COUNTY presidents Shirley Suffling and Martyn Dolby hosted the Northants Bowling Federation’s joint presentation luncheon held at the Ellindon Banqueting Suite, Bretton.
Principal guests were both national presidents, Ian Bratton, president of the English Bowling Federation, and Elaine Haddon-Holmes, president of the English Women’s Bowling Federation.
They proposed a toast to the respective county federations and assisted the county presidents with the presentation of indoor and outdoor trophies.
During the proceedings, the EBF president re-presented the EBF veterans singles trophy to Graham Agger and the indoor Eversley Trophy to county president Martyn Dolby, who led the team of county executives, Graham Agger, Peter Brown, Les Sharp, Cliff Watson and Bob Warters to success at Lincoln.
The ‘Player of the Year’ trophies were awarded to John Earl (Derbyshire A), John Holroyd (Derbyshire B), Owen Aspinall (Adams Trophy) and Michael Humphreys (Newton Trophy).
SAD to report the passing of former NWBF president Mary Malton following a lengthy illness.
She was president in 1994 when the county won the Donald Steward Trophy for only the second time in their history and claimed the EWBF four-bowl singles title at Skegness in 2000.
She was an active member of the county for many years and an avid supporter after her retirement.
Away from the Federation, she won the English and British Isles fours titles in 2003 and 2004 respectively with Whittlesey Manor colleagues Emma Thurston, Wendy Lutkin and Pat Reynolds.
The funeral service takes place at Christ Church, Dogsthorpe on Friday, September 1st at 12.30pm. The wake is being held at the Peterborough & District club.
JUST one English Bowling Federation title came the way of Northants bowlers at Skegness courtesy of Graham Agger (Whittlesey Manor) in the veterans singles.
Playing in the event for the first time, he claimed a fifth success for the county in this competition after coming from 16-10 down to defeat Cleveland’s Steve Slaughter 21-18 in the final.
He also reached the semi-finals of the two-bowl rinks with Roger Stevens and Peter Brown, where they lost 27-18 to the eventual winners from North Essex.
The county’s other finalists were Blackstones pair Katie Bailey and John Earl in the mixed pairs, but having shown good form throughout the week, they had an off day in final and crashed 22-8 to Lincolnshire.
Once again the greens at Skegness proved much more of a challenge than usual, as they were vastly under-prepared resulting in bowls becoming something of a lottery on most rinks.
Damaged caused by unauthorised football matches on one of the greens meant two of the rinks having to be taken out of commission, and as a result the other two greens had to be turned into seven rinks.
With the local council desperate not to lose the championships which bring several million of pounds into the town’s economy, it is hoped that improvements in both the maintenance of the greens and security will be the result of upcoming discussions between the relevant parties.
Once again clashes with the Bowls England finals at Leamington resulted in matches being conceded before the start of the championships, although the three-bowl rinks from Hunts, after defeating a two-man Northants rink (Ean Morton had a family crisis) in the second round, then handed their opponents a ‘walkover’ in the semi-finals, which resulted in county president Martyn Dolby and skip Tristan Morton lodging a complaint only to be informed the national body were powerless to act as there was nothing in the rules to prevent it happening and that they hoped good sportsmanship would prevail in such circumstances.
The only other Northants player to reach the semi-finals was 14-year-old Ollie Jeapes in the under 25 singles, where he was beaten 21-18 by Hunts’ Sam Brugnoli, his partner in the Bowls England junior pairs who went on to claim the title.
It was a disappointing week for the Northants ladies as only Ann Northen (Langtoft) managed to win a match (Champion of Champions singles) with qualifiers in the other eight competitions all falling at their first hurdle.
It was particularly frustrating for the rinks teams who were both beaten on the last end, Market Deeping’s —-, Emma Providence and Linda Kemp dropping a single having gone into the last end all square and Stamford’s Elizabeth Wallace, Mora Holroyd and Chris Ford conceding four shots when leading by two.
RESULTS
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Two-bowl singles: Michael Jeapes (Parkway) lost 21-16 to Cleveland in the first round; Four-bowl singles: Paul Dalliday (Parkway) lost 21-19 to Northumberland in first round; Under 25 singles: Ollie Jeapes (Parkway) lost 21-18 to Hunts in the semi-finals having beaten North Cambs 21-13 and Notts21-11; Veterans singles: Graham Agger (Whittlesey Manor) won the final 21-18 against Cleveland having beaten Hunts 21-12 and Norfolk 21-15; Secretaries singles: Melvyn Beck lost 21-9 to Lincs in the first round; Champion of Champions: Robert Heath (Yaxley) lost 21-7 to North Essex in the first round; Sam Downs & Paul Buckley (Blackstones) lost 19-10 to Hunts in the second round having had a bye; Mixed pairs: Katie Bailey & John Earl (Blackstones) lost 22-8 in the final to Lincs having beaten Humberside 22-14; Northumberland 20-17 and North Essex 20-15; Senior pairs: John Suffling & Bob Warters (Ketton) lost 26-3 to Suffolk in the second round having beaten Humberside 20-13; Mixed senior pairs: Les Sharp & Gill King (Yaxley) lost 20-13 to Hunts in the first round; Open under 25 pairs: Ollie Jeapes (Parkway) & Owen Aspinall (Blackstones) lost 17-15 to Humberside in the second round after beating Hunts 19-9; 2b rinks: Roger Stevens, Graham Agger, Peter Brown (Whittlesey Manor) lost 27-18 to North Essex in the semi-finals having beaten Notts 17-11 and Humberside 19-13; 3b rinks: Adam Emery, Ean & Tristan Morton (Parkway) lost 17-11 to Hunts in the second round after beating Norfolk 13-9; Mixed rinks: Sophie Morton, Simon Law, Tristan Morton (Parkway) lost 22-16 to Norfolk in the first round.
WOMEN
Two-bowl singles: Karen Porter (Crowland) lost 21-11 to North Essex in the first round; Four-bowl singles: Emma Providence (Market Deeping) lost 21-9 to Durham in the first round: Senior singles: Sue Moir (Langtoft) lost 21-18 to Notts in the first round; Secretaries singles: Angela Cox (Langtoft) lost 21-9 to Derbyshire in the first round; Champion of Champions singles: Ann Northen (Langtoft) lost 21-11 to Durham after beating Hunts 21-10; Pairs: Lynn Hulme & Shirley Suffling (Ketton) lost 19-8 to Norfolk in the first round; Senior pairs: Anne White & Sue Moir (Langtoft) lost 22-13 to Norfolk in the first round; 2b rinks: Julie Nolan, Linda Kemp, Emma Providence (Market Deeping) lost 18-17 to Cleveland in the first round; 3b rinks: Elizabeth Wallace, Moira Holroyd, Chris Ford (Stamford) lost 20-18 to Lincs in the first round.
Graham Agger (Whittlesey Manor) winner of the EBF;s veterans singles title at Skegness.Mixed pairs finalists John Earl and Katie Bailey with Northants Bowling Federation president Martyn Dolby.
THERE will be an unbalanced look to the NBF county fixtures next year as North Cambs, having won the Newton Trophy this season have been automatically promoted to the Adams competition.
As a result, it means there will be seven teams in the Adams next year and only five in the Newton.
The national rules state that any county with only one team, such as North Cambs, who choose to play that team in the Newton and then win that said league are automatically elevated to the Adams the following year.
The provisional fixtures have been released ahead of the fixture meeting at Skegness where they will be confirmed or otherwise.
As a result of the odd number of teams in each competition, it means counties will get a weekend off next year as opposed to playing on five consecutive Saturdays.
With regard to Northants, Dave Corney has expressed his desire to continue as the Newton captain, but this does not preclude anyone else from throwing their hat into the ring. However, the Adams team are seeking nominations for captain as Roger Stevens, who stepped in at the last minute this season to enable the fixtures to be fulfilled is not planning to stand.
If there are any nominations, then contact the secretary before the county AGM on October 18th.
WHITTLESEY Manor lifted the NBF’s Adams Cup for the first time since 2012 by defeating Yaxley 63-44 in the final at City of Peterborough.
When two of the three rinks had finished, Yaxley held a slender one-shot lead, but that was purely academic as the Manor rink of Peter Brown had already secured a commanding advantage over Les Sharp’s rink, the final scoreline being 30-10.
Yaxley’s Peter Marchant’s scored three shots on the last end to edge out the rink of Graham Agger 17-15, while on adjoining rink Robert Heath’s rink came from 14-4 down to draw within one shot of Martin Welsford’s trio after scoring eight shots over the last three ends.
Roger Stevens, Mick Linnell, Martin Welsford 18, Tony Duthrie, Andrew Cooper, Robert Heath 17; Michael Humphreys, Tom Fielding, Graham Agger 15, Mike Gordon, Luigi Caporale, Peter Marchant 17; Stuart Agger, Zack Brown, Peter Brown 30, Ian Flack, Gill King, Les Sharp 10.
Whittlesey Manor were winners of the Adams Cup with captain Michael Humphreys holding the trophy.Yaxley were beaten finalists in the Adams Cup.
PARKWAY have retained the Dan Duffy Trophy, the Northants Bowling Federation’s club championship.
They defeated Blackstones 78-67 in the final played at Langtoft, winning on three of the four rinks.
The result of the match was in the balance until the closing ends when Parkway forged ahead to retain the crown and qualify for next year’s Durham Centenary Trophy.
Blackstones led by three shots at the five-end stage, but Parkway edged ahead to lead by two shots after ten ends and the margin was still only two shots after 15 ends. However, over the last six ends Parkway stretched that advantage to 11 by accumulating 23 shots to Blackstones’ 14.
Level at 12-12 after 16 ends, the rink of Stuart Popple won the last five ends to win 20-12 against Paul Buckley; Simon Law’s trio snatched a 20-19 victory by scoring a three on the last end to pip Stephen Harris, while Tristan Morton scored on seven of the last nine ends to secure an 18-12 win against John Earl.
Blackstones’ consolation win came from the rink of Adam Warrington who led from start to finish to win 24-20 against Mike Robertson.
Northants Bowling Federation president Martyn Dolby was on hand to present the trophy to the winning team.
Paul Dalliday, Michael Jeapes, Simon Law 20, Trevor Smith, Darren Russell, Stephen Harris 19; Ollie Jeapes, Michelle Coleman, Tristan Morton 18, Dusty Miller, Mal Smith, John Earl 12; Neil Wright, Tony Scarr, Stuart Popple 20, Martin Stokes, Sam Downs, Paul Buckley 12; Trevor Collins, Brian Martin, Mike Robertson 20, Wayne Morris, Darren Middleton, Adam Warrington 24.
Parkway retained the Dan Duffy Trophy which was received on their behalf by young Ollie Jeapes.Dan Duffy Trophy runners-up Blackstones with NBF president Martyn Dolby.
DETAILS of the opening round draws for the English Bowling Federation finals at Skegness from August 19-26 have just been released.
This year the individual portion of the championships will get under way on the Monday afternoon as opposed to the usual Tuesday morning, with all six inter-county finals being played on the Saturday and the Reg Jackson competition occupying the three greens all day Sunday and Monday morning,
The inter-county finals on the Saturday will start at 11.45am with the Silver Vase Trophy, the Reg Wright Trophy and the Durham Centenary, while the Adams, Donald Steward and Newton finals will start at 3.00pm.
MEN
2b singles: Michael Jeapes (Parkway), Tuesday, 12.15pm v Cleveland; 4b singles: Paul Dalliday (Parkway), Tuesday, 11.45am v Northumberland; U25 singles: Ollie Jeapes (Parkway), Thursday, 11.45am v North Cambs; Senior singles: Graham Agger (Whittlesey Manor), first round bye, then Friday, 11.45am v Hunts or Durham; Secretaries singles: Melvyn Beck (Whittlesey Manor), Thursday, 12.15pm v Lincs; Champion of Champions: Robert Heath (Yaxley), Tuesday, 1.45pm v North Essex; Pairs: Sam Downs & Paul Buckley (Blackstones), first round bye, then Thursday, 9.15am v Hunts; Senior pairs: John Suffling & Bob Warters (Ketton), Wednesday, 12.15pm v Humberside; Mixed pairs: Katie Bailey & John Earl (Blackstones), Tuesday, 9.15am v Humberside; 2b rinks: Roger Stevens, Graham Agger, Peter Brown (Whittlesey Manor), Tuesday, 2.15pm v Notts; 3b rinks: Adam Emery, Ean & Tristan Morton (Parkway), Monday, 2.15pm v Norfolk; Mixed rinks, Sophie Morton, Simon Law, Tristan Morton (Parkway), Tuesday, 11.45am v Norfolk; U25 open pairs: Owen Aspinall (Blackstones) & Ollie Jeapes (Parkway), Tuesday, 2.15pm v Hunts; Senior mixed pairs: Les Sharp & Gill King (Yaxley), first round bye, then Wednesday, 1.45pm v Humberside or Hunts.
LADIES
2b singles: Karen Porter (Crowland), Tuesday, 2.15pm v North Essex; 4b singles: Emma Providence (Market Deeping), Tuesday, 9.15am v Durham; Senior singles: Sue Moir (Langtoft), Wednesday, 9.15am v Notts; Secretaries singles: Angela Cox (Langtoft), Wednesday, 1.45pm v Derbys; Champion of Champions: Ann Northen (Langtoft), Tuesday, 3.15pm v Hunts; Pairs: Lynn Hulme (sub) & Shirley Suffling (Ketton), Thursday, 10.45am v Norfolk; Senior pairs: Anne White & Sue Moir (Langtoft), Tuesday, 10.45am v Norfolk; 2b rinks: Julie Nolan, Linda Kemp, Emma Providence (Market Deeping), Tuesday, 2.15pm v Cleveland; 3b rinks: Elizabeth Wallace, Moira Holroyd, Chris Ford (Stamford), Monday, 2.15pm v Lincs.
DATES and venues for the two NBF cup finals have now been confirmed.
Langtoft will host the Dan Duffy Cup final between defending champions Parkway and Blackstones on Thursday, August 3 at 6.30pm. The winners of this county club championship will represent the county in next year’s Durham Centenary Trophy.
In the semi-finals, Blackstones won 74-58 at Whittlesey Manor, while Parkway were 83-67 winners at Yaxley.
The Adams Cup decider between Whittlesey Manor and Yaxley is being hosted by the City of Peterborough club on Thursday, August 10 at 6.30pm.
Whittlesey Manor reached the final with a 68-36 victory at Crowland, while Yaxley edged out Peterborough & District 65-62.
BOOKINGS are now being taken for the Northants Bowling Federation’s joint annual presentation luncheon being held once again at the Ellindon Banqueting Suite, Bretton PE3 8RD on Sunday, September 17 (12.00 for 12.30).
Tickets are priced at £25.00, the same as last year for a three-course lunch plus tea or coffee, and the function will be hosted by county presidents Martyn Dolby and Shirley Suffling.
Guests of honour will be the national presidents, Elaine Haddon-Holmes (Derbys) and Ian Bratton (Humberside).
Make your selections from the menu below and send them to either county secretary – Terri Handley, 6 Caesar Close Baston PE6 9PN (Email: terri.handley@yahoo.co.uk or Melvyn Beck, 11 Davie Lane, Whittlesey PE7 1YZ (Email: melvynbeckbowls@outlook,com).
Email or post your orders and cheques should be made payable to Northants Bowling Federation.
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Cream of vegetable soup
Prawn cocktail
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Roast beef
Roast chicken
(Both served with Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables and accompanying sauces)
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.
Four county titles came the way of this Langtoft quartet – (left to right): Ann Northen, Anne White, Angela Cox and double winner Sue Moir.Pairs finalists (from the left) Carol Warters and county president Shirley Suffling (the winners) and Market Deeping mother and daughter Linda Kemp and Emma Providence, who earlier won the three-bowl triples with Sue Wilson.
