ANY hopes the NBF county teams had of winning their respective southern sections in the EBF county championships perished at the hands of visiting Suffolk.
Both the Adams and Newton teams only managed one winning rink apiece as Suffolk powered home to increase their chances of qualifying for the national finals at Skegness.
The Adams team were beaten 172-151 at Parkway, their one winning rink being Neil Wright, Tom Fielding and Adam Emery, who won 35-18, while at Whittlesey Manor, the Newton team went down 177-143, with the rink of Ian Chilvers, Sam Downs and Paul Buckley winning 33-25.
Both teams round off their programmes away to Lincolnshire on Saturday (July 5).
There are two changes in the Newton team for the match at the Castle green in Spalding with Andrew Grief and Dave Roberts replacing Steven Shaw, who has moved up to the Adams team, and Melvyn Beck.
RESULTS
ADAMS TROPHY
NORTHANTS 151 (2), SUFFOLK 172 (20) – (Northants rinks only):
Neil Wright, Tom Fielding, Adam Emery won 35-18; Tom Newman-Borrett, Michael Humphreys, John Earl lost 23-30; Malcolm Mitchell, Zack Brown, Roger Martin lost 21-37; Ally McNaughton, John Holroyd, Kevin Vinter lost 25-26; Craig Campbell, Dudley Smith, Peter Brown lost 21-26; Duncan Lee, Trevor Collins, Graham Agger lost 26-35.
NEWTON TROPHY
NORTHANTS 143 (2), SUFFOLK 177 (20) – (Northants rinks only):
Ian Chilvers Sam Downs, Paul Buckley won 33-25; Andy Cox, Mick Porter, Brian Bassam lost 21-28; Peter Smith, Andy Cook, Steven Shaw lost 20-37; Martin Prudhoe, Melvyn Beck, Phil Symonds lost 20-25; Paul Carey, Roger Strong, Mick Greaves lost 22-33; Les Sharp, Andy Dyer, Andrew Cooper lost 27-29.
