Melvyn Beck
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IT’S CRUNCH TIME!
IT'S crunch time for Northants A in their bid to retain the Derbyshire Trophy, the English Bowling Federation indoor county championship. They visit main southern section title rivals Lincs next Sunday (February 16), then complete their programme away to third-placed Norfolk the following weekend. Northants A and Lincs are locked together at the top with …
SKEGNESS DINNER
TICKETS for the annual English Bowling Federation and English Women's Bowling Federation dinner at Skegness on Monday, August 24, will be available from April. The dinner, which takes the form of a carvery and sweet, plus tea or coffee, is being held at the North Shore Hotel with tickets costing £19.00. A vegetarian option is …
OBITUARY
THE Yaxley club have sadly reported the passing of one of their life members, Ray Bass, who was a well-known figure on the local circuit along with wife Hazel, a regular member of the women's county teams. He died at home in the early hours of Thursday morning (January 9) having never fully recovered from …
NBF/NWBF RACE NIGHT
NORTHANTS Bowling Federation and Northants Women's Bowling Federation are holding a fund-raising Race Night and Fish Supper at the Whittlesey Manor club on Friday, April 3rd. First race is 7.30pm and tickets cost £8.00, which includes a fish (or chicken) supper and race card. Tickets are available through NBF secretary Melvyn Beck (01733 208739) or …
NBF CUP DRAWS
THE draws for the 2020 Northants Bowling Federation county cup competitions – Dan Duffy Trophy and Adams Cup – were made at the January meeting of the management committee. In the Dan Duffy Trophy – the county team championship – holders Blackstones face a trip to West Ward in the opening round, while old rivals …
NORTHANTS B BLANK AGAIN
NORTHANTS B suffered a third consecutive 14-0 points defeat in the Derbyshire Trophy when they were beaten 110-70 away to fellow strugglers North Cambs at the Sutton St James club. There was some cause for optimism during the opening exchanges when Northants led on three of the four rinks, but the hosts gradually gained the …
OBITUARY
LOCAL bowlers are mourning the passing of Northants Women's Bowling Federation life member Joan Haynes at the age of 96. She won English Women's Bowling Federation national titles in three different decades and was also a member of winning county teams in the Donald Steward Trophy and the Harry Carver Trophy. Her first national title …
CHANGES FOR NORTHANTS B
NORTHANTS B begin the new decade with an away match against North Cambs in the Derbyshire Trophy on Sunday (January 5). Team captain Malcolm Squires makes three changes, one enforced, for the English Bowling Federation indoor county championship fixture being played at the Sutton St James club, the new home for North Cambs following the …
ANOTHER TRAGIC LOSS
FOR the second time in the space of a few days the local bowls fraternity have been shaken by the sudden death of a well respected bowler in Peter Edwards (77), former president of Stamford IBC and the Ketton club. The former table tennis player and cricketer was a founder member of the indoor club …
SAD NEWS
THE local bowls world has been stunned by the sudden death at the weekend of well-known bowler Mick Duell at his Whittlesey home. The Whittlesey Manor club member, who previously bowled for West Ward and Perkins, represented the Northants Bowling Federation county team indoors and out and won the English Bowling Federation's veterans singles title …