Four titles retained at the Northants Bowling Federation County Finals
The Northants Bowling Federation county finals, held over a weekend for the first time, saw four titles retained at the Parkway club.
Ollie Jeapes, the new British Isles under 18 singles champion, retained the under 25 singles and the pairs with Owen Aspinall, who he defeated in the singles final.
Stephen Harris kept the four-bowl singles trophy at the expense of Neil Wright, who also lost in the two-bowl singles decider to Adam Warrington, while Susan Seed repeated her 2025 final win against Linda Toms to retain the women's secretary singles.
At 15, Caitlin Dalliday is believed to be the youngest ever winner of the county's women's four-bowl singles having lost in the two-bowl version the previous day before going on to win the under 25 singles.
The men's veterans singles remains in the Agger family for the fourth year running. Graham won it for the last three years, including the national title twice, and younger brother Stuart followed in his footsteps at the first attempt.
The winners all go forward to Skegness next month to represent the county in the national finals.
TITLE WINNERS
MEN
4b singles: Stephen Harris (Blackstones); 2b singles: Adam Warrington (Blackstones); U25 singles: Ollie Jeapes (Parkway); Champion of Champions singles: Gavin Jinks (City of Peterborough); Veterans singles: Stuart Agger (Whittlesey Manor); Secretary singles: Melvyn Beck (Whittlesey Manor); Pairs: John Earl & Stephen Harris (Blackstones); Senior pairs: Dave Corney & Phil Symonds (Whittlesey Manor); Under 25 pairs: Ollie Jeapes (Parkway) & Owen Aspinall (Blackstones); Mixed pairs: Sophie Morton & Simon Law (Parkway); Senior mixed pairs: Rita & Brian Downs (Blackstones); 2b triples: Steve Lander, Tom Newman-Borrett, Peter Brown (Whittlesey Manor); 3b triples: Wayne Morris, Dusty Miller, Darren Middleton (Blackstones); Mixed triples: Paul Dalliday, Michelle Coleman, James Harford (Parkway).
WOMEN
4b singles: Caitlin Dalliday (Parkway); 2b singles: Elaine Upton (Ketton); Under 25 singles: Caitlin Dalliday (Parkway); Champion of Champions singles: Sophie Morton (Parkway); Senior singles: Rita Downs (Blackstones); Secretary singles: Susan Seed (Stamford); Pairs: Angela Cox & Caroline Bruce (Crowland); Senior pairs: Jan McDougall & Chris Ryan (Crowland); 2b triples: Rhona Morrell, Marlene Osborne, Jenny Mosley (Yaxley); 3b triples: Sally Albany, Jan McDougall, Chris Ryan (Crowland).
**Parkway are through to the last 32 of the Bowls England Top Club competition and a match against the Norfolk club from Norwich following a 4-1 defeat of St Neots in the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire final.
Results: 4b singles - Neil Wright won 21-20; 2b singles - Paul Dalliday won 16-5; Pairs - Ollie Jeapes and Tristan Morton won 17-15; Triples - Brian Martin, Phil Exley, Ean Morton lost 13-20; Fours - Matt Nickerson, James Harford, Sam Brugnoli, Toby Furzeland won 24-23.
**Bowls events at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Scotland start today (Thursday) and run through until August 2 with local man Nick Brett in the men's team.
The singles and pairs competitions are being played indoors for the first time with teams of three men and three women competing for the medals.
With preparations going on all summer, it has meant that Brett has not been allowed by Bowls England to play outdoors this summer.
**Parkway's Tony Scarr and Trevor Collins are through to the Bowls England senior pairs finals at Leamington after defeating a pair from Suffolk 17-12 to reach the last eight.
Meanwhile Whittlesey Manor father and son pair Peter and Zack Brown have qualified for the last 16 of the family pairs following a 22-12 win against Suffolk at Fordham.
**The Northants Women's county teams ended their programme with home defeats at the hands of Suffolk.
The Donald Steward Trophy team went down 124-113 at Blackstones, while the Silver Jubilee Vase team were beaten 110-99 at City of Peterborough.
There were rink wins for the Steward team from Sally Albany, Joan Collishaw and Chris Ryan (27-23) and Ruth Swiffen, Penny Hart and Myra Landsburgh (34-22).
There were also two rink wins for the Vase team courtesy of Julie Nolan, Caz Bruce and Angela Cox (20-19) and Sue Shaw, Maureen Stone and Sue Mitchell (30-10).