum points. Against Shipmates, skips Arnold Pape
and John Riches won 12-11 and 21-6. Against Wrangle the same two skips won
14-13 and 14-6 (did Wrangle let Arnold off the hook?). Traders, playing against the Crowns and then the
Terriers, could only manage to win four points. Maurice Harding, Cyn Baker
and Sid Coultan won 15-11 and Maurice Harding, Pete Coulson and Norman
Stanley won 17-15 thanks to a last end count of two. The Terriers nicked the
aggregate with a last end count for skip Chas Newham. The Crowns, after their success against Traders,
finished second best against the Fairways. Margaret Dixon, Sandra Copeland
and Pete Copeland for the Crowns winning 13-9, replying for the Fairways,
Jean Spratt, Anetha Hall and Barbara Slade took the extra points with a 14-5
and the Fairways gained their first win of the season. Highflyers, having opened their account with a win in
the first game, are now not soaring. Matched against Central they finished
with zero points. In an evenly matched game overall, the spoils went
Central’s way playing the last two ends on both rinks. Frank Bembridge,
Marion Epton and Fred Epton (trailing 11-14) picked up counts of three and
one to win 15-14. Iris Facey, Tracey Bembridge and Dean Chapman (trailing
8-9) picked up counts of one and two to win 11-9. Punchbowlers played to form and picked up all the points
from Abrasives with a win of 17-9 for Bill Young, Terry Dawson and Stuart
Van-Beirendonck and 20-11 for Becci Reeson, Roy Woodthorpe and Jeff Skelton. |
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Week ending September 16: Miko Coffee (East Midlands) Division One Kirton Town are setting the pace in the Miko Coffee
(East Midlands) Division One. They have played a game more than the rest, but
still have a slender points advantage. Up against Freelanders it was win
number three for skip Tony Kemp assisted by team members Ann Thomas and Ann
Kemp. They won 31-8. Replying for the Landers, Ron Thacker, Brian Sharp and
Vic Murtough overcame the Town’s top rink succeeding 15-5 for a share of the
points. Newcomers’ Stickney surprised Foresters when winning
five of the six points at stake. Steve Todd, Graham Tooley and Ron Flower won
14-9 and Steve Shaw, Ray Bavin and Pete Sharman tied 12-12. Swineshead were pleased with their result against
Carlton Road who were playing their first match of the season and were slightly
“green” rusty. Jean Thompson, Jo Grant and Fred Scrupps dropped a “hot
shot” on their way to a 15-13 success and Janet Vinter, Pam Dawson and Bob
Thompson (8-8 at 10 ends) played and went on to win 13-9. Swineshead have
started their season with a maximum points haul. Crusaders and Invaders, who picked up no points in their
opening games, came head to head and it was the latter that came out on top.
Sandra Tebbs, James Gurton and Ian Tebbs built themselves a comfortable lead,
which they maintained to win 15-10. This proved good enough for the aggregate
points. Replying for Crusaders Jenny Hill, Alan Hill and Dorothy Quincey hung
on to win by one shot 13-12. Cosmos, always hard to beat, played Holland Fen and the
latter were always second best. Bazza Wilson, Adrian Field and Peter Gorbutt
went down 17-10 to George Philips, Colin Palmer and Keith French. Andy
Dawson, Keith Tointon and Martin Tomlin had no answer to the bowls of Sue
Simpson-Shaw, Abb French and Les Feary who won 17-12. Favourites for the league, Eastenders struggled against
IBC winning by the tightest of margins on both rinks. Matt Whyers, Andrew
Limb and Paul Flatters won 12-11 and Iris Reeson, Ian Clark and Simon Reeson
had a 14-13 success. A40 let points slip to newly promoted Rustics. Gill Grant, Maggie Kisby and Sheila King won 17-6 but Bex Field, Sarah McKay and Mick Asplen (leading 10-7 at 12 ends) went down 12-10 to the Rustics’ Don Ebbage, John Craft and Jim Gott.They were good points for the Rustics. Boston Electrical Services Division Two In Boston Electrical Services Division Two, the
Strollers’ captain will be excited with his teams’ start to the season with
11 points from 12 after two games. They negotiated what looked like a tough game against Norprint
by the skin of their teeth. Alex Seaton, Bob Pearce and Berwyn Thomas
(leading 13-9) fell behind on the penultimate end but finished with a count
of two to tie against Ralph Pick’s set. Dave France, Mick Hippisley and Keith
Swain (leading 11-7) hung on to win 11-10 against Tony Hall. The Butchers versus Golfers went in favour of the
Butchers on both rinks. Skips Ron Bagshaw and Dave Gill won 11-8 and 13-10 on
a disappointing night for the Golfers. The Gang comfortably saw off the challenge of the
Vikings with rink wins of 29-5 and 22-11 for John Allen and Denis Tebbs. Parthians and BBC shared the rink points with the extra
points going to Parthians. For BBC, Margaret Kirk, Rene Howes and Ted Vere
won 16-8, but for Parthians, skip Keith Nix replied with 22-7 — more than enough for the extra points. Amateurs pulled out all the stops against Woodhall and
with it they gained a surprise result. Jonathan West, Albert Batchelor and
Phil Sharp won 14-11 and Brenda Wheway, Tony Nixon and Eric Taylor won 13-12
against Woodhall’s top man. Breakaways and Patriarchs shared the rink points with
aggregate points going to Breakaways by just one shot. Jo Dowse, John
Marshall and Gloria French snatched the points with a strong finish. It was
much better for Patriarchs playing earlier in the week against Stumpers when
they won four of the six points. Picking up the points were Chris Bristow,
Alan Woods and Alan Bristow winning 14-6 in answer Bernard Skelton replied
19-15 for Stumpers. Stumpers followed this loss with a good result against
Royal Mail. Gerry Myers, Denis Robins and Tommy Horn winning 14-9 and Norma
Barnes, Norman Bush and Ken Bycroft succeeding 19-6. The Feathers, at seven
ends looked like they were not going to win any points. Beryl Brewster, Tony
Dawson and Sheila Dawson trailed 11-2 but got their game together and won
16-12. Maureen Hunn, Richard Sharp and Derek Hunn were 7-3 down but then led
9-7 and went into the last end level 9-9 before claiming a 10-9 success
against Shunters. Benton’s Glazing Division Three In Benton’s Glazing Division Three, the Burtons have
started unbelievably well, winning 17 out of 18 points. Playing against
Traders, both rinks established a healthy lead in the early stages. Mary Middlebrook,
Marge Sleath and Pete Dodes won 15-6 and Jean Young, Jim Fenner and Mick
Greet got home 14-8. The Robins picked up six points from their first game
but did not carry out the good and dropped two to the Punchbowlers. Neil
Lockwood, Terry Hall and Arnold Pape won their points with a 17-5 result.
Replying for the Bowlers, Richard Bell, Terry Dawson and new boy Jeff Skelton
(6-6 at six ends) claimed two points with a 16-11 win. Fenhouses, also with maximum points haul in their
opening game, failed to repeat it in their match against Terriers. Norma
Davis, Ben Davis and Malc Nichols won fairly comfortably 21-7. The Terriers’
set of Phyl Rickett, Peter King and Chas Newham won two points for their side
with a 16-8 result. Central went two better than last week picking up four
of the six points at stake playing against Fairways. Doing well for Central
were Iris Facey, Tania Bembridge and Don Chapman who won with plenty to spare
23-4. Then, matched against Terriers, Central failed to impress and finished
pointless with Terriers’ skips Bill Earth and Ken Thompson claiming the
points 13-10 and 18-11. Mavis Ablard, Hazel Smith and Carol Nundy for Fairways picked up in the later
stages two counts of four to win 15-9 against Eunice Belford, Don Belford and
new signing for Central and playing his first competitive game on the outdoor
carpet Peter Boxall. Abrasives, matched against Shipmates, pulled off a good
win. The rink points were shared but Derek Cooper, Maureen Brammer and
Charles Russell finished strongly to claim the aggregate points with a 21-6
success. Shipmates followed up this loss with another against Wrangle. John
Burton, Brian Lunn and Brian Hunn won 17-13 but the Wrangle set of Brian
Simpson and Fleur Simpson with Harry Dodd were never going to be caught as
they established a 12-0 lead in the early stages and went on to win 24-12. Did I overhear Highflyers are going for a promotion spot this season? Things will have to improve as they lost the aggregate points by just two shots matched against the Crowns. Eric Lewis, Dot Cox and Ivan Roberts fell by a wide margin to the Crown’s Margaret Dixon, Sandra Copeland and Peter Copeland. The Flyers set of Joy Troy, Robert Goodale and Alan Watson won 22-5 should have been at least good enough for the aggregate but only won two points. |
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Week ending September 9: Miko Coffee (East Midlands) Division One In the Miko Coffee (East Midlands) Division One, the
three promoted teams did not have much joy as they kicked off in the top
division. Rustics were up against Kirton Town and the Town lifted all six
points with wins of 24-7 and 18-10 for skips Tony Kemp and Dorothy
Hawkesworth. Playing a double week Kirton did not fare so well and
lost the aggregate points to the Jolly Farmers. Doing well for the Farmers
were John Houghton, Dick Allen and Barbara Houghton as they won 14-6. New
signing for Kirton Town, Tony Kemp produced another winning scorecard with a
17-13 success. The overwhelming champions of Division Two Invaders were
up against Cosmos. Most teams in the division will struggle against the
Cossies so the result was pretty predictable with rink wins of 18-12 and
19-10 for Les Feary and Abb French. Stickney who have experience in the top division were up
against Eastenders who are highly fancied to life the Division One title this
season and the Stickney team did well to win on one rink when Len Fox, Steve
Todd and Brian Hooker overcame Iris Reeson, Ian Clark and Tony Powell 17-15.
Stickneys other rink on the night fell short of what was wanted and went down
18-8 to Matt Whyers, Bunny Reeson and Paul Flatters. Holland Fen’s set of Andy Dawson, Keith Tointon and
Martin Tomlin started a little shakily against Jolly Farmers, Darryl Gardner,
John Houghton and Dick Allen trailing 6-0 after four ends, they then found a
higher tempo and ran away winning 27-8. Adrian Field, Andrew Grant and Hazel Marshall for the
Fenmen saw a point evaporate as Shirley Moore, Ken Rawlings and Joe Moore
picked up a one and two to level 10-10 over the last two ends. Freelanders who were under strength in numbers came up
against A40 and finished pointless, with wins of 17-6 and 39-7 for Sheila
King and Arnold Bennett. IBC and Foresters shared the rink points with John
Stevens aided by Janet Whyers and Lorraine Stevens winning 12-9 for Foresters
against Richard Toy, Ted Bourne and Alan Bates. IBC had to rely on Reg Doughty with new signing June
Burman and Ruth Wright for the extra points with a 16-11 result. Crusaders
had a disappointing result against Swineshead in their opening game.
Swineshead won all the points with a close 12-11 for Brian Vinter and 17-10
for Bob Thompson. Boston Electrical Services Division Two In Boston Electrical Services
Division Two, the two promoted team opened their account pretty successfully. Feathers matched against Norprint claimed four of the
six points at stake thanks to a good display from Beryl Brewster, Richard
Sharp and Keith Posey who won 18-10. Ellen Hammond, Chris Avison and Vic
Harrison picking up two points for the Printers with a 17-11 success. The Golfers matched against Parthians game saw Jerry
Gill, David Smith and Norman Ablard for the Golfers doing the damage with a
good win 19-9, picking up two points for Parthians were Diane Bedford, Pete
Bedford and Mick Atkin with a close 13-12 result. Woodhall and Stumpers shared the rink points with the
extra points going to Stumpers by just one shot thanks to Tommy Horn with a
15-8. The two points for Woodhall came from Doreen Sharp, Alan Eastgate and
Eric Ulyatt.Strollers made a good start as they won all the points against
Shunters with successes of 18-11 and 23-4 for Alan Everitt and Keith Swain. The Gang also started well with David Tebbs, Yvonne
Busby and Denis Tebbs winning 21-9 and Alan Townsend, Ken Rochford and Ivan
Dilley tying their game 12-12 against the Patriarchs. Breakaways shared the rink points with Vikings and
managed to pick up the aggregate points with Jo Dowse, Keith Bailey and Alan
Saxton winning 17-8. Amateurs held up Royal Mail. For the Amateurs Tony
Nixon, Albert Batchelor and Martin Middlebrook finishing strongly pulled off
a good if somewhat close success of 14-13 against Margaret Gardner, Dave
Gardner and Bill Barton. Joan Sharp, Barry Harrington and Keith sharp won more
convincingly for the Mail 21-6 for four points. BBC fell to the Butchers on
both rinks. Geoff Dawson, George Eastgate and Keith Woods winning 18-8 and
Tina Reeson, Roy Bennett and Dave Gill thankful for a good lead as they hung
on to win 19-16. Benton’s Glazing Division Three In Benton’s Glazing Division Three, the Burtons were the
pick of the teams as they opened their season with a double week and picking
up 11 points from 12. First up were the Crowns and skips Mick Greet and Pete
Dodes produced scorecards of 13-9 and 12-12. Next up were the Terriers and
the same two skips produced another fine result with wins of 12-10 and 16-9. The Terriers had earlier played Wrangle and the result
was much the same zero points and the Wrangle team with their best ever start
to the season won 22-10 and 23-9. The Crowns fared a lot better in their second game
winning four of the six points at stake. Margaret Dixon with Lee and Graham
Mulholland winning 16-7. Fenhouses were in scintillating form against Traders
Linda Garner, Alan Butler and Malc Nichols winning 23-10 and Vera Monger,
Rosemary Hoskins and Vic Chester doing even better with a 26-5 success. Barry Julian for Punchbowlers found the skips job to his
liking against Shipmates with a comfortable win. But the ’Bowlers’ captain
Richard Bell could not replicate, he made the score a little closer on the
penultimate end in his game but still went down to Shipmates trio of
Balderson, Dyble and Taylor the scoreline being 15-10. The Robins are always a tough prospect and can on their
night be unbeatable. Abrasives found them far too strong in the first match
of the season, as the Robins skips Brian Stanhope and Arnold Pape produced
winning scorecards of 17-6 and 21-2. Highflyers and Fairways shared the rink points with
Fairways Chris Gill, Lorna Locking and Heather Scarboro lifting their points
15-8 but the aggregate was swung in favour of the Flyers whose set of Joy
Tory, Robert Goodale and Alan Watson won 19-9. Dickinson Pairs The final rounds of the Dickinson Pairs saw Malc Hilton
and Alan Eastgate beating last year’s winners. And then they came through
against the highly fancied Tomlin duo to book a place in the semi-final. Their opponents in the semi were Richard Toy and Richard
White who had knocked out Michael Emery and Jill Smith and Scott Whyers and
Andrew Grant. Matt Whyers and James Gurton were a touch unfortunate to lose
their game against Alan Coupland and Keith Stones who carried out with
another tight finish against Mavis Norman Ablard to book a place in the
semis. Adrian Field and Paul Flatters would be their opposition
as they comfortably won through against Brian Simpson and Bunny Reeson and
Fleur Simpson and Maggie Kisby. The Toy-White combination went through against Alan
Eastgate and Malc Hilton and Adrian Field and Paul Flatters edged home in
their semi-final. The final went to the Field-Flatters combination, which
from the start of the competition looked likely winners, were never behind
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