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Hunts getting ready for the new campaign
HUNTS county men have their traditional curtain-raiser to the new campaign against Derbyshire today at Long Eaton, which also acts as a Middleton Cup trial.
HUNTS county men have their traditional curtain-raiser to the new campaign against Derbyshire today at Long Eaton, which also acts as a Middleton Cup trial.Then comes two successive Saturday clashes with Cambridgeshire, the first in the Eastern Counties League at Peterborough & District next Saturday, and then in the opening Middleton Cup group match at Whittlesey Manor on May 30.
Hunts were beaten finalists two years ago, the furthest they had ever been in this prestigious inter-county competition, but last year they failed to make the knockout stage when beaten by Norfolk in the final match.
Hunts have an early chance of revenge when they visit Norfolk on Saturday, June 13, then it’s a home clash with Essex the following weekend, climaxing with a trip to Bedfordshire on July 4.
Notable absentees from this season’s squad are Trevor Collins and the newly-married Jamie Reynolds, who are taking a sabbatical from outdoor bowls, but Jeff Newson returns to the squad after a season away.
There are no fewer than three father and sons in the squad – Brian and Nicky Brett, Sam and James Harford and Bob and James Price, plus brothers Ean and Tristan Morton.
Meanwhile, Hunts Under 30’s open their Eastern Counties League campaign tomorrow away to Suffolk.
Hunts team for the friendly with Derbyshire:
Mark Campbell (Sawtry), James Price, Simon Law, Stuart Popple (all Parkway).
Barry Deller (White Hart), Dick Noble (Parkway), Barry Kitto (Eynesbury), Ean Morton (White Hart).
Richard Stevens (White Hart), Kevin Warwick (Eynesbury), Mike Robertson, Martin Durber (both Parkway).
Alex Walton (Eynesbury), Sam Harford, Tristan Morton, Jeff Newson (Parkway).
David Hare (Somersham), Phil Gale (Brampton), Bob Price (Parkway), Robbie Coleman (Eynesbury).
Lyndsay Swannell (White Hart), James Harford (Parkway), Wayne Bailey, Nicky Brett (both White Hart).
Others in the squad are: Nigel Eagle (Parkway), Simon Leader, Brian Brett and Ian McWhinney (all White Hart).
n ONE early surprise in the opening rounds of the Northants Bowling Federation competitions was a defeat for county president Graham Agger’s mixed triple from Yaxley that won the county title last year, their conquerors being Paul Buckley’s Barnack trio.
Results
Northants women
Pairs
Preliminary round: C. Daws (Whittlesey Town) bt C. Fuller (West Ward); C. Goodwin (Barnack) bt M. Montgomery (Langtoft Pearl); R. Collin (Yaxley) bt B. Talbot (Conservatives); C. Richards (Mitchells) bt A. Northen (Deeping).
Three-bowl triples
Preliminary round: J. Thompson (Barnack) bt J. Butcher (Whittlesey Town); M. Montgomery (Langtoft Pearl) bt A. Northen (Deeping); J. Hill (West Ward) bt C. Richards (Mitchells); G. Edwards (Ketton) bt K. Roden (West Ward); L. Darani (Belvedere) bt S. Craig (Conservatives); J. Duffy (Peterborough) bt V. Hatch (West Ward).
Northants men
Two-bowl singles
Preliminary round: J. Martin (Peterborough) bt D. Sutton (Deeping); G. Agger (Yaxley) bt F. Harris (Peterborough); P. Holmes (Crowland) bt B. Warters (Ketton); A. Mace (Whittlesey Manor) bt R. Stitson (Langtoft Pearl); S. Woodcock (Whittlesey Manor) bt J. Ruddy (Perkins); R. Barr (West Ward) bt B. Martin (East Community); G. Jinks (Peterborough) bt R. Stevens (Whittlesey Manor); C. Watson (Peterborough) bt H. Shipp (Whittlesey Manor).
Four-bowl singles
Preliminary round: G. Jinks (Peterborough) bt W. Redhead (Peterborough); B. Meadows (Perkins) bt K. Balsdon (Langtoft Pearl); M. Pegler(Belvedere) bt S. Flowers (Mitchells); R. Taggart (Peterborough) bt D. Sutton (Deeping); A. Warrington (Blackstones) bt J. Hadley (Yaxley); D. Fielding (Mitchells) bt P. Linnell (Blackstones); D. King (Ryhall) bt R. Stevens (Whittlesey Manor); S. Woodcock (Whittlesey Manor) bt K. Robinson (Mitchells); S. Jinks (Peterborough) bt J. Merritt (Mitchells); F. Harris (Peterborough) bt B. Kilby (Ketton); B. Plowman (Great Casterton) bt R. Burbridge (Whittlesey Manor); B. Bassam (Peterborough) bt M. Leighton (Crowland); S. Law (Parkway) bt P. Wakefield (Ryhall); A. Emery (Whittlesey Manor) bt J. Stoneham (Whittlesey Manor); J. Wiles (Yaxley) bt B. Martin East Community); R. Montgomery (Langtoft Pearl) w/o E. Morton (Parkway); W. Ives (Langtoft Pearl) bt M. Greaves (Peterborough); S. Fenlon (Perkins) w/o N. Wilkie (Parkway).
Pairs
Preliminary round: M. Linnell (Perkins) bt M. Bailey (Blackstones); F. Addy (Parkway) bt R. Keating (East Community); G. Jinks (Peterborough) bt D. Fielding (Mitchells).
Mixed triples
Preliminary round: T. Hudson (Whittlesey Manor) bt M. Ramsden (Empingham); B. Lawrence (Whittlesey Manor) bt B. Plowman (Great Casterton); J. Martin (Peterborough) bt M. Northen (Deeping); P. Buckley (Barnack) bt G. Agger (Yaxley); D. Hilton (West Ward) bt D. Sutton (Deeping); R. Taggart (Peterborough) bt F. Browning (Yaxley); D. King (Ryhall) bt A. Phillips (Belvedere); D. Duffy (Whittlesey Manor) bt B. Kilby (Ketton); J. Stoneham (Whittlesey Manor) bt A. Mace (Whittlesey Manor); M. Squires (Belvedere) bt M. Greaves (Peterborough); M. Pegler (Belvedere) bt R. Crow (Langtoft Pearl); B. Swann (Whittlesey Manor) bt P. Edwards (Ketton); R. Barr (West Ward) bt A. Belson (Yaxley); R. Montgomery (Langtoft Pearl) bt D. Fielding (Mitchells); S. Roden (Parkway) bt C. Watson (Peterborough).
n A SPATE of concessions dominated the early results from the Hunts county women’s championships.
From 31 results registered with competition secretary Freda Thomas in seven different disciplines, there were no fewer than 18 walkovers, including all the nine scheduled singles matches.
Although a number were as the result of illness and injury, for example, Julie Masters (Peterborough) has a broken arm and Judy Ford (Yaxley) is recovering from a hip replacement, the statistics are, nevertheless, worrying
Results
Hunts women
Two-bowl singles
Preliminary round: Wendy Lutkin (Whittlesey Manor) w/o Linda Toms (Conservatives); Joan Robinson (Yaxley) w/o Judy Ford (Yaxley); Carole Fuller (West Ward) w/o Julie Masters (Peterborough); Val Du’Kett (Ketton) w/o Muriel Sykes (Sawtry).
Four-bowl singles
First round: Angela Bassam (Huntingdon) w/o Judy Ford (Yaxley); Sheron Noble (West Ward) w/o Julie Masters (Peterborough); Sandra Minnett (Sawtry) w/o Wendy Harrold (Peterborough); Andrea Rose (Ramsey) w/o Muriel Sykes (Sawtry); Emma Jepson (St Ives) w/o Linda Toms (Conservatives).
Pairs
Preliminary round: Sandra Day/Cecila Steward (Somersham) bt Liz Barr/Jenny Hilton (West Ward) 25-13; Diana Darling/Val Gasson (Houghton & Wyton) bt Doris Flowers/Freda Thomas (Yaxley) 23-17.
First round: Sarah Newson/Catherine Popple (Peterborough) w/o Pauline Patman/Chris Gowan (Huntingdon); Liz Hext/Sheila Craig (Conservatives) bt Myra Landsburgh/Gill Day (Belvedere) 19-18; Margaret Hodgkin/Edna Housden (Ramsey) w/o Barbara Bowman/Lynette Wilson (Ramsey); Margaret Elstub/Heather McKillop (Huntingdono) w/o Jeannie Griffiths/Linda Darani (Belvedere).
Triples
Preliminary round: Kath Browning/Ro Collin/Ann Cooper (Yaxley) bt Margaret Hodgkin/Audrey Young/Edna Housden (Ramsey) 29-14; Maureen Cox/Vi Hatch/Tina Noble (West Ward) bt Pauline Whittlesey/Diane Grange/Andrea Rose (Ramsey) 17-13; Myra Landsburgh/Chris Millar/Gill Day (Belvedere) w/o Nicki Herbert/Sandra Minnett/Maureen Urwin (Sawtry); Christine Morton/Margaret Linnell/Joan Meadows (West Ward) w/o Ann Garnham/Barbara Morgan/Rita McIntosh (Huntingdon); Gill King/Doris Flowers/Joan Padley (Yaxley) w/o Carol Hunter/Wendy Harrold/Julie Masters (Peterborough); Emma Thurston/Wendy Lutkin/Pat Reynolds (Whittlesey Manor) bt Liz Hext/Pat Bussey/Sheila Craig (Conservatives) 24-9; Diana Darling/Chris Thomas/Val Gasson (Houghton & Wyton) bt Ann Hadley/Freda Thomas/Hazel Bass (Yaxley) 19-17; Jenny Casey/Val Corn/Pat Purssord (Buckden) bt Janet Chapman/Ann Ashmore/Lynda Childs (Hemingford) 15-9; Sue Jacob/Dorothy Cole/Shirley White (Werrington) bt Liz Barr/Kath Roden/Jenny Hilton (West Ward) 20-6; Sandra Day/Celia Steward/Jean Merryweather (Somersham) w/o Barbara Bowman/Margaret Tomkinson/Lynette Wilson (Ramsey).
Fours
Preliminary round: Emma Thurston/Hannah Overton/Wendy Lutkin/Pat Reynolds (Whittlesey Manor) bt Emma Jepson/Michelle & Dina Barlow/Jane Baldwin (St Ives) 20-15; Myra Landsburgh/Norma Squires/Jenny Allen/Gill Day (Belvedere) bt Liz Barr/Carole Fuller/Janet Garner/Jenny Hilton (West Ward) 22-19; Sue Andrew/Val Du’Kett/Connie Cox/Peggy Birch (Ketton) bt Val Stroud/Jean Redhead/Janet Duffy/Rita Mace (Whittlesey Manor) 34-10; Daphne Meats/Juliet May/Sylvia Dixon/Val Corn (Buckden) awarded tie against Rita Hodson/Audrey Young/Pauline Whittlesey/Edna Housden (Ramsey).
Unbadged singles
Quarter-final: Hazel Brewin (West Ward) w/o Linda Toms (Conservatives).
Secretary singles
Quarter-final: Linda Darani (Belvedere) w/o Linda Toms (Conservatives).
n CITY bowler Catherine Popple narrowly missed out on a medal in the first half of the Atlantic Championships in Johannesburg.
Skipping Jayne Christie (Beds) and Sandy Hazell (Kent), she was beaten 19-6 in the triples quarter-finals by host country South Africa.
n LOCAL bowlers Pat Reynolds and Hannah Overton, both Whittlesey Manor, are involved in England senior and junior international trials at the New Lount club in Leicestershire this weekend.
Both are looking to retain their places in their respective teams for the upcoming international series – the seniors in Jersey next month with the juniors in Ireland in the middle of July.
Catherine Popple will be missing from the England trial because of her commitments in South Africa with the England team.
But Popple will undoubtedly be included in the team when it is named next week.
n THERE has been a late withdrawal from the Peterborough League, with Mitchells C resigning from Division Four.
n THE popular Bourne Town junior tournament takes place on Saturday, July 18, and entries are now being accepted by organiser Tony Brooks for 16 and under singles and pairs. His contact number is 01788 426089.
n WHITE Hart, Warboys, made a winning start to their defence of the Bowls England national club two-fours title with a win over Whittlesey Manor, who in turn defeated Eynesbury 3-2 in the first round of the national top club event.
n March Town Bowls Club stage their annual tournament, again sponsored by Cannon Kirk Homes, on 26th July. Prize money totals 500 and entry is 12 per triple with lunches available at 5 each. Ccontact Eric Dilnot on 01945 463743 for details.
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