NORTHANTS reached all three men's singles finals at the delayed 2020 English Bowling Federation national indoor championships at Newark, but managed only one success courtesy of Stephen Harris in the under 25 singles.
It followed his victory in the under 25 open pairs with sister Louise at Skegness in late August, and so he bows out of the junior category with two national titles in the space of a few weeks.
He defeated fellow junior indoor international Ed Elmore (Hunts) 21-16 in the final to claim the junior singles title for the county for the first time, his final opponent having already collected the pairs and triples crowns.
It also avenged his semi-final defeat in the pairs with Wayne Morris at the hands of Elmore and Albert Corn the previous day.
Martyn Dolby and Adam Warrington missed out on glory having both been impressive in their semi-finals, especially Dolby who swamped Hunts' David Peak 21-2 in the senior singles..
However, he was beaten 21-13 the following morning by A. HInd (Cleveland) as he attempted to win a fourth national indoor title, while Warrington lost his way in the singles final after a bright start, losing 21-5 to Clive Rawson (Notts).
The only other Northants representative to reach a semi-final was Joan Robinson in the senior singles, where she lost 21-10 to Notts.
Chris Ford was the only other Northants player to win a match, winning her first round singles tie 21-15 against Suffolk, before bowing out 21-5 in the next at the hands of Derbys.
There were opening match defeats for:
Katie Bailey and John Earl in the mixed pairs (21-16 to Durham); Moira Holroyd, substitute Stephen Harris and John Holroyd in the mixed triples (25-9 to Durham); Martyn Dolby, John Earl, Adam Warrington in the triples (18-17 after extra end against Derbys); Shirley Suffling and Chris Ford in the pairs (22-13 against Lincs); Shirley Suffling, substitute Rose March, Chris Ford in the triples (22-17 against Derbys).
