New team Blockers are making a big impression
NEW TEAM Beta Blockers (Alan Singleton, Eleanor Carney, John Crowson, Chris Lindsey) have certainly made an impression on Division Two of the Wednesday Fours in the Halifax Bowling Club’s Indoor League.
Having started playing indoor bowls last year, the quartet have continued to improve their play and now lead the way in the division with 16 points from their 11 games.
In a rearranged game against title challengers Fair of Face (Mary Crabtree, Paul Green, Lynda Canning, Geoff Harrison, Bronwin Bannon), Beta Blockers completed an emphatic 16-8 success. However, in this week’s game against the experienced Jack High (Pat Wright, Terry O’Brien, Stuart Coates, Ninnian Donnelly) the superior play of Jack High saw them beat Beta Blockers 13-5.
Beta Blockers, Jack High, Fair of Face, Knock Kelly Stars (Phil Dunderdale, I Wade, Ken Burnett, Derek Squires), New Look (Ken Crossfield, Barbara Crompton, John Duncanson, Trevor Wilson) and Guys & Dolls (Eileen Dovernor, Ron Bax, Val Bax, Jeff Dovernor) are all in with a chance of prize money in Division Two.
With three games left to play, the stage is set for an exciting finish to the season. There are prizes for the top three teams and the top two teams are promoted to Division One.
Tony Riley gave a master class in lead bowling play in the Thursday Evening Triples when he enabled Clayton (Riley, Mel Fielding, Paul Gill) to defeat second in the table Madlams (Derek Smith, Stuart Baker, Mick Walker) 22-8.
Clayton retain their lead at the top of the table with 18 points from their 11 games played. Madlams and SID (Steve Swallow, Mark McGorlick, Ian Ryding) are in joint second place with 14 points from their 11 games played.
Riley and his partner Paul Gill were in action in a rearranged Friday Evening Pairs game against C Dogs (Ray Clegg, Michael Hutchinson).
The game was nip-and-tuck with all four players playing to the best of their ability.
At the start of the last end Clayton held a 9-8 lead but Hutchinson bowled in a superb shot for the sides to finish with nine shots each.
However C Dogs came unstuck against Sisters (Del Haigh, Val Bax) and with 10 minutes left to play the sides were level with 10 shots apiece.
A single by Sisters gave them a 11-10 advantage and in the final end Sisters scored another single to take the game 12-10 and cause one of the upsets of the season.
Well done to Yorkies (Mary Barmby, Geoff Baron, Ann Ranton, Maurice Thorpe) in the Monday Afternoon Fours, who won their first game of the season with a 11-8 win against As & Bs (Audrey Batchelor, Bob Batchelor, Joyce Asquith, Donald Asquith).
Bob’s Kingdom (Carol Onions, David Onions, Bob Kingdon) moved off the bottom of Division One in the Friday Triples when a superb performance saw them beat high flying New Patacakes (Pauline Holroyd, Eric Grant, Stuart Baker) by 15 shots to 10.
After nine ends, New Patacakes held a 9-5 lead before Bob’s Kingdom won the next five ends to take a 15-9 advantage. This included a five at the 12th end. New Patacakes scored a single at the last end to make the final score 15-10.
Rabbits and Sutty’s Heroes are now in the relegation spots.
Sutty’s Heroes (Doug Gordon, Peter Atherton, John Wilson) were involved in an exciting game against third place G2+1 (Barbara Gee, Jimmy Bainbridge, David Gee), with the teams level throughout the game.
Sutty’s Heroes thought they had won the game in the 14th end when they scored a four. The skip for G2+1, David Gee knocked the jack into the ditch but his bowl stopped dead and did not follow the jack into the ditch to give Sutty’s Heroes a 1918 advantage.
However, in the final end, the lead player for G2+1, Barbara Gee bowled a jack high toucher and David Gee bowled in two more shot bowls to score a three and take the game 21-19.
The club are now taking entries for the John Dunn Shield, a singles knock-out competition, and the Sheila Holbrook Pairs, a knock-out pairs tournament.
Both competitions are played over an hour and the entry sheets are in the indoor bowling hall.
There is a Monday morning session from 11am to noon for anyone wishing to have a taster session of indoor bowling.
There is social bowling from 11.30am to 1pm on a Thursday and 2.30pm on Saturdays for anyone who would like a game.
The Autumn League indoor bowling prize presentation will be held on Friday, December 20 at 7.30pm.
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