COUNTY bowlers celebrated a record haul of English Bowling Federation indoor national titles at the NBF/NWBF presentation luncheon held at the Ellindon Banqueting Suite, Bretton.
Young Ollie Jeapes and NBF chairman Martyn Dolby retained the junior and senior singles respectively at Lincoln in April; Paul Dalliday, Simon Law and Triston Morton claimed the triples crown and the county executive team won the Eversley Trophy for the third year running.
The outdoor finals at Skegness were not quite as successful, although Parkway became the first club from the county to win the Durham Centenary Trophy, the EBF’s club championship.
Graham Agger came agonisingly close to completing a hat-trick of veterans singles titles, losing 21-19 in the final, while Shirley Suffling reached the final of the two-bowl singles.
EBF president David Thomas was guest of honour at the luncheon and presented the national and county trophies. Unfortunately, EWBF president Beryl Beresford was unable to attend at the last minute owing to illness, so NWBF president Jess Bolam proposed a toast to the NWBF.
The EBF president proposed a toast to the NBF to which NBF chairman Martyn Dolby responded.
Graham Agger and Neil Wright were named Derbyshire A and B team ‘Players of the Year’ respectively, while Adam Warrington and Peter Smith received the accolades for the Adams and Newton teams respectively.
