North Cambs BA

Wishing all North Cambs bowlers a very Happy Christmas and Healthy 2025.

Welcome to our two new North Cambs Presidents.

Wishing you both a great year Jonny Pearce and Angela Jordan.

Derbyshire v North Essex Sunday 15th Decembers 2024 at Turpins IBC

Great result and win, apart of the first 5 ends North Cambs were in front the whole game and with rink 3 Charlie Waling, Steve Glover and county debutant Harry Cater picking up 2 shots on the last end to get a win meant a 98 - 71 shot and 12 - 2 points win.

Derbyshire v Northants "A" Sunday 24th November 2024 at Stamford IBC.

Very close game which we should have won as we lead by 29 shots at one time but lost 88 - 93 shots, 4 - 10 points.

P Butcher, Jo Gowler and N Blyth lost 21-29

M Jackman, J Pearce and S Glover lost 17-29

B Revell, M Fox and L Miller won 27-14

N Parnell, T Reed and N Eagle won 23-21

Next game Sunday 15th December v North Essex at Turpins Saffron Walden.

National President 2024-25 David Thomas North Cambs

National Joint AGM of EBF & EWBF Saturday 16th November 2024

Attended by Paul Bennett & Colin Griffin representing North Cambs.

1. PRESIDENT'S WELCOME by Irene Ballam & Trevor Flatt

2. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE.

3. MINUTES OF LAST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS (18th November 2023)

4. MATTERS ARISING. From Minutes ~ two items raised by Lincs.

a) rule 7.27 men seniors now over 60 for outdoor but believe still over 65 for indoor (I can’t find that rule)

b) page 39 rule 7.2 no smoking on the greens during county games, competitions. Can counties start to enforce this.

5. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT. (Circulated) in addition to the report Mike said that he was please with the work by NPBGA to secure the future of Skegness greens. ELD have agreed to pay

£100k over the next 5 years with £30k in first year. The outdoor finals at Skegness are the gold start event and must continue for the future of the Federation.

6. MEN AND WOMEN’S SECRETARY'S REPORT. (Circulated)

6. A. SAFEGUARDING REPORT (Circulated) Jeanette Murphy encouraged all clubs to appoint a Safeguarding Officer.

7. FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND REPORT. (To follow beginning November)

8. ENGLISH BOWLS UMPIRES' FEDERATION REPORT. John Fox Chairman of EBUF reported at their recent AGM Barry Swan had been appointed as the new Secretary and Treasurer

and apologised for the lack of communications from the previous Secretary. In January the EBUF will be looking to start a Markers Badge and will be arranging courses.

Lincs asked why it was costing £6k for Umpires as Skegness and Lincoln. JF said he would look into the cost.

9. NOTICES OF MOTIONS AND AMENDMENTS. (Some motions Gender specific only)

NEC Motions

There was much discussion on the subject of financing the upkeep of the greens, even Suffolk did not disagree with the reason just how it was to be financed and the large proportion being funded by Suffolk.

Suffolk believe it should be the qualified bowler who pay for the privilege of playing on better greens.

Norfolk ladies said there was not enough information to make a decision.

Mike Carr said it was too much to put all costs on the entrants.

Ty Roberts said how can it be fair for the Suffolk proposal to be an increase of £1.80/club and North Cambs £25/club

1. Finance 4, increase the national per capita levy by £1, EBF to donate £10,000/year to budget for upkeep of Skegness greens.

ACCEPTED (32 for to 9 against Suffolk & Norfolk) Will start from 2026 accounts.

1a. Suffolk amendment, increase national capita levy by £0.50, the balance being funded by an equal payment by all 13 counties. No second to this proposal FAILED

2. Discipline 6, new rules 6.5 and 6.51 ref. unacceptable behaviour at discretion of NEC max penalty of 3 years exclusion of entry to competitions for 6.51 to include but not limited to,

racial or religious abuse, physical or verbal abuse including online, behaviour that would bring the game into disrepute. ACCEPTED

3. Rule 7.34 ref. players withdrawing from National finals with out good cause. Add scale of 1 year penalties, up to 3 years exclusion from competitions. ACCEPTED

3a. Suffolk amendment rule 7.34, 1^st offence 2 year penalty, 2^nd offence 5 year penalty, 3^rd offence life time penalty of exclusion. No second to this proposal FAILED

4. Rule 9.10 amendment to allow indoor players to affiliate to the Federation to allow them to play indoor competitions as long as, does not enter another counties competitions,

deals directly with the Competition Secretary, pays additional levy imposed by the county. ACCEPTED (23 for to 18 against)

Counties Motions

1. EWBF ladies ref. rule 7.22(1)(h) white shorts wording ~ Ladies only vote. (withdrawn as amendment was passed)

1a. Nott's ladies amendment to rule 7.22(1)(h) include skort ~ Ladies only vote ACCEPTED (14 for to 4 against)

2. Hunts Men & Ladies ref. rule 6.2 NEC solely responsible for disciplining competitors in pairs or triples not playing or deliberately loosing with a maximum penalty

of 3 years exclusion from competitions. ACCEPTED

3. Northants men amend rule 8.2/8.3 to reduce the Adams and Newton games to 25 ends. REJECTED (only 6 votes for)

4. North Cambs men ref. rule 7.31 Durham Centenary change to 2 rinks home and two rinks away in Southern section only. REJECTED (11 against to 10 for)

5. Nott's men ref. new rule 7.31a Durham Centenary because of cost of travel split northern section in two zones ~ Northern Section only, no second so this motion failed.

6. Nott's men ref. rule 9.10(4) eligibility to Derbyshire, Eversley and Harry Carver completions. WITHDRAWN

. Humberside men remove 8.2a and revert to just 8.2 ~ Northern Section only vote, no second so this motion failed.

8. Humberside men, outdoor 7.34 Reg Wright Trophy under 25 Team, propose change to under 30. REJECTED

9. Humberside men, 9.14 Colleen & John Gooch Trophy indoor currently the only 2 bowl indoor competition, change to 4 bowl.

REJECTED (for 13 and against 22) many comments about Federation being a 2 bowl drawing game.

10. Humberside me, 7.34 Jim Pratt Trophy outdoor under 25 singles, change from 2 bowl to 4 bowl. WITHDRAWN

10. RETIRING PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TO MEETING.

11. ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

Chairman Mike Carr Lincolnshire

President: David Thomas North Cambs.

Deputy-President: Ray Taylor Derbyshire..

Junior Deputy- President: Andy Sayer Norfolk

President: Beryl Beresford Nottingham

Deputy-President: Jean Phillips Humberside

Junior Deputy- President: Lillian Barber Norfolk

Women’s Secretary Beryl Beresford Nottingham

12. Auditor: Sadofskys Chartered Accountants. (Hull).

13. To discuss the final date of receiving County results with Skegness starting on 16^th August.

Following the October NDC meeting when 16^th July was stated as the last day for results to Dave Woods, many counties complained as not enough time to play and now changed

to 20^th July meaning we can revert to the 3^rd weekend of July.

AOB

Stuart Croxall website co-ordinator reported what he thought people used the website for:

Library of information
Results of all games

He asked if you see any errors to report them to him on email ebfwww@outlook.com and he will correct.

Also if you are sending any results to Dave Woods please also copy him.

President David Thomas thanked everyone for attending and closed the meeting.

North Cambs EBF & EWBF National Outdoor Finals Skegness 2024

Despite coming back with no trophies we had some very exciting games and great performances.
One finalist U25 ladies singles Bobbie Wabe.
Six semi finals, ladies 3 wood triples ~ Jane Clifton, Sue Tolliday, ladies 4 wood Singles Jasmin Towler, men Senior Pairs ~ Peter Butcher & Kevin Ward, men's 3 wood triples ~ Tom Swannell, Lee Miller & Ed Elmore, mixed Triples ~ Jayne Thorpe, Matt Hewitt & Jonny Pearce and men's Senior Singles ~ Peter Butcher

Ladies Secretaries Singles ~ Sue Woods v Northumberland lost 13-21
Ladies 2 wood Singles ~ Sue Woods won 21-16 Hunts, lost 21-16 Derbyshire finalist.

Ladies 3 wood triples ~ Jane Clifton, Sue Tolliday & Sandra Chandler v Humberside won 22-7, semi final lost 14-13 to Northumberland champions.

Men's Secretary's ~ Paul Bennett v Norfolk lost 7-21

Men's 4 wood Singles ~ Peter Butcher lost 21-12 to Hunts champion
Men's Senior Singles ~ Peter Butcher won 21-12 Humberside, 2nd round won 21-18 Derbyshire, semi final lost 21-14 Lincs finalist.

Men's 2 wood Singles ~ Joseph Gowler v Humberside won 21-10, 2nd round lost 21-7 Northumberland finalist.

Mixed Pairs ~ Cheryl Salisbury & Ed Elmore lost 20-18 to Hunts finalists.

Ladies Pairs~ Annie Savage & Bobbie Wabe lost to Durham 16-14

Ladies Senior Singles ~ Christine Gollands won 21-20 Norfolk, lost 21-7 to Northumberland champion.

Men's C of C ~ Lee Miller lost 21-11 to Durham champion.

Ladies Under 25 Singles ~ Bobbie Wabe won 21-4 Northumberland, semi final won 21-12 Hunts, final lost 21-3 to Derbyshire.

Ladies 4 wood Singles ~ Jasmine Towler won 21-14 Lincs, won 21-15 Durham, lost semi final 21-13 to Norfolk champion.

Ladies C of C ~ Christine Carr lost 21-8 to Norfolk.

Men Senior Pairs ~ Peter Butcher & Kevin Ward won 22-12 Durham, 2nd round bye, semi final lost 18-12.to Northumberland finalists.

Ladies 2 wood triples ~ June Warren, Paula Kleyn & Margaret Hunt lost 21-15 to North Essex.

Ladies Senior Pairs ~ Jane Clifton & Sandra Chandler lost 9-20 to Derbyshire champions.
Sorry no photograph.

Under 25 Pairs ~ Samuel Gowler & Harry Cater lost 22-17 to Northumberland finalists.

Men's 2 wood triples ~ Tom Swannell, Ed Elmore & Lee Miller won 18-14 Humberside, 2nd round lost 22-11 to Nott's champions.
Men's 3 wood triples ~ Tom Swannell, Lee Miller & Ed Elmore won 18-14 Derbyshire lost semi final 18-12 to Norfolk finalists.

Men's Pairs ~ Matt Hewitt & Matt Fox lost 16-11 Durham champions.

Under 25 Singles ~ Samuel Gowler lost 21-11 to Northumberland finalist.

Senior Mixed Pairs ~ Sandra Chandler & Tony Harley lost 20-18 to Hunts champions.

Sorry no photograph.

Mixed Triples ~ Jayne Thorpe, Matt Hewitt & Jonny Pearce won 24-15 Suffolk, won 14-13 Durham, semi final lost 27-13 Lincs finalists.

National EBF & EWBF outdoor finals Skegness 17th to 23rd August 2024

EBF advance notice of 1st & 2nd round games, to see click here.

EWBF advance notice of 1st & 2nd round games, to see click here.

Programme of North Cambs 1st & 2nd round games by day, time and rink, to see click here.

Good luck to all North Cambs qualifiers in these championships.

North Cambs EBF & EWBF Outdoor Finals March Town BC ~ results and photo's

Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st July 2024

Presentation party ~ Margaret Hunt NCEWBF President, Paul Bennett NCEBF President and Jonny Pearce NCEBF Deputy President and announcer.

Happy birthday Sonya Gowler

Ladies Secretaries Singles ~ Christine Carr 15 Sue Woods 21

Ladies 3 wood triples ~ Jane Clifton, Sue Tolliday & Sandra Chandler 18 Annie Savage, Betty Norman & Bobbie Wabe 15

Men's Secretary's ~ Paul Bennett 21 Eddie Robinson 19

Men's 4 wood Singles ~ Peter Butcher 21 Alfie Condron 10

Men's 2 wood Singles ~ Nigel Blyth 20 Joseph Gowler 21

Mixed Pairs ~ Cheryl Salisbury & Ed Elmore 19 Jayne Thorpe & Matt Hewitt 11

Ladies Pairs~ Glenda Beavis & Jeanette Goebbels 10 Annie Savage & Bobbie Wabe 18

Ladies Senior Singles ~ Christine Gollands 21 Sue Woods 12

Men's C of C ~ Paul Bennett 5 Lee Miller 21

Presentation Ladies Under 25 Singles ~ Bobbie Wabe uncontested Champion

Ladies 4 wood Singles ~ Jasmine Towler 21 Sandra Chandler 12

Ladies C of C ~ Christine Carr 21 Liz Finch 17

Men Senior Pairs ~ Peter Butcher & Kevin Ward 20 Martin Horsepool & Jon Ivatt 8

Ladies 2 wood triples ~ June Warren, Paula Kleyn & Margaret Hunt 22 Pauline Clarke, Glenda Beavis & Jeanette Goebbels 15

Ladies Senior Pairs ~ Sue Woods & Sue Tolliday 14 Jane Clifton & Sandra Chandler 15 after and extra end.

Open Under 25 Pairs ~ Samuel Gowler & Harry Cater 20 Charlie Robinson & Sam Robinson 15

Men's 2 wood triples ~ Tom Swannell, Ed Elmore & Lee Miller 23 Kevan Beavis, Tony Harley & Peter Butcher 9

Ladies 2 wood Singles ~ Sue Woods 21 Jayne Thorpe 16

Men's Pairs ~ Matt Hewitt & Matt Fox 23 Paul Bennett & Malcolm Harris 12

Under 25 Singles ~ Harry Cater 19 Samuel Gowler 21

Senior Mixed Pairs ~ Mandy Parkin & Jon Ivatt 16 Sandra Chandler & Tony Harley 17

Men's 3 wood triples ~ Tom Swannell, Lee Miller & Ed Elmore 16 Sam Robinson, Charlie Robinson & Eddie Robinson 14

Mixed Triples ~ Jayne Thorpe, Matt Hewitt & Jonny Pearce 17 Charlie Waling, Jasmine Towler & Joseph Gowler 13

County Cup ~ March Town BC 134 Black Cat BC 85

Men's Senior Singles ~ Peter Butcher 21 Charlie Waling 18

Grateful thanks to March Town BC for hosting these finals, Blu, Andrew and Steve for preparing such a good green, umpires Colin Griffin and John Fox, Sue and Nigel for organising the competitions, all officers of North Cambs especially Jonny Pearce who bought a new style to announcing the games and results, all people who marked games, competitors for displaying great skill, all who gave raffle prizes and sold tickets and the spectators who all contributed to making this a great weekend

Finally good luck to all County Champions who have now qualified for National finals Skegness 17th - 24th August 2024.

Donald Steward v Norfolk Monday 15th July 2024 Acle BC

B. Wabe, B. Norman, J. Warren 18    L. Barber    35

C. Johnson, C. Carr, C. Gollands     15    B. Meeks 39

G. Beavis, B. Reeve, J. Goebells       18    M Himpleman 14

J. Thorpe, S. Woods, L. Humphreys   15    J. Kirby 42

S. Tolliday, J Clifton, S. Chandler 34    L. Blake 14

NORTH CAMBS 100 shots NORFOLK 144 shots

4 points 14 points

North Cambs EBF & EWBF Outdoor Finals March Town BC

This gives North Cambs Ladies 4 wins 50 points and plus 48 shots, they play Norfolk on Monday 15th July who are 60 points and plus 98 shots. To top the league they need to win 4 rinks and overall shots to finish 64 points to Norfolk's 62. Wishing you good luck from all in North Cambs. #upthenorthcambs

With the game brought forward to 12.00 noon to avoid a clash with the England Euro's football the Adams team in damp overcast conditions managed a great second win of the season 170 - 166 shots, 16 - 6 points. Thanks must go to our Captain Matt Hewitt for managing to put out teams when on occasions many players were not available, to March Town for hosting our 3 home games, to Glenda and her ladies for the two great buffets following the first two games, if the Lincs game time had not been changed Lincs wanted 23 meals and it would have been a great end to our season, to April Butcher and all bar staff at March Town for keeping us refreshed, to Steve Kilby and his team for the way the green has been prepared, to Andrew Overton for cutting the green before each match, to Colin Griffin and John Fox for umpiring our home games and to all the bowlers who have supported North Cambs this season by bowling so well.

This season the only game which was embarrassing was against Suffolk on a super fast green, made even quicker by the very hot sunny day where we lost on all rinks by 117 shots. the game against Norfolk we lost by 4 shots, (Suffolk lost by 26 shots to Norfolk at Great Plumstead), North Essex we lost by 20 shots but it was only one rink which lost heavily to the local green keepers on their green, Northants we lost our opening game by 15 shots and our two wins against current National Champions Hunts and Lincs who's Secretary was saying they only had 57 clubs to select players from was surprised that we only have 8 clubs affiliated in North Cambs. With Suffolk, Norfolk and North Essex at home next season and a bit of luck we can turn these games into wins. #upthenorthcambs

North Cambs had the commitment to complete all their 6 games finishing 4th, where Northants v Hunts and Norfolk v North Essex failed to play their last games.

																																																				
 NDC meeting Sunday 30th June 2024 ~ Skegness bowling greens     The Federation NDC meeting was attended by Paul Bennett and Christine Carr at South Forest. Guest of honour was Steve O'Dare Chairman of the Save our Bowling Green Skegness and a Skegness Town Councillor who explained the work he, Carl Macy and Richard Underwood have been doing over past 3 weeks to allow bowling to continue at Skegness.         Main points from Steve since ELDC announced that they were going to stop funding of the greens. "Save our bowling greens Skegness" Facebook group setup. All please find this group and follow to show your support.         150 people at the public meeting at Suncastle, 25 bowlers, 20-30 members of the public and the rest hoteliers and B&B owners.         ELDC didn't realise the impact on the on the local economy if bowling stopped and the support from public and hotels from the meeting.         They have had several meetings with ELDC who say supporting the greens is not cost effective they want a local group to take over the management of the greens.         ELDC would like to see a transfer of assets with a pepper corn rent.         STC have said they are not interest in taking over the greens. Have established NORTH PARADE BOWLING GREEN ASSOCIATION with a constitution, a bank account and the start of a management team including Mike Carr EBF Chairman with the idea of managing the greens.         A team has inspected the greens and buildings. Duncan Beale green keeper appointed to work on the greens ready for the national finals.         He will also be used by the group for future years.         The team recognised that to most important thing for bowlers was to improve the condition of the greens.         They would do all they could to achieve this. ELDC portfolio holder has said they are prepared to fund the repair of buildings and support the green maintenance with tapered funding for 5 years.         ELDC have promised a 'letter of intent' which has yet to materialise, to say there will be bowling and national finals in 2025.         The area is seen as a heritage asset and part of the heritage gardens by Heritage England, work to improve green security would need to be approved by them, so idea to gate the area is not viable. They are looking at low level hooped metal fencing similar to Yarmouth.         Increased signage to say in the area 'greens for bowling only' in several languages.         Community awareness and involvement in schools. Meeting with ELDC 9/07/24 to outline the groups plans for the future. Estimate they need £30k a year to maintain greens and infrastructure.         Grants are available and they have a meeting with CONNECTED COASTS next week. Talking to newly formed SAND group of hoteliers for support. There are currently two national competitions, over 55 and championships. 2 clubs using the greens every week.         Need more competitions on greens to generate revenue and support. The bowlers of the Federation need to realise what costs are involved and be prepared to pay more to play and spectators at the championships. Daily raffles, funding buckets etc. Federation to send a letter of support to the group saying they intend to stay at Skegness for National Finals.         Counties asked to send letters of support to group.        Steve gave everyone his mobile number and email.    Mike Carr finally read an email he had received from Graham Marsh ELDC portfolio for leisure which was very positive and reiterated comments made earlier.    Mike said that work had been done in finding an alternative location for the Championships but not had everything which Skegness did.     Considering we're we were 3 weeks ago this was the most positive outcome we could have expected.        Steve is a very positive speaker and previously professional administrator who finalised by saying he couldn't currently guarantee bowling next year at Skegness but with the promised letter of intent from ELDC and the work already in hand he is confident in the future.
Adams v Suffolk ~ Saturday 29th June 2024 Leiston BC
After the great performance against Hunts all rinks struggled on a very hard, quick green in glorious sunshine and lost 108 to 225 shots, 0-22 point.
 
Before the start of the game Matt Hewitt County Captain presented President Paul Bennett with a glass plaque to commemorate making 150 appearances for North Cambs between 1991 and 2024.
 
The next Adams and final game is at home to Lincs, Saturday 6th July 2024 with a 12.00 noon start because of the England football game. Bacon butties and hot dogs available before the game but there will be no buffet at end.
Donald Steward v Suffolk ~ Wednesday 26th June 2024 Gorefield BC

																																				M. Hunt, P. Kleyn, D. Wright                  18    M. Thorpe          23

																																				C. Wadlow, C. Johnson, C. Carr             30    L. Radford         16

																																				L. Humphreys, C. Gollands, G. Beavis    23    E. Felgate          24

																																				S. Chandler, J. Goebells, S. Tolliday     22    D. Mills              16

																																				B. Wabe, B. Norman, J. Warren            23    J. Whitlock        28

																																				                       116 to N. Cambs        107 to Suffolk         12 points to N. Cambs       6 points to Suffolk

Adams v Hunts ~ Saturday 22nd June 2024 March Town BC
Our 4th county Adams game saw us play Hunts who when we last played in the Adams beat us in 2017, 270 to 92 shots.
This year with the sun shining and the green playing much quicker all eyes were on rink 2 for the last three ends when everyone else had finished. 29th end we dropped 1 shot to lead the game by 4, 30th end we dropped 1 shot to lead by 3 and on the 31st end we picked up a single to win overall by 4 shots. We done Joseph, Jonny and Andrew who went on to win the spoons and to see out the game for a great win 155 to 151 shots, 18 to 4 points. 
Our next game is away to Suffolk Saturday 29th June at Leiston BC, IP16 4DQ
 
Adams v North Essex ~ Saturday 15th June 2024 Radwinter BC 

																																								With Matthew Hewitt struggling to get a team the Adams team travelled to Radwinter for our third game.
																																								Despite winning on 3 rinks home advantage produced enough shots to take the overall score 168 - 148, 16 to 6 points.
																																								County badges were presented to Malcolm Harris , Kevin Ward and David Thomas by President Paul Bennett.
																																								Spoons went to Samuel Gowler on debut, David Bailey and Matt Hewitt.
																																								Next Saturday 22nd June we entertain Hunts at March Town where there will again be a buffet following the game £8/head.
																																								When team is announced would players selected please confirm if they want a meal by Tuesday 18th June. Thanks.
 
Donald Steward v North Essex ~ Wednesday 12th June 2024 Gorefield BC

																																				C. WADLOW, C. CARR, C. JOHNSON                  21     L. RICHARDSON  16

																																				L. HUMPHREYS, C. GOLLANDS, A. JORDAN      18      J. SHAW              33

																																				B. WABE, B. NORMAN, P. WOOD                         18      H. GRENESKI       23

																																				M. HUNT, P. KLYNE, D. WRIGHT                         28      T. CHRISTIE       18

																																				S. CHANDLER, S. WOODS, S. TOLLIDAY           31      G. BUSH               20

																																				                     NORTH CAMBS   116          NORTH ESSEX  110

																																				                                14 Pts.                                 4 Pts.
 
Durham Centenary ~ Sunday 9th June 2024 Radwinter BC v March Town BC at Radwinter  
March Town travelled to a very cold and windy Radwinter for their Durham Centenary v Radwinter BC with President Paul Bennett and Trudy supporting the team.                            Scores were even during the first few ends but then home advantage came into play. Despite winning two rinks 20-18 and 28-12 the other two lost 13-28 and 13-30 loosing 74 to 92 shots.
Adams v Norfolk ~ Saturday 8th June 2024 Great Plumstead BC
A game we were so close to winning, when we were holding multiple shots, wicks and knock ups of woods made shots for Norfolk. Lost by 6 shots 4 - 18 points, Spoons to Steve Kilby, Kevin Ward and Captain Matt Hewitt. Nearly there as a great team #upthenorthcambs.
Next weeks game is away to North Essex at Radwinter BC, Recreation Ground, Radwinter, CB10 2TX
 
Donald Steward v Hunts ~ Thursday 6th June 2024 Gorefield BC

																																				June Warren, Betty Norman, Bobbie Wabe,               20      S. Gentle         23

																																				Sue Tolliday, Pauline Clarke, Sandra Chandler            32      G. Willis           14

																																				Jeanette Goebells, Chris. Gollands, Lyn Humphreys   20      N. Hastings     22

																																				Glenda Beavis, Paula Kleyn, Margaret Hunt                 31      N. Vervander   19

																																				Christine Johnson, Betty Reeve, Christine Wadlow     18       S. Day             22

																																				                                                                           Shots 121                             100

																																				                              North Cambs   12 pts.      Hunts  6 pts.
Adams v Northants ~ Saturday 1st June 2024 March Town BC

																																								Good effort from everyone today, 5-17 defeat is far from ideal but could’ve been worse. Northants lost their first game so we need to win all remaining 5 games to have a shout…
																																								Spoons top rink was Alfie Condron, Daniel Foreman and Nigel Blyth                                                                                                                                                                                             
																																								And that’s not beyond us.

																																								Team for next week away to Norfolk,
            Great Plumstead BC,
			Church Road,
			Great Plumstead,
			NR13 5AB will be announced Sunday evening 
Harry Carver and Eversley Trophy teams 2024
National Federation Indoor Finals Lincoln IBC ~ 22nd to 28th April 2024 ~ Results 

																																								Mixed Pairs ~ Ginnie Marsh & Peter Butcher v Northumberland won 20-14, v Northants won 13-12, v Lincs semi won 21 6, final v Humberside lost 21-16

																																								Men’s Triples ~ Lee Miller, Ben Chapman & Nigel Eagle v Northants won 15-7, v Durham won 22-21, semi v Hunts lost 22-18 Ladies singles Christine Gollands v Hunts lost 21-5

																																								Ladies Senior Singles ~ Betty Reeve v Humberside lost 21-7

																																								Men’s Senior Singles ~ Nigel Blyth v Suffolk lost 21-9

																																								Under 25s ~ Harry Cater v Nott's lost 21-11

																																								Men’s Pairs ~ Blue Revell & Micky Beart v Hunts lost 20-13

																																								Ladies Pairs ~ Betty Reeve & Jayne Thorpe v Northumberland lost 25-8

																																								Men’s Singles ~ Chris Pope v Durham lost 21-6

																																								Mixed Triples ~ Doreen Miller, Jack Wells, Nigel Eagle v Hunts lost 21-19

																																				Ladies Triples ~ Jayne Thorpe, Betty Reeve & Christine Gollands v Durham lost 29-13

Challenge match March IBC v North Cambs ~ Sunday 14th April 2024 ~ Great afternoon at March IBC for the inaugural  indoor game v North Cambs. Before the start of the game a minutes silence was held for March Town , March IBC and North Cambs Life Member Michael Carter. Congratulations North Cambs on a squeaky one shot win, 87 to 86. Thanks to March IBC for inviting North Cambs and hosting the game, Matt Hewitt for organising the team and Pete and April Butcher for providing the meal at the end of the game.
Sad news Michael Carter RIP ~ It is with sadness that I advise you of the passing on Thursday 11th April of North Cambs Life Member Mick Carter. Condolences to Pat and the family. Funeral 1.00pm Friday 10th May at Mintlyn Crematorium Kings Lynn
National Federation Indoor Finals Lincoln IBC ~ 22nd to 28th April 2024 ~ Lincoln IBC Hall Drive, Lincoln LN6 7SW                      Men's advance programme all counties click HERE      Ladies advance programme all counties click HERE       North Cambs men's and ladies only programme click  HERE

																												North Cambs EBF & EWBF annual indoor finals at March IBC Sunday 18th February 2024 ~ results 

																																10.00am
																																								Ladies Singles ~ Pauline Clarke v Christine Gollands W/O ,   marker Sue Tolliday

																																								Mixed Pairs ~ Jayne Thorpe & Matt Hewitt 10 v Ginnie Marsh & Peter Butcher 21
12.00noon

																																								Ladies Senior Singles ~ Pauline Clarke v Betty Reeve W/0           marker Christine Carr

																																								Men’s Senior Singles ~ Nigel Blyth 21 v Stuart Reynolds 13,           marker Mark Fox

																																								2.00pm

																																								Under 25s ~ Alfie Condron 9 v Harry Cater 21 ,            marker Paul Bennett

																																								Men’s Pairs ~ Blue Revell & Micky Beart 16 v Matt Hewitt & Matt Fox 15 after extra end.

																																								4.00pm

																																								Ladies Pairs ~ Christine Gollands & Jane Rich 10 v Betty Reeve & Jayne Thorpe 26

																																								Men’s Singles ~ Chris Pope 21 v Matt Hewitt 12,      marker Mark Fox

																																								Men’s Triples ~ Lee Miller, Ben Chapman & Nigel Eagle 19 v Micky Beart, Jonny Pearce & Nigel Blyth 8

																																								After the men's triples, Mixed Triples ~ Jayne Thorpe, Nigel Blyth, Matt Hewitt 12 v Doreen Miller, Jack Wells, Nigel Eagle 21

																																								Ladies Triples ~ Jayne Thorpe, Betty Reeve & Christine Gollands uncontested Champions

																																								All spectators welcome

																																								The raffle held throughout the day for North Cambs funds with donated prizes raise £131 which paid for rink fees and balance to county EBF & EWBF

																																								March IBC will be serving hot drinks, bar and food throughout the day.

																																								All County champions will represent North Cambs at the National Federation indoor finals at Lincoln between 23rd and 27th April 2024.

North Cambs travelled to Fakenham for their last game in the Derbyshire this season against Norfolk and with a number of players unavailable changes were made which included Captain Matthew Hewitt coming out of retirement to show us how to do it while Jonny Pearce stepped in as President and Captain for the day.

Before the game got underway, North Cambs very own Jack Wells got presented with his county badge.

Unlike the previous Derbyshire game North Cambs came flying out of the blocks and after 5 ends we had a 10 shot advantage 22-12. As expected Norfolk were not going to roll over and make this easy for us and came back into the game and after 20 ends had cut our advantage to just 2 shots and at one point in the closing stages led by 11 shots but in true North Cambs style we dug our heels in and some great bowls on all rinks kept us chipping away at the aggregate score, finally it came down to rink 3 to bring us home going into the last end we held a 92-88 shot lead, you could cut the tension with a knife as all eyes were on this last end, fortunately we managed to keep Norfolk to just one shot and claim the aggregate victory 92-89 and give us an overall victory of 8-6.

This win propels us to the top of the league for now but Northants and Norfolk still have games to play.

Overall Score - Norfolk 6 - North Cambs 8 Aggregate Score - Norfolk 89 North Cambs 92

All that is left from myself and all North Cambs Officials is thank you to everyone who has represented us or supported us this season it is appreciated and we hope to see you all at our County Finals on Feb 16th and 17th at March IBC Thanks Jonny Pearce for a very comprehensive report