GRAHAM Agger (Whittlesey Manor) remains on course to complete a hat-trick of English Bowling Federation veterans singles titles after winning the county championship at the City of Peterborough club for a third year in a row.
He defeated John Holroyd (Stamford) 21-15 in the final, but Holroyd later made amends by claiming a title double – 2b singles and senior pairs with Neil Crees.
Ollie Jeapes will also be defending a national title at Skegness following his retention of the under 25 singles crown against Yaxley’s Reggie Boardman and he will also be there in the junior pairs with Owen Aspinall following a defeat of his sister Amir and Caitlin Dalliday, daughter of two-bowl triples winner Paul.
Stamford secretary Susan Seed, who qualified in a remarkable six finals, won three out of five played on the day – secretary and Champion of Champions singles and senior mixed pairs with Kevin Vinter. She bypassed the winning three-bowl triple, but will return for the national final meaning she will be fighting on four fronts at Skegness.
NBF chairman Martyn Dolby also made it through to six finals, but only has one success to date – the pairs with Paul Martlew. He dropped out of the losing mixed triple, but lost his senior pairs crown with Dusty Miller and both the triples with Adam Warrington and John Earl, one of them on an extra end against Blackstones colleagues Michael Humphreys, Paul Buckley and Stephen Harris, who earlier lost in singles finals to Holroyd and Stuart Agger, who heads to Skegness for the first time.
Harris made it third time lucky in the singles when he defeated Dolby 21-17 in the four-bowl singles decider played after finals day.
Apart from Holroyd, Jeapes and Seed, there were also title doubles for Ketton pair Shirley Suffling and Elaine Upton and Parkway duo Simon Law and Tristan Morton.
The finals at Skegness run from August 16-23, but the individual portion of the championships will start on the Monday afternoon (August 18).
MEN
2b singles: John Holroyd (Stamford) bt Stephen Harris (Blackstones) 21-16; 4b singles: Stephen Harris (Blackstones) bt Martyn Dolby (Blackstones) 21-17; Champion of Champions singles: Stuart Agger (Whittlesey Manor) bt Stephen Harris (Blackstones) 21-17; Veterans singles: Graham Agger (Whittlesey Manor) bt John Holroyd (Stamford) 21-15; U25 singles: Ollie Jeapes (Parkway) bt Reggie Boardman (Yaxley) 21-10; Secretary singles: Andy Cox (City of Peterborough) bt Ally McNaughton (Wittering) 21-7; Pairs: Paul Martlew & Martyn Dolby (Blackstones) bt Stuart Popple (S) & James Harford (Parkway) 21-17; Senior pairs: Neil Crees & John Holroyd (Stamford) bt Dusty Miller & Martyn Dolby (Blackstones) 21-5; U25 open pairs: Ollie Jeapes (Parkway) & Owen Aspinall (Blackstones) bt Amir Jeapes & Caitlin Dalliday (Parkway) 28-12; Mixed pairs: Catherine Popple (S) & James Harford (Parkway) bt Kevin Vinter & Susan Seed (Stamford) 18-13; Senior mixed pairs: Kevin Vinter & Susan Seed (Stamford) bt Elaine Upton & John Suffling (Ketton) 23-10; 2b triples: Paul Dalliday, Simon Law, Tristan Morton (Parkway) bt Martyn Dolby, Adam Warrington, John Earl (Blackstones) 22-19; 3b triples: Michael Humphreys, Paul Buckley, Stephen Harris (Blackstones) bt Martyn Dolby, Adam Warrington, John Earl (Blackstones) 16-15 (after extra end); Mixed triples: Sophie Morton, Simon Law, Tristan Morton (Parkway) bt Rita Downs, Wayne Morris (S), Darren Middleton (Blackstones) 23-10.
WOMEN
4b singles: Linda Toms (Conservative) bt Susan Seed (Stamford) 21-13; 2b singles: Shirley Suffling (Ketton) bt Catherine Bruce (Crowland) 21-16; Champion of Champion of Champions singles: Susan Seed (Stamford) bt Lynne Agger (Whittlesey Manor) 21-14; Senior singles: Elaine Upton (Ketton) bt Shirley Suffling (Ketton) 21-9; Secretary singles: Susan Seed (Stamford) bt Linda Toms (Conservative) 21-11; Pairs: Sheila Craig & Liz Hext (Conservative) bt Jan McDougall & Chris Ryan (Crowland) 20-6; Senior pairs: Fiona Richardson & Jess Bolam (City of Peterborough) bt Marlene Osborne (S) & Viv Hempsell (Yaxley) 21-15; 2b triples: Elaine Upton, Shirley Suffling, Helen Tilley (Ketton) bt Angie Ford-Hunt (S), Julie Nolan, Linda Kemp (Market Deeping) 30-13; 3b triples: Chrissy Baker, Moira Holroyd (S), Chris Ford (Stamford) bt Sally Albany, Jan McDougall, Chris Ryan (Crowland) 17-15.
Below: Veterans singles winner Graham Agger (left) and beaten finalist John Holroyd, who later claimed a title double.
Below: Susan Seed (right) and Linda Toms – two singles clashes ended one apiece.
Below: Two-bowl triples finalists Market Deeping and Ketton (winners)
Below: Men’s two-bowl triples finalists Parkway (winners) and Blackstones
