Melvyn Beck
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CHANGES FOR NORTHANTS A
NORTHANTS A resume their bid to retain the Derbyshire Trophy when they entertain North Cambs at Stamford this Sunday afternoon (November 24th) starting at 2.00pm. Team captain James Harford has been forced to make three changes from the team that defeated the B team by just eight shots in their opening fixture in the English Bowling …
SHORTS FOR LADIES
THE English Women's Bowling Federation have agreed in principal to the wearing of shorts in national finals and county association matches. County delegates attending the joint annual general meeting of the English Bowling Federation and the English Women's Bowling Federation at Grantham supported the proposal, but a decision on when the rule will be implemented …
CRUSHING DEFEAT FOR NORTHANTS B
HAVING pushed their A team all the way to the line in their opening Derbyshire Trophy match of the season, Northants B were brought down to earth with a bump by Norfolk at Peterborough & District. Only eight shots separated the A and B teams in the first fixture of the English Bowling Federation's indoor …
ONE CHANGE FOR NORTHANTS B
NORTHANTS B resume their Derbyshire Trophy indoor inter-county championship campaign on Sunday week (November 17th) at home to Norfolk at Peterborough & District (10.00am). They are forced to make one change from the team that came close to upsetting the odds against their own A team, the defending champions only winning by eight shots with …
NEW NWBF PRESIDENT INSTALLED
VIV Hempsell (Yaxley) has been installed as the new president of the Northants Women's Bowling Federation. She received the chain of office from outgoing president Chris Ford (Ketton) at the annual general meeting held at Peterborough & District. In her final address as president, Chris revealed that when asked to be president she wasn't sure …
NBF PRESIDENT IN DUAL ROLE
NORTHANTS Bowling Federation president Dick Noble will combine his presidential duties next year with those of Newton Trophy team captain following his appointment at the annual general meeting held at Peterborough & District. He was the only nomination for the post following the resignation of Cliff Watson at the end of last season, but the …
FEDERATION ANNUAL MEETINGS
THE NBF annual general meeting takes place at the Peterborough & District club next Wednesday (October 16th) at 7.30pm, while the NWBF AGM is at the same venue on Wednesday, November 6th at 7.00pm. At the NWBF meeting, Dick Noble will begin his second year as president, but as yet no-one has come forward to …
MEN TAKE THE HONOURS
THE annual NBF v NWBF indoor match, which was played at Stamford IBC on Saturday, ended in a 150-73 victory for the men. The men won on all six rinks in what was the last presidential function for women's president Chris Ford before she hands over the chain of office to Viv Hempsell at next …
DERBYSHIRE TITLE DEFENCE BEGINS
NORTHANTS A begin the defence of the English Bowling Federation indoor inter-county championship on Sunday against their own B team at Peterborough & District (10.00am). James Harford's team lifted the Derbyshire Trophy for only the third time in the county's history at the expense of Nottinghamshire at Newark in April, and they will be looking …
NATIONAL PRESIDENTS AT LUNCHEON
THE national presidents from the English Bowling Federation were the principal guests at the Northants Bowling Federation annual presentation luncheon held recently at the Orton Hall Hotel. Northants Bowling Federation presidents Chris Ford and Dick Noble co-hosted the joint event and they assisted English Women’s Bowling Federation president Carole Swan and English Bowling Federation …