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Northants finals results
Tony and Rita Mace (right) won the senior mixed pairs. They are pictured with Fred and Fiona Richardson, whom they beat in the final. See more images below. NORTHANTS Federation president Tony Mace and his wife Rita will represent the county in the national finals at Skegness next month after winning the senior mixed pairs …
Helen Crow funeral date is set
Helen Crow is pictured in 2014 with Sarah Newson (left)and Pat Reynolds after winning the national rinks. HELEN CROW, a multi Northants Women’s Bowling Federation champion and twice a winner of national rinks titles, has died after a long struggle with motor neurone disease. She was 67. The Langtoft Pearl and Parkway Bowls Club member …
Federation finals schedule at Whittlesey Manor
Northants Bowling Federation president Tony Mace and NWBF President Jessica Phillips will host the county finals at Whittlesey Manor on Sunday (July 15) over four sessions, starting at 10am. The programme is as follows: 10 a.m.: (Rinks 1 to 6) Women’s 2 bowl singles – J Robinson (Yaxley) v T Tinklin ((Conservative) ; mixed pairs …
Committed Northants score double win over Norfolk
With the distraction of England’s World Cup match with Sweden clashing with their Adams Trophy fixture against Norfolk, Northants Federation’s bowlers’ allegiance to country or county was always going to be tested. And so it proved, particularly with the Adams team where, beleaguered captain Jonathan Earl was faced with late withdrawals from a match scheduled …
Still hope for Northants women
Northants’ Donald Steward team pictured ahead of their win at North Cambs (Malcolm Squires) ONLY MAXIMUM points from their final Donald Steward match at home to Suffolk next Wednesday (July 11) will give the Northants Federation women’s team any hope of reaching the inter county finals at Skegness in August. And this despite an outstanding …
England – and Northants – expects!….
Despite the distraction of England’s footballers playing Sweden in the quarter-final of the World Cup at the same time, Northants Federation bowlers take on Norfolk in both the Adams And Newton Trophies on Saturday afternoon. The Adams team are at Blackstones, within yards of the social club and its wide screen TV, while the Newton …
Confidence booster for Northants Adams squad
Following successive defeats against Suffolk and Hunts, Northants claimed only their second Adams Trophy win of the season – in a one-sided victory at home to North Essex at the Blackstones green, intimately familiar to at least 10 of the 18 Northants players. Jonathan Earl’s squad desperately needed a confidence boost following two reversals in …
Wins in Norwich give Northants women a boost
Wins by both the Northants women’s Federation county teams at Norfolk gave them a real boost in sweltering conditions but may have come too late to qualify in the Donald Steward and Silver Jubilee Vase competitions. Northants play title favourites Suffolk on July 11 in their final matches at Peterborogh and by then will probably …
Hunts extend Adams team’s losing streak
Northants lost their third successive Adams Trophy match when they faced Hunts on a Sawtry green which tested every facet of a bowler’s game – especially their patience. The preparation of the green couldn’t be faulted but at least half the team were frustrated they were unable to produce the shots they needed to overcome …
Setback for NWBF at North Essex
Following their opening win against Huntingdonshire, Northants’ Donald Steward Trophy team had high hopes of a bright season. But it suffered a setback when they were beaten this week away to North Essex (145-71), claiming just two of the 16 points at stake. However, the county’s Jubilee Silver Vase squad turned their fortunes around and …