Melvyn Beck
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OBITUARY: DICK NOBLE
IT is with deep regret and sorrow that we announce the sad passing of former Northants Bowling Federation president Dick Noble on Thursday, June 2 after a lengthy illness. A larger than life character, he was a well known and respected bowler and administrator, not only in this county, but much further afield, both within …
SECOND DEFEAT FOR COUNTY WOMEN
NORTHANTS’ Donald Steward team suffered a second successive defeat in the English Women’s Bowling Federation inter-county championship when they were beaten 99-111 away to North Cambs at March. They won on two of the five rinks and lost another by just a single shot to collect four points from a possible 18. The winning rinks …
BLACKSTONES IN LAST FOUR
BLACKSTONES are through to the southern area semi-finals of the Durham Centenary Trophy following an emphatic 111-58 home win against North Essex champions Radwinter. The Northants winners of last season’s Dan Duffy Trophy won comfortably on all four rinks and now face a home tie against Hunts qualifiers Brampton. RESULT BLACKSTONES bt RADWINTER 111-58 (Blackstones …
COUNTY WOMEN BEATEN
THE Northants women’s county teams made an unsuccessful return to action after a three-year absence with defeats away to Norfolk. Both teams returned with just two points from a maximum 18, with the Donald Steward team losing 147-83 at Acle, while the Silver Jubilee Vase side went down 147-83 at Martham. The successful rink for …
MEMORIAL MATCH TIED
THE annual early season match between Whittlesey Manor and the Northants Bowling Federation for the John Dickenson Memorial Shield finished all square at 105-105. The Federation team was made up of Newton Trophy squad players under the new leadership of Dave Corney, and they won on two of the five rinks, courtesy of the rinks …
MEMORIAL MATCH RETURNS
AFTER a two-year absence owing to the pandemic, the John Dickenson Memorial match returns on Saturday, May 7 when Whittlesey Manor, his first club when he moved to the area, host a Northants Bowling Federation select team. John was a much respected bowls administrator and Federation stalwart, having held the positions of EBF president and …
COUNTY GET-TOGETHER
NORTHANTS women are getting their county squads together at Yaxley on Wednesday, May 4 in preparation for the inter-county campaign – their first for three years. The county open their programme away to Norfolk on May 16, but while the Donald Steward team have five fixtures, the Silver Jubilee Vase only have three, with North …
OLLIE (12) WINS NATIONAL TITLE
OLLIE Jeapes has won the English Bowling Federation’s indoor under 25 open singles title for Northants…. at the tender age of 12! The prodigious schoolboy talent from Chesterton, who plays his indoor bowls at the powerful Spalding club under the watchful eye of long-time England international Graham Smith, swept all before him at Newark, winning …
EVERSLEY TROPHY
NORTHANTS men finished fifth of nine in the English Bowling Federation’s Eversley Trophy, the double rink competition for current county officials, past presidents and life members. They won three matches out of four, beating Humberside, Suffolk and Norfolk, but only won on three of the eight rinks played and so finished on 12 points, level …
NATIONAL INDOOR FINALS TIMETABLE
THE timetable for the English Bowling Federation and English Women’s Bowling Federation national indoor finals being held at Newark from April 19-24 has been released. How the timetable affects the Northants representatives. MEN Singles: Stephen Harris v North Cambs (Thursday, April 21 at 9.30am). Next round on the Friday at 2.30pm. Senior singles: Tony Barwell …