FOUR players claimed title doubles at the Northants Bowling Federation finals at Whittlesey Manor on Sunday.
Emma Providence (Market Deeping), who had earlier won the four-bowl singles against Langtoft’s Angela Cox (21-7) and the two-bowl triples with her mother Linda Kemp and Sue Wilson, missed out on a hat-trick in the pairs when her and her mother were beaten 18-12 by Ketton’s Carol Warters and NWBF president Shirley Suffling, whose husbands, Bob and John respectively, combined to win the men’s senior pairs, 19-18 against Parkway’s Tony Scarr and Trevor Collins.
Parkway’s Tristan Morton completed a comfortable early double, winning the three-bowl triples with brother Ean and Adam Emery, 26-8 against host club trio Steve Roden, Steve Lander and Peter Brown, and then the mixed triples (29-11) with wife Sophie and Simon Law, with Brown on the receiving end again alongside Stuart Agger and Lynne Betts.
Brown did make it third time lucky in the two-bowl triples as did Roger Stevens, who had earlier been beaten 21-10 by Michael Jeapes (Parkway) in the two-bowl singles and 23-12 in the pairs with Tom Newman against Blackstones’ Sam Downs and Paul Buckley.
The other player in the winning rink, Graham Agger, was completing a double having claimed the veterans singles title at the first time of asking, 21-18 against Stamford’s Kevin Vinter, who later lost 15-12 with Sue Seed in the senior mixed pairs against title holders and former national champions Les Sharp and Gill King (Yaxley). Seed also suffered a second defeat on the day in the three-bowl triples with Chrissie Baker and Ann Holmes against Stamford colleagues Elizabeth Wallace, Moira Holroyd (who had won it last year with Holmes) and Chris Ford, who made amends for their earlier two-bowl triples defeat.
The fourth and double winner was Langtoft’s Sue Moir, who won the senior singles, 21-16 against Helen Tilley (Ketton) and teamed up with Anne White to land the senior pairs, 17-7 against Yaxley’s Viv Hempsell and double seeking Gill King.
Yaxley’s Robert Heath, who won the senior pairs two years in a row, heads to Skegness in the Champion of Champions this time after beating Neil Wright (Parkway) 21-10, while Langtoft’s Ann Northen won the ladies’ equivalent, 21-16 against Joy Winfield (Deeping).
Angela Cox claimed a fourth county title on the day for the Langtoft club by retaining the secretary singles with a 21-4 defeat of county secretary Terri Handley, while Melvyn Beck (Whittlesey Manor) also kept his secretary singles crown with a 21-19 win against Mike Ramsden (Empingham) in a repeat of last year’s final.
There was a fourth title on the day for Parkway when Paul Dalliday edged out Andrew Cooper (Yaxley) 21-19 in the four-, bowl singles, while a sizeable contingent of Crowland supporters enjoyed Karen Porter’s 21-17 win in the two-bowl singles against Val Du’Kett (Ketton).
There was a comfortable 20-8 win in the mixed pairs for Blackstones’ Katie Bailey and John Earl against Wittering’s Mitch Willoughby and Ally McNaughton.
Ollie Jeapes (Parkway) was the only entrant in either of the junior singles competitions, and so goes straight through to Skegness for the second year running.
FINAL RESULTS
MEN
2b singles – Michael Jeapes (Parkway) bt Roger Stevens (Whittlesey Manor) 21-10; 4b singles – Paul Dalliday (Parkway) bt Andrew Cooper (Yaxley) 21-19; Secretaries singles – Melvyn Beck (Whittlesey Manor) bt Mike Ramsden (Empingham) 21-19; Veterans singles – Graham Agger (Whittlesey Manor) bt Kevin Vinter (Stamford) 21-18; Champion of Champions – Robert Heath (Yaxley) bt Neil Wright (Parkway) 21-10; Pairs – Sam Downs & Paul Buckley (Blackstones) bt Roger Stevens & Tom Newman (Whittlesey Manor) 23-12; Senior pairs – John Suffling & Bob Warters (Ketton) bt Tony Scarr & Trevor Collins (Parkway) 19-18; 2b rinks – Roger Stevens, Graham Agger, Peter Brown (Whittlesey Manor) bt Tony Scarr, Mike Robertson, Trevor Collins (Parkway) 25-13; 3b rinks – Adam Emery, Ean & Tristan Morton (Parkway) bt Steve Roden, Steve Lander, Peter Brown (Whittlesey Manor) 26-8.
MIXED
Pairs – Katie Bailey & John Earl (Blackstones) bt Mitch Willoughby & Ally McNaughton (Wittering) 20-8; Senior mixed pairs – Les Sharp & Gill King (Yaxley) bt Kevin Vinter & Sue Seed (Stamford) 15-12; Mixed rinks – Sophie Morton, Simon Law, Tristan Morton (Parkway) bt Stuart Agger, Lynne Betts, Peter Brown (Whittlesey Manor) 29-11.
WOMEN
2b singles – Karen Porter (Crowland) bt Val Du’Kett (Ketton) 21-17; 4b singles: Emma Providence (Market Deeping) bt Angela Cox (Langtoft) 21-7; Secretaries singles – Angela Cox (Langtoft) bt Terri Handley (County) 21-4; Veterans singles – Sue Moir (Langtoft) bt Helen Tilley (Ketton) 21-16; Champion of Champions – Ann Northen (Langtoft) bt Joy Winfield (Deeping) 21-16; Pairs – Carol Warters & Shirley Suffling (Ketton) bt Linda Kemp & Emma Providence (Market Deeping) 18-12; Senior pairs – Anne White & Sue Moir (Langtoft) bt Viv Hempsell & Gill King (Yaxley) 17-7; 2b rinks – Sue Wilson, Linda Kemp, Emma Providence (Market Deeping) bt Elizabeth Wallace, Moira Holroyd, Chris Ford (Stamford) 22-12; 3b rinks – Elizabeth Wallace, Moira Holroyd, Chris Ford (Stamford) bt Chrissie Baker, Sue Seed, Ann Holmes (Stamford) 22-9.
won the three-bowl triples with Sue Wilson.
