AN NBF team played second fiddle again to Hunts Bowls in the annual memorial match remembering the significant contributions Malcolm Squires and Dick Noble made to the counties in both codes.
Hunts retained the shield with a comfortable 107-70 win at Parkway, winning on four of the five rinks, with the other one drawn, the rink of Neil Wright preventing a clean sweep for the hosts.
The match is a curtain-raiser to the new county championship season and enables the respective team managers to look at potential new recruits and rink permutations.
Sheron Noble and Norma Squires were on hand to present the shield to Hunts team manager Bob Morton.
RESULT
NBF 70, HUNTS 107 (NBF rinks only):
Andy Cox, Barry Lawrence, Zack Brown, Adam Emery lost 20-23; Kevin Brown, Steven Shaw, Graham Agger lost 13-24; Alec Emery, Dudley Smith, Neil Wright drew 15-15; Duncan Lee, John Holroyd, Kevin Vinter lost 7-21; Martyn Dolby, Michael Humphreys, Adam Warrington lost 15-24.
BELOW; Sheron Noble (right) and Norma Squires with the shield that remembers their late husbands, flanked by Hunts team manager Bob Morton and Northants Bowling Federation chairman Martyn Dolby.
