versus
VENUE: ARMLEY LEISURE CENTRE,
ARMLEY, LEEDS, WEST,
MATCH RESULT:
SHOT SCORES:
West Yorkshire welcomed
Representing
Adam Smith (Avons)
and Lesley Fennell (Hazel Grove)
The singles contest
got under way with Adam taking on Kevin Siddle. Kevin is a handful when you are
on top form and sadly, Adam couldn’t match the
Adam’s second game
was against the very aggressive Darren Cookson, this lad can and does strike
with some ferocity and very accurate he is with it too. A three in the 1st
to Darren saw Adam take the next three ends to lead 4 shots to 3. Darren came
back with a 2 but Adam showed his class and took the next 4 to lead by 10 shots
to 5 at the 10th. Darren then made a tremendous come back scoring 8
shots and going into the last end 15-13 in the lead. The last end proved a real
struggle with both bowlers showing their class with Adam just failing to force
a draw, taking the end with 1 shot. This was an excellent contest that was much
appreciated by the spectators.
Lesley’s first game
was against Darren and we saw a see-saw contest with first one and then the
other taking a grip on the game. At the 10th Lesley held a 1 shot
lead. Darren then took a firm hold on the game and at the 14th held
a 17 shot to 11 lead. Lesley took the 15th scoring 1 with Darren
taking the game 17 shots to 12. Lesley then faced Kevin in her second game
where she found that Kevin was still in excellent form and by the 9th
end had opened up a 14 shots to 3 lead. Then Lesley came back very strongly
over the next 2 ends, scoring an excellent 4 and a 3 to pull back to 10-14.
Then Kevin staged his own come back taking 8 shots over the next three ends,
and the final end saw Lesley take another very good 3 shots but lost out with
the final score of 22 shots to 13 in favour of Kevin.
Representing
1. Win Thompson
(Woodley Sports A) and Billy Burn (Bramhall Village A)
2. Rhona Mason
(Poynton A) and Scott Smith (Avons)
Winnie and Bill
opened up their first game against Doreen Chadwick and Keith Worrall. The score
card indicated a pretty lop-sided game where, after 6 ends the
Their second game was
against Hazel Cookson and Royston Lewis and it started with a crash, bang and
wallop as both pairs scored good fours. The game then settled down as both
pairs decided that a touch of commonsense was needed, and a tight affair began
to take shape. Most ends were taken by single shots and at the 12th
end Win and Bill had a 1 shot lead at 11-10. The 13th and 14th
saw
Rhona and Scott
started against Hazel and Royston with the first game following the same format
as Win and Bill’s. At the end of the 6th Rhona and Scott had opened up
a 7 shot to 3 lead and were looking quite comfortable. Hazel and Royston then
woke up and took 10 shots without reply to lead 13 shots to 7 at the 12th
end. Rhona and Scott then took an excellent 4 shots at the 13th and
then we saw both teams each taking a single to leave the
Rhona and Scott then
faced Doreen and Keith in their second game and into the 7th it was
pretty tight with
Representing
1. Bernie Thorley (GMMC),
Graham Edwards (Woodbank A) and Bernard Fennell (Hazel Grove A)
2. Ron Hamilton
(Woodley A), Paul Mason (Poynton A), and John Metcalfe (Europa A)
The two Bernie’s and
Graham opened their account against Graham Oliver, Barry Cookson and Paul King
with the Stockport trio taking an early 7 shots to 3 lead at the end of the 6th.
This was followed by 5 shots from the Yorkshire trio and
In their first game Ron,
Paul and John took on Dave, John and Andy and at the end of the 6th
were faced with a deficit of 8 shots as the
Their second game saw
them up against Graham, Barry and Paul. At the end of the 7th
This is the first
time that the
Representing
1. Charlie Cooper (
2. Jackie Lambert and
Chris Bates (Gt. Moor), Louise Smith (Avons), and Allison Boulton (
Charlie, Bob, John
and Geoff started their first game against the Yorkshire four of Carol
Robinson, Margaret Stockhill, Lennie Robinson and Walter Stockhill
As always, it seems
to happen that these fours games usually prove to be close affairs and, up
until the 5th end this was no exception. Stockport had 3 shots to 1
lead at the end of the 4th; then, in the 5th disaster
struck the Yorkshire four as
In their second game,
In their first game Jackie,
Chris, Louise and Allison were matched against Eddie, Margaret, Arthur and Ron.
Again, another tight affair up to the 3rd end when the score was 3
shots to 2 in favour of Stockport; then, as in their colleagues 1st
game and at the same end, the 5th they scored a brilliant five shots
to lead Yorkshire 8 shots to 2. Yorkshire then came back very strongly taking 6
shots from ends 6, 7 and 8 that left the game all square at 8 across with one
end to play. What an end the 9th turned out to be!
In their second game
they came up against Carol, Margaret, Lennie and Walter but it appears that
their exertions in the first game left them with nothing in the tank as the
Yorkshire four had a field day and powered over the finishing line by 14 shots
to 2.
This was a
magnificent effort by the Stockport fours as they collected the only points of
this encounter between Stockport and West Yorkshire; they only missed out on
the aggregate and the extra two points by a mere four shots.
This was a pretty
shattering result for Stockport and an excellent one for
At present the NESMBA ICC - Division 1 League Table which was updated on
the 3rd February 2009 and reproduced here with the very kind
permission of Roger Green NESMBA League Secretary reads as follows:
Derbyshire: Played 4: Won 1: Lost 3: Points 55:
Shot Diff – 498
I finish this report
on a very, very sad note. I have just learnt that on the 16th of
January this year Bernard Fennell lost his mother Elizabeth, who lived in
Ron Hamilton
4th
February, 2009.