26th July 2010
County Competitions.
On Sunday July 25th
at Kingscroft Earl Shilton the finals of the Singles,
Pairs, Triples and Fours took place
In the morning
session it was Mel Bass, Matty Bass, Chris Rodgers and
Neil Hope from Holwell against John Torrington, Don
Corby, Vic Mayes and Andy Irons from Blaby. Blaby got
off to a flyer and were 9-1 up at five ends 19-2 up at
ten ends. The result was never in doubt after that but
Holwell picked up a seven on the thirteenth end to give
them a glimmer of hope but by sixteen ends with Blaby
23-10 in front Holwell conceded.
In the afternoon
session it was the Singles, Pairs and Triples Finals.
The Singles Final between Neil Hope of Holwell and
Alistair Hollis from New Lount was an entertaining match
with Hope going 9-2 up after six ends but Hollis hit
back and at twelve ends it was 10-10. After sharing the
next two ends with one shot each Hope then had a run of
2,1 ,2 then concede one shot before scoring another
three shots over the next two ends to go 19-12 in front.
Hollis then picked a two and a one to close the gap but
Hope then closed out the game with two Singles.
The Pairs Final between
Stephen Lakin and Ady Smedley of Measham against Harry Brown
and Roy Morley of Loughborough Queens Park was a very close
match with never more than two shots in the game with Morley
in front after seventeen ends by 14-12. Over the last four
ends they picked up another eight shots and conceded only
one for a 22-13 win. This is the first County
Pairs (Worthing) win for Loughborough Queens Park since 1958
and will be well celebrated in the Loughborough area.
The Triples featured
Blaby with John Torrington, Steve Wade and Andy Irons
against the Belgrave Triple of Mike Sheldon, Steve Wain
and James Wain. Belgrave started off well with two twos
to go 4-0 after two ends but Blaby hit back with a
vengeance scoring 7,1,1,1,2 and 1 to go 13-4 up at eight
ends. Over the next five ends both teams scored five
shots for an 18-9 lead to Blaby with five ends to play,
although Belgrave fought back over the next four ends
and closed the gap to six shots with one end to play
Blaby were not to be denied their second County win of
the day with a four on the last end for a 23-13 win
Results
18th July 2010
LBA Competitions
On Sunday July 25th at Kingscroft the Singles, Pairs,
Triples and Fours Finals all take place, Alistair Hollis
against Neil Hope in the Singles, Stephen Lakin and Ady
Smedley of Measham against Harry Brown and Roy Morley of
Loughborough Queens Park in the Pairs, John Torrington,
Vic Mayes and Andy Irons of Blaby against Mark Sheldon,
Steve Wain and James Wain of Belgrave. The Fours again
features Blaby with John Torrington, Vic Mayes, Steve
Wade and Andy Irons and they play Mel Bass, Matty Bass,
Chris Rodgers and Neil Hope.
31st May 2010
The Leicestershire Bowling Association President and
officers would like to congratulate Neil Hope and
Patrick Hulbert on achieving their international cap.
Neil has been included in the Senior International side
to play at Worthing during July
Patrick has been included in the Junior International
side to play in Ireland during September19th April 2010
The LBA are pleased to announce the introduction of
two new competitions for 2010: Over 60's Singles and
Over 60's Pairs. If you wish to enter these competitions
please complete and return the entry form.
Over
60's Competition Entry Form
4th April 2010
Please note that the final of the Greenwood Cup will
be played on 4th September and not 28th August as
previously advertised.
2nd March 2010
Abbey Park B.C. have been unable to fill several
dates in their calendar for 2010. The dates are as
follows:
Saturday 1st May
Saturday 3rd July
Saturday 14th August
Saturday 28th August
Thursday 12th August
Thursday 9th September
If any Club can help, please
contact Harold Palmer on 0116 269 5010 or email
harold@leics2.freeserve.co.uk
20th February 2010
The draws for the County Competitions are now
available from the Competitions pages.
9th February 2010
Leicestershire Bowling Association would like
congratulate Graham Gibbins of Coalville Bowling Club
who has been selected to represent England as an Umpire
at the Commonwealth Games in India in October 2010
