Melvyn Beck
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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 …
DOUBLE DEFEAT FOR NBF TEAMS
THE NBF county teams both suffered defeats at the hands of visiting Lincolnshire in the Adams and Newton Trophy competitions. It’s three defeats in a row for the Adams team following their172-146 defeat at Blackstones which yielded just four points, while the Newton side came crashing down to earth following the previous week’s first win …
NEWTON TEAM OFF THE MARK
THE NBF Newton Trophy team got off the mark at the second time of asking by defeating Hunts 178-152 at Needingworth, but the Adams team are still seeking their first win following a 166-143 defeat against Hunts at St Ives. Newton rink honours were shared, with the Northants successes coming from the rinks of Kevin …
STEWARD TEAM BLANKED!
THE NWBF Donald Steward team failed to register a point from their second match of the season when they entertained North Cambs at City of Peterborough. They were beaten 121-93, but the margin of defeat for three of the five rinks was three shots or less. They are next in action away to Suffolk on …