Three county players have been selected to take part in the English Indoor Bowling Association’s mixed under-18 England squad.
Connor Cinato, Chloe Wordingham and William Walker all bid to impress the selectors to earn a place in the England team to play in the British Isles Series in October.
County players take part in nationals
Several county players feature in National Finals ties at Nottingham IBC in the coming weeks.
Wellingborough IBC’s Neil Corbyn meets Edward Morris of Essex County on Thursday at 9.30am.
In the pairs, Darren Lyman and Paul Broderick, also from Wellingborough IBC, take on Jake Marlow and Steve Tuohy of Egham IBC on April 5 at 1.30pm.
Desborough IBC’s Jim Diver, Matt Pownall and John Haines prepare to face Egham IBC’s Ian Jenkins, Barry Jenkins and Steve Tuohy in the triples on April 2 at 6.30pm.
County representation in the fours sees Kingsthorpe IBC’s Andrew Manton, Ben Sharpe, Mick Sharpe and Neil McKee go head-to-head with Torquay United IBC’s Joe Melmore, Craig Down, Griff Sanders and Jamie Chestney on Sunday at 9.30pm.
Northants team to face Oxfordshire
Northants men entertain Oxfordshire IBA at Wellingborough BC on Wednesday, April 3.
Team - Rink one: Alan Baulch (Northampton), Trevor Tilley (Wellingborough), Tony Warren (Northampton), Tony Weston (Northampton). Rink two: Roger Summers (Northampton), Graham Young (Rushden), Mick Weatherill (Desborough), Richard Somerton (Brackley). Rink three: Roger Miller (Desborough), Tom Kavanagh (Kettering), Bob Sullivan (Desborough), Norman Gibb (Desborough). Rink four: Dougie Cooper (Kingsthorpe), Don Scott (Brackley), Terry Smith (Daventry), Geoff Harris (Rushden). Rink five: Jim Diver (Desborough), Rick Hayes (Daventry), Brian Langton (Rushden), Bob Tingle (Desborough). Rink six: Keith Howlett (Desborough), Mike Robins (Daventry), Dave Thurlow (Wellingborough), Ted Guiver (Wellingborough). Reserves: Brian Sherwood (Rushden), Laurie Harrison (Northampton), Bill Craig (Desborough).
Ladies lose out in Midland Counties League
Northants Ladies were beaten 132-103 by Bedfordshire in the Midland Counties League.
Rink scores - Rink one: Joyce George, Velda Cooper, Margaret Collins, Brenda Bishop 21 shots – J Tait 18 shots. Rink two: Audrey Gardener, Elaine Urquhart, Sue Lomas, Audrey Height 23 shots – J Payne 15 shots. Rink three: Pat Starsmore, Pam Sallaway, Elsie Hatton, Valerie Blackwell 6 shots – C Beck 43 shots. Rink four: Julie Spreadbury, Rhona Holland, Jan Hunt, Pam Lewis 14 shots – G Blacklock 21 shots. Rink five: Vicki Rushall, Chris Cooper, Wilma Walker, Margaret McGillivray 20 shots – M Northfield 13 shots. Rink six: Kay Green, Barbara Hutt, Pat Symonds, Joan Bryan 19 shots – P Dobson 22 shots.
Ruthless Northants see off London Parks
The London Parks BA visited Northampton & District IBC last week to take on Northants in a friendly.
But the result was far from friendly towards the visitors, as the County were ruthless in the demolition of the Parks team by a massive 106 shots across the six rinks,with all the county rinks posting a win.
Three of the county’s rinks posted wins in excess of 20 shots, with the highest being the 29 shot win of Norman Gibb’s rink.
It could have been worse, for a seventh rink, which was a combination of the two sides as London Parks were short of players, also went the way of the all county rink, but the scores in that contest were not counted.
RINK SCORES – Rink one: John Smith, Dave Garland, Brian Jones, Tony Weston 25 shots – Vic Byrne 21 shots. Rink two: Will Clelland, Doug McGivern, Bob Tingle, Norman Gibb 38 shots – Salvitory Bruno 9 shots. Rink three: Keith Howlett, Terry Goodchild, Geoff Hunt, Ted Guiver 36 shots – Alan Baker 10 shots. Rink four: Tony Dicks, Andy Hogg, Brian Diver, Mick Worthington 35 shots – Don Cox 13 shots. Rink five: Roger Miller, Bob Sullivan, Geoff Harris, Terry James 24 shots – Reg Watson 16 shots. Rink six: Alan Baulch, John Clarke, Tony Warren, Reg Jones 28 shots – Bill Harrison 11 shots. Rink seven: Stuart Lowe, Don Scott, Doug Hatton, Richard Somerton (all from Brackley) 31 shots – L Langford, T Pedrich (London Parks), Tom Kavanagh (Kettering), Brian Langton (Rushden) 20 shots.
Easy for Northants VPs
Northants VPs secured a comfortable 32-shot victory in a friendly against the Northamptonshire Retired Police BA at Desborough last Thursday.
RINK SCORES - Rink one: Tony Hancock, Bryan Audis, Ken Legan, Bob Tingle 25 shots – Tim Robinson 9 shots. Rink two: Don Scott, Dave Garland, Dave Williamson, Colin Incles 22 shots – Pete Simmons 12 shots. Rink three: Len Marshall, Les Johnson, Peter Byworth, Roy Cave 13 shots – Bill Tapp 17 shots. Rink four: Ollie Pearson, Dennis Franklin, Will Keeney, John Cooper 20 shots – Brian Hayes 17 shots. Rink five: Tom Black, Jeff Talbot, Tony Buckmaster, Jack Brown 22 shots – Mick Lee 18 shots. Rink six: Jim Walvin, Barry Basford, Mike McKeown, Alex McKim 19 shots – Roy Bigg 16 shots.
Northampton Express on tour
Plans for the annual Northampton Express BC tour are well advanced and this year’s members will be touring Sussex.
The club will be based at the Afton Hotel, Eastbourne with fixtures arranged against Hove & Kingsway BC, Eastbourne BC, Worthing BC, Gullivers BC, Bexhill-on-Sea and White Rock BC, Hastings.
Anyone wishing to join the touring party should telephone tour secretary Chris Bland on 07748 860307.