Three county players have been selected for international honours with England.
West End BC’s Jamie Walker has retained his place in the England Junior team for the Bowls Council International Series, which is being held at Llandrindod Wells in Wales on Saturday and Sunday, September 14 and 15.
Walker will skip a rink with Dan Targar, Northumberland at lead, another Northumbrian, Chris Yeomans at No. 2, and Travis Meller from the Isle of Wight at No. 3.
And there has also been cause for celebration for Thrapston’s Callum Height and Kettering Midland Band’s Connor Cinato as they have been picked for the men’s Junior International Development Squad for 2014, along with 16 other young players from around the country.
Chloe and Rebecca off to Leamington
The British Isles Women’s Junior International Series is being held at Victoria Park in Leamington on Saturday and Sunday this weekend.
And two county players are part of the junior development team, which will be taking the place of Ireland who withdrew from the event.
Chloe Wordingham (Higham Ferrers Town) and Rebecca Wigfield (Desborough Town) are members of the four-rink team.
Wordingham will lead on the rink skipped by Wigfield.
Emerging talents shine in Northants triumph
NORTHANTS men claimed an impressive 132-109 success over Nottinghamshire in their Midland Counties Championship clash at Wellingborough.
The rink wins were shared 3-3 but the winning margins for the County were greater, led by Alan Ashby’s who enjoyed an 18-shot win.
Due to a number of established players being unavailable, some emerging talents were drafted in, including Nathan Betts, Ashley Linnell, and Matt Cattell.
The County were in front at every stage of the match as they went on to earn 16 points for their victory.
RINK SCORES (Notts skips only) Rink one: Rob White/Ashley Linnell/Dave Flippance/Jim McKee 13 Mick Leafe 21. Rink two: Dave Love/Martin Cinato/Martin Gearey/John Haines 26 Mihangel Owen 15. Rink three: Tony O’Leary/Dave Kovacs/Chris Bland/Jamie Walker 20 Dave Scott 22. Rink four: Jason Bryan/Nathan Betts/Matt Pownall/Vernon Gearey 27 Chris Smith 17.
Rink five: Adam Brown/Matt Wordingham/Jonathan Brown/Alan Ashby 29 Ben Powell 11.
Rink six: Matt Cattell/Connor Cinato/Roger Tansley/Richard Lemon 17 Duncan Robinson 23.
Lewis and Bradley play big role in county win
County Ladies President Heather Lack welcomed Nottinghamshire to her club, Burton Latimer Town BC, for a Middle England League match and she would have been even happier after the County sealed a 128-108 victory.
The rink wins were shared but thanks to the ones skipped by Pam Lewis and Jan Bradley that accumulated a total of plus 38 shots between them, the majority of the points on offer went to the home side.
RINK SCORES (Notts skips only) Rink one: Alison Dring/Eleanor Winters/Sandy Hayter/Brenda Bishop 17 S Offler 22. Rink two: Pat Starsmore/Tracey Cattell/Ann Davey/Pam Lewis 28 E Adams 7. Rink three: Trisha Basford/Brenice Willmott/Pat Bodily/Jan Bradley 32 T Wombell 15. Rink four: Maggie Edwards/Rhona Holland/Jill Welch/Anita Petrucci 18 R Lewis 17. Rink five: Chris Cooper/Ann Lissack/Heather Golding/Audrey Height 17 G Smart 21. Rink six: Sandra Mawson/Julie Spreadbury/Margaret McGillivray/Di Brumwell 16 M Maidlow 26.
Northants youngsters edge out Warwickshire
Northamptonshire Under-25s mixed team completed a narrow 80-78 win over Warwickshire in the Ron Barston Trophy match in the Midland Counties BA Under-25 Championship.
The match at Abington BC proved to be a close contest throughout and eventually went to the last end.
Northants won by two shots with three winning rinks and one losing as they collected 20 points.
With two rinks finished, Jamie Walker’s picked up a count of three shots on their last end to put the County one ahead.
Connor Cinato’s rink also secured a one-shot success to complete the overall win.
RINK SCORES (Warwickshire skips only) Rink one: Alice Moore/Jack Botterill/Matt Cattell/Connor Cinato 23 L Horne 22. Rink two: Nick Manton/Connor Dolby/Danny Walker/David Walker 25 A Smith 13. Rink three: Adam Hawkings/Paige Johnson-Young/Alistair Melville/Rebecca Wigfield 12 L Moore 27. Rink four: Conor Bryan/Abbi Johnson-Young/Adam Brown/Jamie Walker 20 J Winch 16.