County ace Connor Cinato will represent England in the under-18 Mixed British Isles International Series.
This will be the third successive year that Cinato has been selected, and he will once again skip the fours and pairs disciplines for the England No. 2 team in the series that will be staged at County Durham’s Stanley Indoor Bowls Centre.
England have two teams in the series, as have Scotland and Wales, with Ireland and the Channel Islands having one team apiece.
In the pairs, Cinato will be joined by BJ Byles of Desborough (Maidenhead) IBC, and in the fours, in addition to Byles leading, he will have Sarah Grove of the City of Ely BC and Lloyd Sabatini of Essex County IBC.
Northants on tour
The weekend tour to the Bournemouth area for the men of Northamptonshire Indoor BA began on October 5 with half the party visiting Moonfleet IBC, Weymouth, and the other half playing at Dorchester IBC.
Northants were beaten 156-91 at Moonfleet and lost 122-115 to Dorchester.
The second day saw half the party visiting Bournemouth IBC, and the other half visiting East Dorset IBC, Christchurch. The county were beaten 125-118 by Bournemouth but beat East Dorset 115-111.
On the third and final day of the tour the County visited Atherley IBC and Banister Park IBC, recording 164-88 and 122-82 wins respectively.
Police claim the cup
Northamptonshire Retired Police Officers BA entertained the Northamptonshire & Huntingdonshire Masonic Bowls Association on October 3 for the annual Chairman’s Cup match at Desborough IBC, and claimed a 127-92 win.
VPs start with win
Northants Vice Presidents Bowling Association opened its indoor season with a friendly match against Kingsthorpe IBC at the green at Whitehills, on Thursday, October 4, with four winning rinks and two losing.
The final score was Northamptonshire VP’s 130 Kingsthorpe 110.
Rink scores: (Kingsthorpe skips only) Rink one: Tony Hancock/John Watson/Ken Legan/Bob Tingle 17 John Baggat 27. Rink two: Albert Julyan/Peter Byworth/Dick Howell/Tony Buckmaster 19 Colin Jones 23. Rink three: Ollie Pearson/Dave Garland/Dave Williamson/Colin Incles 22 Brian Kaye 19. Rink four: Fred Bosworth/Tom Black/Mike McKeown/Roy Cave 20 Roger Caswell 19. Rink five: Sam Gamble/Alan Wright/Nev Humphrey/Trevor Wright 30 Alan Spencer 10. Rink six: Graham Cashmore/Harry Bell/Graham Dartnell/Jack Brown 22 Brian Bandey 12.
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