Melvyn Beck
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TITLE TREBLE FOR HARRIS
STEPHEN Harris claimed two individual titles at the English Bowling Federation national indoor championships at Lincoln and was also part of the Northants team that lifted the Derbyshire Trophy inter-county team title for the second time in three years. Earlier in the week, he skipped Michael Humphreys and Tom Newman-Borrett to the triples title which …
NBF MEMORIAL MATCHES
THE NBF county season will start with the annual curtain-raising memorial matches remembering Federation stalwarts John Dickenson, Malcolm Squires and Dick Noble. Whittlesey Manor host the NBF’s Newton Trophy squad on Saturday, May 9th which remembers John Dickenson, while on Sunday, May 24th, the NBF’s Adams Trophy squad take on a Hunts Bowls team at …
DERBYSHIRE FINAL CHANGES
NORTHANTS have had to make two changes to the team for the English Bowling Federation’s Derbyshire Trophy final against Northumberland at Lincoln this Saturday (April 25th) starting at 1.00pm. Stephen Harris and Tom Newman-Borrett replace the unavailable pair Wayne Morris and Adam Warrington. Northants: Chris Ballard, Brian Martin, Peter Brown; Michael Humphreys, Tom Newman-Borrett, Stephen …
LADIES v GENTS
THE annual indoor fixture between teams representing the NBF and the NWBF ended in a 155-72 victory for the men at Stamford. The teams were led by NBF chairman Martyn Dolby and NWBF president Sheila Craig. The rink of Michael Humphreys, Andy Cox and Tom Newman-Borrett were the men’s top rink with a 36-12 win, …
COUNTY FIXTURE LISTS
THE NBF and NWBF county championship teams set out in May on the road they hope will lead to the national finals at Skegness in late August. It is 32 years since the NWBF last tasted success in the Donald Steward Trophy, having won it previously in 1985, while the county await their first triumph …
POTTERS BOWLS WEEK
THE English Bowling Federation bowls week at the five-star Potters Resort at Hopton-on-Sea on the Norfolk coast takes place next year from Monday, February 22nd through to the Friday. Booking through Northants Bowling Federation guarantees significant savings on the normal brochure price and the county also receives a commission on each booking. It is a …
NATIONAL INDOOR FINALS
THE EBF/EWBF national indoor finals get under way at the Lincoln club on Monday, April 20th through to the following Sunday (April 26th). The women’s Harry Carver team competition starts the proceedings on the Monday, but because of duplications – one woman has qualified in no fewer than five events – the women’s triples is …
NEW RULES FOR COUNTY MATCHES
NON-compliance of rules at inter-county championship matches and national championships involving dress code, smoking or vaping on the green and the use of mobile phones, again on the green, could lead to counties being docked points and players being disqualified. In recent times, incidents are being reported to the national body of non-compliance of rules …
NBF CUP DRAWS
THE NBF will break with tradition this year and stage the semi-finals and final of the Dan Duffy team championship on Sunday afternoons instead of Thursday evenings. One principal reason for the change is that at that stage of the season it is often a race against time to complete the match in reasonable light, …
DERBYSHIRE FINAL TEAM
TEAM captain Simon Law has named an unchanged team for the EBF’s Derbyshire Trophy indoor county championship final against Northumberland at Lincoln on Saturday, April 25th. Northants: Chris Ballard, Brian Martin, Peter Brown; Stuart Agger, Paul Dalliday, Simon Law; Michael Humphreys, Wayne Morris, Adam Warrington; Martyn Dolby, Mick Linnell, Graham Agger. Res: Tom Newman-Borrett.