Melvyn Beck
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NBF ANNUAL MEETING
CONCERNS about the welfare and competitiveness of the NBF county teams, most notably the Adams, were expressed at the NBF annual meeting held at the Parkway club. It’s been a struggle for a succession of Adams captains in the last two or three years to put together competitive teams, a situation exacerbated by the decision …
OBITUARY: JOAN HILL
SAD to report the passing of former NWBA president Joan Hill at the age of 93. She was county president in 2002 when a member of the Whittlesey Manor club and in her presidential year the county won the EWBF’s Harry Carver Trophy. She was also a regular member of the Donald Steward and Silver …
DERBYSHIRE TEAMS NAMED
ALTHOUGH the start of the Derbyshire Trophy campaign is more than a month away, Northants A and B team captains Simon Law and Ray Keating have already named their teams for their meeting at Stamford on Sunday, October 29. Northants A: Michael Humphreys, Tony Scarr, Adam Warrington; Brian Martin, Tom Newman, John Earl; Paul Dalliday, …
NATIONAL PRESIDENTS AT DINNER
COUNTY presidents Shirley Suffling and Martyn Dolby hosted the Northants Bowling Federation’s joint presentation luncheon held at the Ellindon Banqueting Suite, Bretton. Principal guests were both national presidents, Ian Bratton, president of the English Bowling Federation, and Elaine Haddon-Holmes, president of the English Women’s Bowling Federation. They proposed a toast to the respective county federations …
OBITUARY: MARY MALTON
SAD to report the passing of former NWBF president Mary Malton following a lengthy illness. She was president in 1994 when the county won the Donald Steward Trophy for only the second time in their history and claimed the EWBF four-bowl singles title at Skegness in 2000. She was an active member of the county …
AGGER CLAIMS NATIONAL CROWN
JUST one English Bowling Federation title came the way of Northants bowlers at Skegness courtesy of Graham Agger (Whittlesey Manor) in the veterans singles. Playing in the event for the first time, he claimed a fifth success for the county in this competition after coming from 16-10 down to defeat Cleveland’s Steve Slaughter 21-18 in …
NBF COUNTY FIXTURES 2024
THERE will be an unbalanced look to the NBF county fixtures next year as North Cambs, having won the Newton Trophy this season have been automatically promoted to the Adams competition. As a result, it means there will be seven teams in the Adams next year and only five in the Newton. The national rules …
MANOR WIN ADAMS CUP
WHITTLESEY Manor lifted the NBF’s Adams Cup for the first time since 2012 by defeating Yaxley 63-44 in the final at City of Peterborough. When two of the three rinks had finished, Yaxley held a slender one-shot lead, but that was purely academic as the Manor rink of Peter Brown had already secured a commanding …
PARKWAY RETAIN TITLE
PARKWAY have retained the Dan Duffy Trophy, the Northants Bowling Federation’s club championship. They defeated Blackstones 78-67 in the final played at Langtoft, winning on three of the four rinks. The result of the match was in the balance until the closing ends when Parkway forged ahead to retain the crown and qualify for next …
SKEGNESS DRAWS
DETAILS of the opening round draws for the English Bowling Federation finals at Skegness from August 19-26 have just been released. This year the individual portion of the championships will get under way on the Monday afternoon as opposed to the usual Tuesday morning, with all six inter-county finals being played on the Saturday and …