THE NBF Adams Trophy team suffered the agony of a last bowl one shot defeat in their opening match of the season away to Hunts at St Ives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hosts claimed a shot with their last bowl on the final end of the 31 end match to win 164-163 and claim the bulk of the points (17-5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was a comprehensive win for the rink of Stephen Harris (41-20) and Graham Agger’s won 29-26, with Peter Brown’s drawing 25-25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were encouraging debuts for schoolboy Luke Murray and Whittlesey Manor’s Kevin Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Adams continue their programme at home to North Essex at Blackstones on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the Newton Trophy team only picked up two points in their match against Hunts at Sawtry, courtesy of the Conservative rink of Dave Franks, Andy Dyer and Barry Lawrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ADAMS TROPHY RESULT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n NORTHANTS 163 (5), HUNTS 164 (17)<\/strong> – (Northants rinks only):<\/p>\n\n\n\n Duncan Lee, John Holroyd, Kevin Vinter lost 21-28; Martyn Dolby, Tom Fielding, John Earl lost 24-29; Ally McNaughton, Dudley Smith, Stephen Harris won 41-20; Luke Murray, Tom Newman-Borrett, Peter Brown drew 15-15; Wayne Morris, Michael Humphreys, Adam Warrington lost 23-36; Kevin Brown, Zack Brown, Graham Agger won 29-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE NBF Adams Trophy team suffered the agony of a last bowl one shot defeat in their opening match of the season away to Hunts at St Ives. The hosts claimed a shot with their last bowl on the final end of the 31 end match to win 164-163 and claim the bulk of the … <\/p>\n