Melvyn Beck
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OBITUARY: PETER WHITE
THE local bowls community have been shocked by the sudden passing of Langtoft club stalwart Peter White at the age of 82. He was a founder member of the club which started playing carpet bowls back in 1988 before converting to an outdoor club four years later when it joined the Stamford League. There is …
NORTHANTS B OFF THE MARK
NORTHANTS B gained their first Derbyshire Trophy win of the season at the fourth attempt by defeating North Cambs 101-91 at Peterborough & District. Rink honours were shared at two apiece, but emphatic wins for the rinks of Kevin Vinter and Roger Martin enabled Northants to claim the bulk of the points (10-4) and in …
NORTHANTS A WIN AGAIN
NORTHANTS A made it three wins out of three in the English Bowling Federation’s Derbyshire Trophy with a 90-81 (11-3) victory over Hunts at Huntingdon, There were rink wins for team captain Simon Law and Peter Brown; Adam Warrington’s rink shared the spoils while John Earl’s trio went down by five shots. Northants A currently …
NWBF XMAS RAFFLE
THE NWBF Christmas raffle was drawn at the Yaxley club during the bingo night, and the winners were: £100 – Sheila Harmer (Folksworth); £50 – Elizabeth Hext (Conservative); £25 – Doug Ellis (Deeping BA)
THIRD DEFEAT FOR NORTHANTS B
ALTHOUGH sharing the rink spoils at two apiece, Northants B suffered a third straight defeat in the English Bowling Federation’s Derbyshire Trophy when visiting league newcomers North Essex. There were wins for the rinks of team captain Ray Keating (31-22) and Paul Bailey (31-25), but they were unable to prevent North Essex running out 122-100 …
TOUGH DAY FOR NORTHANTS B
NORTHANTS B returned pointless from their trip to Fakenham to face Norfolk in the English Bowling Federation’s Derbyshire Trophy. They were beaten 124-61 leaving them with just two points from two matches, although the rink of Tony Barwell, John Holroyd and Kevin Vinter came close to adding to that total as they were beaten on …
NORTHANTS A SNEAK HOME
DESPITE only winning on one of the four rinks, Northants A still managed to claim the bulk of the points from their Derbyshire Trophy clash against North Cambs at March. The rink of Michael Humphreys, Paul Dalliday and Adam Warrington were the heroes, winning 29-19, while the combined deficit on the other three rinks was …
NWBF ANNUAL MEETING
ELIZABETH Hext (Conservative) was installed as the new president of the Northants Women’s Bowling Federation at the recent annual general meeting. She received the chain of office from outgoing president Shirley Suffling, but no nominations were received for the post of deputy president. Members were advised of the concerns and difficulties in providing teams for …
NORTHANTS A OPEN WITH WIN
NORTHANTS A earned the bragging rights with an opening match 108-67 (12-2) victory over their B team in the Derbyshire Trophy, the EBF’s indoor inter-county championship, played at Stamford IBC. The rinks of captain Simon Law, John Earl and Adam Warrington all topped the thirty-shot mark, while the B team’s Kevin Vinter also hit the …
DERBYSHIRE FIXTURES
THE EBF’s Derbyshire Trophy indoor county championship programme kicks off on Sunday, October 29th, with the county’s A and B teams crossing swords at Stamford. With southern section champions Lincolnshire having moved into the northern section following the introduction of North Essex to the southern half it should, on paper at least, strengthen the chances …