Melvyn Beck
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STEWARD TEAM END ON HIGH NOTE
THE NWBF Donald Steward team ended their five-match county championship programme on a high note by gaining their first win of the campaign – 115-107 at home to Hunts at City of Peterborough. There were wins for the rinks of county president Liz Hext, Carol Grief and Sue Moir as Northants claimed 14 of the …
TITLE HAT-TRICKS AT COUNTY FINALS
TWO players completed title hat-tricks at the NBF/NWBF county finals held at Blackstones, and another will be also involved in three competitions in the national finals at Skegness beginning on August 17. Paul Dalliday (Parkway) claimed the two-bowl singles at the expense of Stuart Agger (Whittlesey Manor) then teamed up twice with Michelle Coleman to …
NEWTON HOPES ENDED
THE NBF Newton team’s hopes of at least finishing runners-up in the southern section were dashed when they were beaten 144-153 by Hunts at Whittlesey Manor. They went into the match with a very slim chance of winning the section, but with Norfolk defeating Lincolnshire the result proved immaterial. Although only beaten by nine shots, …
SKEGNESS FUTURE POSITIVE
THE future of Skegness as the venue for the English Bowling Federation national finals was thrown into some doubt when East Lindsey District Council announced they would no longer maintain the three greens after the end of August. However, following a ‘Save Our Bowling Greens’ meeting at the Suncastle attended by around 150 people, including …
DUFFY AND ADAMS FINALS
HOLDERS Parkway face Whittlesey Manor in the final of the Dan Duffy Trophy at the City of Peterborough club next Thursday (July 18) at 6.30pm. The winner of this NBF club championship will represent the county in next season’s Durham Centenary Trophy. In the semi-finals, Parkway defeated West Ward, while Whittlesey Manor won away to …
COUNTY FINALS TIMETABLE
THE NBF/NWBF county finals take place at Blackstones this Sunday (July 14th) starting at 10.00am. Four players will be chasing a hat-trick of county titles on the day – Paul Dalliday (Parkway), Roger Stevens (Whittlesey Manor), Elaine Upton (Ketton) and Angela Cox (Langtoft), while young Ollie Jeapes (Parkway) competes in two having already been given …
OBITUARY: JANET DUFFY
SAD to report the passing of former NWBF president and life member Janet Duffy at the Ashlynn Grange Care Home, Bretton, on Monday, July 8 after a relatively short illness at the age of 80. Janet and her late husband Danny were stalwarts of the Federation movement and Janet was NWBF competition secretary for many …
ORDER YOUR COUNTY LUNCHEON TICKETS
THE NBF/NWBF presentation luncheon takes place at the Ellindon Banqueting Suite, Bretton, on Sunday, September 22 at 1.00pm. Tickets cost £26.50 for a three-course lunch, plus tea or coffee, which represents just a £1.50 increase from the last two years. You can order your tickets and menu choices via ticket order forms, which will be …
ANOTHER AGONY FOR STEWARD TEAM
FOR the second match in a row, the NWBF Donald Steward team suffered the agony of a one shot defeat on the road, this time in North Essex. They went down 104-105 despite winning on four of the five rinks, albeit by narrow margins on all of them. RESULT DONALD STEWARD TROPHY NORTHANTS 104 (8), …
FOURTH DEFEAT FOR ADAMS TEAM
THE NBF Adams Trophy team closed their playing season with a 153-175 defeat away to Norfolk at Great Plumstead. It was a fourth defeat in five matches for Ray Keating’s team, but the sixth and final match at home to Hunts, scheduled for next Saturday (July 6), will not be played owing to it being …