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 win the mixed pairs against Louise and Stephen Harris and the mixed triples, where they were joined by Tristan Morton, substituting for the indisposed James Harford.
Angela Cox (Langtoft) retained the secretary singles against Carol Grief (Crowland) after defeating Sue Seed (Stamford) in the four-bowl singles, and then rounded off the day by joining forces with Patricia Booth to win the senior pairs against the Willoughbys from Wittering, Hannah and Michelle.
Schoolboy Ollie Jeapes (Parkway) defeated John Earl (Blackstones) 21-6 to win the four-bowl singles, and having already booked his place in both the under 25 singles and pairs , he also remains on course for a national hat-trick. He missed out on a fourth title when he was beaten in the two-bowl triples decider with his father, Michael, and substitute Adam Emery by home club trio Michael Humphreys, Paul Buckley and Stephen Harris.
Emery, though, did retain the three-bowl triples with the Morton brothers Ean and Tristan by beating father and son Steve and Gavin Jinks with substitute Bob Goodall (City of Peterborough).
Also retaining a title was Graham Agger (Whittlesey Manor), who will be hoping to successfully defend the national veterans singles crown. He defeated clubmate Roger Stevens, who had earlier beaten Neil Wright (Parkway) in the Champion of Champions singles, and Agger also came out on top again later in the pairs with Peter Brown in a second all Manor final against Stevens and Tom Newman.
The Ketton club won both the women’s triples against different Yaxley trios with Carol Warters and Shirley Suffling featuring in both, and club colleague Elaine Upton also landed a title double, winning the Champion of Champions singles and senior pairs with Helen Tilley, who also played in one of the successful triples.
Ketton’s John Suffling and Bob Warters narrowly missed out on retaining the senior pairs, losing by one shot to Dusty Millar and county president Martyn Dolby (Blackstones), Suffling also lost in the senior mixed pairs with Upton to Yaxley’s Jenny Mosley and Michael Gordon.
Mixed fortune for Chris Ford in two singles, beating Stamford colleague Elizabeth Wallace in the senior singles, but losing to Crowland’s Jan McDougall in the two-bowl singles.
Robert Heath (Yaxley) took the men’s secretary singles title at the expense of Wittering’s Ally McNaughton.
RESULTS
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Two-bowl singles: Paul Dalliday (Parkway) bt Stuart Agger (Whittlesey Manor) 21-11; Four-bowl singles: Ollie Jeapes (Parkway) bt John Earl (Blackstones) 21-6; Veterans singles: Graham Agger (Whittlesey Manor) bt Roger Stevens (Whittlesey Manor) 21-8; Champion of Champions: Roger Stevens (Whittlesey Manor) bt Neil Wright (Parkway) 21-19; Secretary singles: Robert Heath (Yaxley) bt Ally McNaughton (Wittering) 21-13; Pairs: Graham Agger & Peter Brown (Whittlesey Manor) bt Roger Stevens & Tom Newman (Whittlesey Manor) 20-19; Senior pairs: Dusty Millar & Martyn Dolby (Blackstones) bt John Suffling & Bob Warters (Ketton) 16-15; Mixed pairs: Michelle Coleman & Paul Dalliday (Parkway) bt Louise & Stephen Harris (Blackstones) 24-9; Senior mixed pairs: Jenny Mosley & Michael Gordon (Yaxley) bt John Suffling & Elaine Upton (Ketton) 16-14; Two-bowl triples: Michael Humphreys, Paul Buckley, Stephen Harris (Blackstones) bt Ollie Jeapes, Adam Emery (sub), Michael Jeapes (Parkway) 17-16; Three-bowl triples: Adam Emery, Tristan & Ean Morton (Parkway) bt Bob Goodall (sub), Steve & Gavin Jinks (City of Peterborough) 22-11; Mixed triples: Paul Dalliday, Michelle Coleman, Tristan Morton (sub) bt Michael Humphreys, Katie Bailey, John Earl (Blackstones) 21-13.
WOMEN
Two-bowl singles: Jan McDougall (Crowland) bt Chris Ford (Stamford) 21-18; Four-bowl singles: Angela Cox (Langtoft) bt Sue Seed (Stamford) 21-15; Senior singles: Chris Ford (Stamford) bt Elizabeth Wallace (Stamford) 21-6; Champion of Champions: Elaine Upton (Ketton) bt Judith Arnold (Deeping) 21-11; Secretary singles: Angela Cox (Langtoft) bt Carol Grief (Crowland) 21-10; Pairs: Angela Cox & Patricia Booth (Langtoft) bt Hannah & Melanie Willoughby (Wittering) 25-12; Senior pairs: Helen Tilley & Elaine Upton (Ketton) bt Chris Ryan & Jan McDougall (Crowland) 21-16; Two-bowl triples: Carol Warters, Shirley Suffling, Helen Tilley (Ketton) bt Kate Heath, Viv Hempsell, Karen Mercer (Yaxley) 22-12; Three-bowl triples: Carol Warters, Lynne Hulme, Shirley Suffling (Ketton) by Hazel Bass, Gill King, Marlene Osborne (Yaxley) 22-6.
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Successful Ketton ladies at the finals – Elaine Upton, Helen Tilley, Lynne Hulme, Carol Warters, Shirley Suffling.
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Whittlesey Manor’s Tom Newman, Roger Stevens, Graham Agger and Peter Brown met in the pairs final.
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Angela Cox, winner of three titles, with county president Liz Hext.
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Paul Dalliday, winner of three titles, with Tristan Morton and Michelle Coleman, who both had title doubles.
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County president Martyn Dolby and Dusty Millar defeated last year’s winners Bob Warters and John Suffling in the senior pairs.
