Melvyn Beck
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EBF INDOOR FINALS
IT has been confirmed that the English Bowling Federation indoor finals from last year will be played at Newark IBC from Monday, October 4 through to Sunday, October 10. The Derbyshire Trophy final, which will feature holders Northants against Durham, will be played on Saturday, October 9, with the Eversley Trophy the following day. Looking …
BLACKTONES RETAIN TROPHY
BLACKSTONES have retained the Dan Duffy Trophy, the Northants Bowling Federation's county club championship. They defeated Parkway 86-65 in the four-rink competition final played at the Langtoft Pearl club to qualify for next year's Durham Centenary Trophy, the EBF national club championship. Rink honours were shared at two apiece, but whereas the Parkway successes were by …
TITLE HAT-TRICK FOR DOLBY
MARTYN Dolby (Blackstones) will be chasing three national titles at the English Bowling Federation championships at Skegness next month (Aug 21-28). On a sizzling hot day at the City of Peterborough club, he won the county mixed pairs with Jane Needham and both the triples with Adam Warrington and John Earl, but missed out on …
COUNTY FINALS TIMETABLE
THE Northants Bowling Federation and Northants Women's Bowling Federation county finals take place at the City of Peterborough club on Sunday (July 18th) starting at 10.00am. Two players – Martyn Dolby (Blackstones) and Robert Heath (Yaxley) – will play in all sessions as a result of qualifying in four events, while Tony Belson (Yaxley), Adam Warrington (Blackstones), …
PRESENTATION LUNCHEON
THE Northants Bowling Federation and Northants Women's Bowling Federation joint annual presentation luncheon takes place at the Orton Hall Hotel on Sunday, September 19th (12.noon for 12.30pm). The three-course meal, plus tea or coffee, costs £25.00 per head and the dinner ticket forms will be available at county finals day or from your clubs. Alternatively …
CUP FINAL VENUES
NORTHANTS Bowling Federation have decided on their venues for their two knockout cups finals this season. The Dan Duffy Trophy, the club championship, will be hosted by Langtoft Pearl, who successfully staged the recent Newton Cup tie between Northants and Hunts. It will be held on Thursday, July 22nd at 6.30pm and will feature holders …
COUNTY TEAMS BEATEN
AFTER waiting two years to resume county team action, both Northants Bowling Federation teams' return in the English Bowling Federation's Adams and Newton knockout competitions was all too brief on Saturday. Both were beaten by local rivals Hunts, the Adams team, under new captain Roger Martin, suffered a 195-145 defeat at St Ives, while the …
GET-TOGETHER FOR NORTHANTS LADIES
WITH no women's county team championships again this year, Northants ladies held a get-together recently at the City of Peterborough club, with 17 players supporting county president Viv Hempsell. In attendance were Kathy Browning, Katy Heath, Gill King, Ann Cooper, Pearl O'Brien, Va; Du'Kett, Terri Handley, Norma Squires, Carol Grief, Viena Slater, Chris Ford, Shirley …
BLACKSTONES MISS OUT
BLACKSTONES' hopes of reaching the final stages of the English Bowling Federation's club championship were dashed in the southern area semi-final by Suffolk visitors Thurlton. Having beaten Acle (Norfolk) 98-81 in the first round, Blackstones, winners of the Northants county club championship for the Dan Duffy Trophy back in 2019, lost 97-87 to Thurlton, who …
COUNTY TEAMS RETURN
THE Northants men's county teams return to action this Saturday following a two-year wait for new team captains Roger Martin (Adams) and Dick Noble (Newton) to select their first squads. They are both in action against near neighbours Hunts in the truncated Adams and Newton competitions which are taking the form of a straight knockout …