{"id":11347,"date":"2025-06-05T10:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T10:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northantsbowlingfederation.co.uk\/?p=11347"},"modified":"2025-06-08T18:13:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T18:13:05","slug":"tough-going-for-nwbf-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northantsbowlingfederation.co.uk\/?p=11347","title":{"rendered":"TOUGH GOING FOR NWBF TEAMS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>THE NWBF county teams suffered a second consecutive double defeat this time at the hands of visiting Norfolk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Donald Steward team, playing at Blackstones, were unable to register a point in a 161-88 defeat, but the Silver Jubilee team did secure two rink wins for the second game running in a 124-87 defeat at City of Peterborough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rink wins for the Silver Jubilee team came from the rinks of Karen Mercer and Sue Mansbridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Donald Steward team are next in action at home to North Essex on June 18, while the Silver Jubilee Vase team&#8217;s final match is away to Hunts on July 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DONALD STEWARD TROPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NORTHANTS 88 (0), NORFOLK 161 (18) &#8211;<\/strong> (Northants rinks only):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fiona Richardson, Jan McDougall, Rita Downs lost 14-34; Sheila Craig, LIz Hext, Veina Slater lost 19-32; Terri Handley, Shirley Suffling, Ali McCormick lost 19-25; Val Du&#8217;Kett, Jan Collishaw, Chris Ryan lost 18-29; Sally Albany, Karen Porter, Carol Grief lost 18-41.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SILVER JUBILEE VASE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NORTHANTS 87 (4), NORFOLK 124 (14) <\/strong>&#8211; (Northants rinks only):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jenny Moseley, Julie Nolan, Gill King lost 20-23; Susan Mitchell, Maureen Stone, Sue Mansbridge won 18-13; Julie O&#8217;Neill, Caz Bruc, Hazel Bass lost 13-30; Joyce Needham, Linda Toms, Penny Hart lost 16-39; Miriam Hulbert, Chris Frost, Karen Mercer won 20-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BELOW: The Northants and Norfolk Silver Jubilee teams line-up with national president Beryl Beresford and county president Jess Bolam.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northantsbowlingfederation.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/county-women-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northantsbowlingfederation.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/county-women-1024x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11394\" style=\"width:748px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northantsbowlingfederation.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/county-women-1024x300.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northantsbowlingfederation.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/county-women-300x88.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northantsbowlingfederation.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/county-women-768x225.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.northantsbowlingfederation.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/county-women-1536x451.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.northantsbowlingfederation.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/county-women-2048x601.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.northantsbowlingfederation.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/county-women-1140x334.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northantsbowlingfederation.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_3863.heic\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northantsbowlingfederation.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_3863.heic\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11390\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;width:1140px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE NWBF county teams suffered a second consecutive double defeat this time at the hands of visiting Norfolk. 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