Melvyn Beck
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COUNTY CUP FINALS
DATES and venues for the two NBF cup finals have now been confirmed. Langtoft will host the Dan Duffy Cup final between defending champions Parkway and Blackstones on Thursday, August 3 at 6.30pm. The winners of this county club championship will represent the county in next year’s Durham Centenary Trophy. In the semi-finals, Blackstones won …
COUNTY LUNCHEON BOOKINGS
BOOKINGS are now being taken for the Northants Bowling Federation’s joint annual presentation luncheon being held once again at the Ellindon Banqueting Suite, Bretton PE3 8RD on Sunday, September 17 (12.00 for 12.30). Tickets are priced at £25.00, the same as last year for a three-course lunch plus tea or coffee, and the function will …
NORTHANTS COUNTY FINALS
FOUR players claimed title doubles at the Northants Bowling Federation finals at Whittlesey Manor on Sunday. Emma Providence (Market Deeping), who had earlier won the four-bowl singles against Langtoft’s Angela Cox (21-7) and the two-bowl triples with her mother Linda Kemp and Sue Wilson, missed out on a hat-trick in the pairs when her and …
FIRST WIN FOR STEWARD TEAM
THE NWBF’s Donald Steward team ended the season on a winning note in the battle of the ‘wooden spoon’ with visiting North Essex at the City of Peterborough club. Their 119-104 (15-3) success, their first of the season, lifted them off the bottom of the southern section at the expense of North Essex. No fewer …
COUNTY FINALS TIMETABLE
THE Northants Bowling Federation joint county finals take place at Whittlesey Manor this Sunday (July 23) starting at 10.00am. Three bowlers – Emma Providence (Market Deeping) and Whittlesey Manor pair Peter Brown and Roger Stevens -are all chasing a hat-trick of titles. Former national winners Les Sharp and Gill King (Yaxley) will be defending their …
NBF TEAMS END ON A HIGH
IT may have been a disappointing season in general, but at least the NBF county teams signed off their county championship campaigns with home wins against Norfolk. The Adams team secured their first win of the season with a narrow 176-174 (16-6) victory at Blackstones which dashed Norfolk’s southern section title ambitions , while the …
NARROW DEFEATS FOR NBF TEAMS
IT was frustration for the NBF county teams in their home matches against North Essex (Adams) and North Cambs (Newton) as they were narrowly beaten by 12 shots and two respectively. The Adams team picked up six points from their 176-164 defeat at Blackstones, but that’s four defeats on the trot, while the Newton team …
DOUBLE DEFEAT FOR NWBF
THE NWBF county teams are still seeking their first wins of the season in the Donald Steward Trophy and Silver Jubilee Vase following a double defeat in Suffolk. The Steward team picked up four points from their 119-86 defeat at Kessingland, the wins coming from the rinks of Chris Ford and Myra Landsburgh. The Vase …