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North Cambs EBF & EWBF County Indoor Finals ~ Saturday 15th February 2020 ~ RESULTS

Games played at Sutton St James BC PE12 0EN
All spectators welcome.
There was a raffle during the day to help pay for the green hire and raised £102, thanks to Margaret Pearce for again selling the raffle tickets.
Thanks to Umpire for the day Colin Griffin.

There were some very close and exciting games and tired players during the finals which took place over the 8 hours of play
Congratulations to Charlie Waling who qualified in 3 events and won all 3 games, Lynne Quibell who also won 3 games out of 4 played and still has a chance of a 4th win in the Ladies mixed pairs and Jackie Wilkes who also won 3 events. They are going to be very busy at Newark.

Mixed Pairs ~ Lynne Quibell & David. Bailey 17 v Jayne Thorpe & Matt Hewitt 15
Ladies Senior Singles ~ Jackie Wilkes 21 v Betty Reeve 9
Men's Pairs ~ Nigel Eagle & Tony Reed 12 v Joseph Gowler & Charlie Waling 22

Mixed Triples ~ Frankie Howard, Lynne Quibell & David Bailey 20 v Jayne Thorpe, Rob Bonello & Matt Hewitt 19
Men's Senior Singles ~ Charlie Waling 21 v David Thomas 11
Under 25 Singles ~ Joseph Gowler 22 v Daniel Foreman 11
Men's Singles ~ Simon Peach 16 v Charlie Waling 21

Men's Triples ~ Frank Howard, Andy Hailes & David. Bailey 19 v Matt Hewitt, Tony Reed & Nigel Eagle 20 after an extra end

Ladies Triples ~ Jackie Wilkes, Wendy Featherstone & Lynne Quibell 23 v June Warren, Margaret Pearce & Betty Reeve 10
Ladies Singles ~ Jackie Wilkes Champion.

Ladies Pairs ~ Lynne Quibell & Wendy Featherstone v Betty Reeve & June Warren will be played at Sutton St James BC Saturday 29th February at 12.30pm

All North Cambs Champions have qualified to play in the National EBF & EWBF Indoor Finals Newark between 21st and 25th April 2020

North Cambs v Norfolk ~ Derbyshire Trophy ~ 2nd February 2020
Please see below a brief report from the EBF County Bowls game played yesterday. With the closure of facilities in our area becoming a regular occurrence now – including the loss of the Hudson Indoor Bowls Club last season with no replacement venue being found to date - I would greatly appreciate if you could help raise exposure of our great sport by continuing to print these press releases. The photograph shows the North Cambs players (white sleeves) alongside Norfolk players (blue sleeves) and officials.

Derbyshire Trophy 2nd February 2020.
North Cambs EBF v Norfolk, played at Sutton St. James Indoor Bowls Club.

On Sunday, North Cambs EBF’s final game in this season’s Derbyshire Trophy was decided by the very last bowl of the match. With North Cambs one shot down on the board, but with Andy Hailes, Anthony Hancock and Matthew Fox holding one in the last game to be decided, Norfolk’s Danny Cawthorne removed Hailes’s shot wood via a wick (deflection of a short bowl) and picked up three shots. This was the first and only time during the entire match of 600 bowls, played over 100 ends that Norfolk were ahead in the match. The scoring system (2 points for each winning rink and 6 points for the overall aggregate score) meant that Norfolk won the game 10 points to 4 which doesn’t sound particularly close – but other than a draw, it really couldn’t have been any closer!

The North Cambs spoons (awarded to the players on the rink that win by the most shots after 25 ends) were won by David Bailey, Simon Peach and Nigel Eagle – piping Chris Pope, Frank Howard and Robert Allen by one shot. That victory meant that Simon Peach ended the season with a 100% record in the competition, winning all 4 of the games he played in.

Derbyshire Trophy 2nd February 2020 – Full Result: North Cambs 4 points (85 shots), Norfolk 10 points (89 shots).

Rink 1 – Andy Hailes, Anthony Hancock & Matthew Fox 12, D Cawthorne 37.
Rink 2 – Chris Pope, Frankie Howard & Robert Allen 27, B Sadler 16.
Rink 3 – David Bailey, Simon Peach & Nigel Eagle 28, M Riches 16.
Rink 4 – Charlie Waling, Tony Reed & Bob Ground 18, M Turner 20.

North Cambs EBF is very keen to hear from bowlers (male and female) interested in playing at County level, as thoughts start to turn towards the upcoming outdoor season. The men will play in the Newton Trophy, whilst the ladies will play in both the Silver Jubilee Vase and Donald Steward Trophy competitions. For an initial discussion just to learn of the format and what County bowls entails - with no commitment - please call County Secretary Paul Bennett on 01945 480857.

North Cambs v Linc's ~ Derbyshire Trophy ~ 26th January 2020

Please see below a brief report from the EBF County Bowls game played yesterday. With the closure of facilities in our area becoming a regular occurrence now – including the loss of the Hudson Indoor Bowls Club last season with no replacement venue being found to date - I would greatly appreciate if you could help raise exposure of our great sport by continuing to print these press releases. The photograph shows the North Cambs players (blue collars) alongside Lincolnshire players (yellow collars) and officials.

Derbyshire Trophy 26th January 2020.
North Cambs EBF v Lincolnshire, played at Sutton St. James Indoor Bowls Club.

On Sunday, in their penultimate Derbyshire Trophy match of the season, the North Cambs EBF team beat Lincolnshire on 2 out of the 4 rinks but lost by 23 shots overall.

The North Cambs spoons (awarded to the players on the rink that win by the most shots after 25 ends) were won (yet again!) by Joseph Gowler and Bob Ground, this time supported terrifically by Charlie Waling who was playing in Tony Reed’s absence.

North Cambs’ Rink 1 trio of Andy Hailes, Danny Stanton and Matthew Fox lost by 30 shots but the score-line was more down to superb bowling of their three opponents and some terrible luck, rather than bad bowls by the North Cambs players. The score-line of 10-40 flattered their opponents, who although deserved to win, were not 30 shots better than the North Cambs rink.

Derbyshire Trophy 26th January 2020 – Full Result: North Cambs 4 points (80 shots), Lincolnshire 10 points (103 shots).

Rink 1 – Andy Hailes, Danny Stanton & Matthew Fox 10 v J West 40.
Rink 2 – Charlie Waling, Joseph Gowler & Bob Ground 30 v G Draper 13.
Rink 3 – David Bailey, Simon Peach & Nigel Eagle 29 v G Parker 22.
Rink 4 – Chris Pope, Frankie Howard & Robert Allen 11 v T Bannister 28.

North Cambs’ last Derbyshire Trophy game of this season is on 2nd February 2020 against the incredibly strong Norfolk side. It will be played at Sutton St. James Indoor Bowling Club and will start at 10am.

North Cambs v Northants "B" ~ Derbyshire Trophy ~ 5th January 2020

North Cambs played their third Derbyshire indoor game of the 2019/20 season at Sutton St James IBC on Sunday 5th January 2020 and won on all 4 rinks 110 - 70 shots, 14 - 0 points.

J Gowler, T Reed, B Ground 30 ~ G Agger 18 (Spoons) Bob Ground was awarded his County badge.

C Pope, F Howard, R Allen 26 ~ R Keatling 16

M Hewitt, A Hailes, M Fox 25 ~ M Linnell 16

D Bailey, S Peach, N Eagle 29 ~ D Noble 20

North Cambs next game is 10.00am 26th January 2020 v Linc's at Sutton St James IBC