Melvyn Beck
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YOUR COUNTY NEEDS YOU!
ALTHOUGH there are still a few weeks of the current season remaining, the NBF management committee are already looking ahead to next year’s county championship campaign. They are asking players, initially through the clubs, to register their interest in representing the county in next season’s Adams or Newton trophy teams, so they can gauge what …
SKEGNESS DRAWS
THE draws for the opening rounds of the English Bowling Federation and English Women’s Bowling Federation national championships at Skegness have been released. The finals week runs from Saturday, August 17 through to Saturday, August 24, but the individual portion of the championships doesn’t start until the Monday afternoon (August 19). MEN Two-bowl singles: Paul …
MANOR RETAIN ADAMS CUP
WHITTLESEY Manor retained the NBF’s Adams Cup with a 70-39 victory over Conservative at Yaxley. They won on all three rinks and gained some consolation for the previous week’s defeat in the Dan Duffy team championship final at the hands of Parkway. RESULT WHITTLESEY MANOR 70, CONSERVATIVE 39 (Whittlesey Manor rinks first): Stuart Agger, Tom …
PARKWAY RETAIN DUFFY TROPHY
PARKWAY retained the NBF’s Dan Duffy team championship with an 82-50 win against Whittlesey Manor at City of Peterborough. They won on three of the four rinks and now go forward to represent the county in next year’s EBF Durham Centenary Trophy. Their rink wins came from Simon Law (27-8), Tristan Morton (19-11) and Ean …
STEWARD TEAM END ON HIGH NOTE
THE NWBF Donald Steward team ended their five-match county championship programme on a high note by gaining their first win of the campaign – 115-107 at home to Hunts at City of Peterborough. There were wins for the rinks of county president Liz Hext, Carol Grief and Sue Moir as Northants claimed 14 of the …
TITLE HAT-TRICKS AT COUNTY FINALS
TWO players completed title hat-tricks at the NBF/NWBF county finals held at Blackstones, and another will be also involved in three competitions in the national finals at Skegness beginning on August 17. Paul Dalliday (Parkway) claimed the two-bowl singles at the expense of Stuart Agger (Whittlesey Manor) then teamed up twice with Michelle Coleman to …
NEWTON HOPES ENDED
THE NBF Newton team’s hopes of at least finishing runners-up in the southern section were dashed when they were beaten 144-153 by Hunts at Whittlesey Manor. They went into the match with a very slim chance of winning the section, but with Norfolk defeating Lincolnshire the result proved immaterial. Although only beaten by nine shots, …
SKEGNESS FUTURE POSITIVE
THE future of Skegness as the venue for the English Bowling Federation national finals was thrown into some doubt when East Lindsey District Council announced they would no longer maintain the three greens after the end of August. However, following a ‘Save Our Bowling Greens’ meeting at the Suncastle attended by around 150 people, including …
DUFFY AND ADAMS FINALS
HOLDERS Parkway face Whittlesey Manor in the final of the Dan Duffy Trophy at the City of Peterborough club next Thursday (July 18) at 6.30pm. The winner of this NBF club championship will represent the county in next season’s Durham Centenary Trophy. In the semi-finals, Parkway defeated West Ward, while Whittlesey Manor won away to …
COUNTY FINALS TIMETABLE
THE NBF/NWBF county finals take place at Blackstones this Sunday (July 14th) starting at 10.00am. Four players will be chasing a hat-trick of county titles on the day – Paul Dalliday (Parkway), Roger Stevens (Whittlesey Manor), Elaine Upton (Ketton) and Angela Cox (Langtoft), while young Ollie Jeapes (Parkway) competes in two having already been given …