Melvyn Beck
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INDOOR FINALS SUSPENDED
THE English Bowling Federation indoor finals scheduled for the end of April at Newark have been suspended. A provisional date of September 21-27 is now on the table assuming that some sort of normality has returned to the country. As yet no decision has been taken with regard to the NBF and NWBF outdoor competitions. …
INDOOR COUNTY FINALS RESULTS
CHRISTINE Ford claimed a hat-trick of titles at the Northants Bowling Federation men’s and women’s indoor finals at the Peterborough & District club on Sunday. There were also title doubles for Martyn Dolby, who like Ford had qualified in four events, Adam Warrington, John Earl, Stephen Harris and Shirley Suffling. But the winners will have …
RACE NIGHT POSTPONED
IN the light of the worsening situation with regard to the coronavirus outbreak, the Northants Bowling Federation and Northants Women's Bowling Federation have decided to postpone the Race Night scheduled for the Whittlesey Manor club on Friday, April 3rd. It is hoped the event can be re-staged later in the year.
COUNTY INDOOR FINALS
BOTH Martyn Dolby and Chris Ford will be playing in all four sessions at the Northants Bowling Federation men's and women's indoor county finals being held at the Peterborough & District club this Sunday (March 15th) from 10.00am. Dolby defends both the veterans singles and the triples, and has also qualified for the singles and …
TOP COUNTY AGAIN!
NORTHANTS have won the Top County award at the English Bowling Federation's annual bowls week at the Potters Resort in Norfolk for the second year running. Three of the five mixed rinks representing the county reached the quarter-finals, with two of them advancing to the semi-finals, where the rink of Anne & Peter White, Margaret …
OBITUARY
SAD to report the death of well known bowls enthusiast John Harvey at the age of 80. Although a long-term medical condition restricted his appearances on the green in latter years, he was an avid supporter of local bowls events, along with wife Jenny, also a member of the Peterborough & District club. He was …
NORTHANTS REACH FINAL AGAIN
A PIECE of county history was made in Norfolk at the weekend when Northants A reached back-to-back Derbyshire Trophy finals for the first time. The current holders of the English Bowling Federation's indoor county championship are now set to face Durham in the national final at Newark on Saturday, April 25th following a last-gasp one-shot …
CHANGES FOR CRUCIAL MATCH
NORTHANTS A make two changes for Sunday's (February 23rd) crucial Derbyshire Trophy fixture away to Norfolk, where they could clinch a place in the national final for the second year running. The holders head to the Gallows club in Fakenham requiring just seven of the 14 points on offer to guarantee the southern section title. Even …
HOLDERS STAY ON COURSE
NORTHANTS A remain on course to retain the Derbyshire Trophy, the English Bowling Federation indoor county championship, after an impressive 96-81 victory away to main southern section title rivals Lincolnshire at Lincoln which yielded 12 of the 14 points on offer. It means that Northants will only need a handful of points from their final …
COUNTY CALL FOR LADIES
BOWLERS wanting to represent Northants Bowling Women's Federation in this coming season's county championship programme can forward their names now via their own clubs. The county are hoping that some potential new recruits will also come forward to supplement last year's squads in the Donald Steward Trophy and the Silver Jubilee Vase. The fixtures are: …