Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
BOWLS ROUND-UP: bay ease into third round of national top club
Herne Bay Barham
In the National Top Club competition Herne Bay’s men progressed to the third round with a 4-1 win over Deal.
Bay won the 2 wood singles, singles, triples and fours, their only loss coming in the pairs.
Bay now play at home to Canterbury in the next round.
In the East Kent Mixed Triples League Bay won five of the six triples played against Canterbury to take seven of the eight available points. Herne Bay 124 Canterbury 86 Ted Milton, Eunice Holder, Bob Simcock won 17-12; Colin Tobutt, Jan Remmington, Ray Day won 18-8; Dawn Harris, John Phillips, Jim Watson lost 21-20; Linda Charlesworth, Colin Hadlow, Jim Covill won 25-18; Marian Algar, Paul Evans, Brian Dennis won 19-14; Joyce Whitlock, David Knight, Brian Gisby won 25-13.
Bay enjoyed a 27-shot win in a mixed match against VCD retired. Herne Bay 135 VCD 108 Bruce Clayton, Paul Green, Marianne Offer, Linda Charlesworth lost 18-15; Cliff Cheeseman, Sue Grogan, Dawn Harris, Stuart Emert won 24-8; Diane Wiltshire, Linda Cheeseman, Martin Maguire, Tony Rowson won 19-16; Pat Baldwin, Paul Reddock, Sheila Mcdowell, John Toms lost 19-14; Derek Lucas, Anne-marie Bombone, Eunice Holder, Brian Dennis lost 22-21; John Dryland, Sam Hardy, Richie Callanan, Steve Caruth won 24-14; Marian Algar, David Brice, John Grogan, Jim Covill won 18-11.
Bay also suffered a 19-shot defeat in a mixed match against Thanet. Herne Bay 117 Thanet 136 Jan Starkey, George Johnson, Bob Day won 19-10; Anne-marie Bombone, Vicky Lewis, Jim Covill lost 19-14; Sue Grogan, John Grogan, John Toms lost 21-6; Val Miller, David Brice, Stuart Emert won 22-14; Diane Wiltshire, Roy Chillingworth, Jim Watson won 17-14; Lyn Riches, Danny Keleghar, Jeff Graham won 16-12; Maureen Tobutt, John Offer, Terry Taunton lost 15-12; Jeanette O’brien, Mike Head, Paul Evans lost 21-11. players from Division 4 played a knock-out competition down to the last four, who now go through to the Division semi-finals.
Those going through were Alan Cornfoot and Peter Foster of Canterbury and Chris Fox and Pat Briscoe of Sandwich.
Canterbury Ladies won both rinks against Boughton and by 10 shots overall. Canterbury 37 Boughton 27 Angela Hudson, M. Dilnot, Sue Knott won 20-11: Kay Lloyd, June Strouts, June Baker won 17-16.
Torrential rain stopped play after nine ends when Canterbury Ladies played Sellindge.
Canterbury were well ahead by 11 shots when the heavens opened. Pat Vaughan, Barbara Grundy, Marion Patmore winning 14-5; Joy Burton, Ros Cheesman, Sue Close drawing 7-7.
Canterbury were beaten by 38 shots in the East Kent Mixed Triples League against Herne Bay, picking up just one of eight available points, Herne Bay 124 Canterbury 86 June Baker, George Long, Alan Burnap lost 17-12; Joy Burton, Peter Darling, Colin Goldsack lost 25-18; Kay Lloyd, Dave Jenkins, Dave Swann won 21-20; Brian Wheeler, Pauline Darling, Mervyn Gulvin lost 25-13; Bob Keen, Chris De Wedawe, Bernard Woodhams lost 18-8; June Strouts, Maj Lloyd, Ian Burton lost 19-14.
A highest winning rink of Duncan Ellis, Keith Brooks, Chris Dawson lead the way in Canterbury’s 26-shot win over Victoria Park. Canterbury 108 Victoria Park 82 Brian Wheeler, Dave Rickard, Colin Strouts won 22-14; Peter Needham, Russell Feast, Brian Nicholson won 20-15; D. Longley, Mick Doyle, Dave Charlton won 22-13; Keith Havers, Richard Close, Tom Nelson lost 18-9; C. Hutchings, Ian Mitchell, Ian Burton lost 13-10. Barham visited Lyminge in a friendly match on Sunday but lost all six triples and by 30 shots overall. Lyminge 106 Barham 76 Norman Armstrong, Hazel Hatton, Ray Hatton lost 17-13; Erick Marsh, Rita Cleaver, Gerry Ferrett lost 21-14; Eira Osbourne, Richard Grayson, Ralph Watts lost 12-11; Dee Williams, Graham Beasant, Neil Sladden lost 17-16; Mike Hurlock, Dennis Rose, Mick Bullman lost 21-9; Linda Marshall, Colin Elderson, Selwyn Lewis lost 18-13. Whitstable 88 Watford 82 Gerald Hender, Dino Fella, Peggy Wray, Christopher Twyman won 18-8; Joan Davey, Diane Coupland, Don Minnett, John Wray won 20-17; Sylvia Hender, Kath Tilley, John French, Norman Toby won 19-18; Brian Reynolds, Rosemary Field, Peter Reed, Rita Hall won 17-16; Bob Davey, Ann French, David Lane, Daphne Mcdonald lost 23-14.
Dartford Invicta lost on all seven mixed rinks and by 99 shots in total at Whitstable. Whitstable 182 Dartford Invicta 83 Peter Boeg, Norman Tilley, Garth Coates, Alison Gardiner won 31-7; Brian Watson, Brian Batchelor, Jean Flood, Paul Browning won 33-12. John Morton with Ian Palmer, Jean Reid and Malcom Scott victory 27-12. Alan Reid with Gail Phasey, Brian Ball and John New win 23-13. Brian Reynolds with Rosemary Field, Margaret Morris and Don Minnett win 25-17. Ray Mcdonald with Dennis Tritton, Maggie Porter and Jean Harman win 25-9. Philip Gardiner with Trevor Epps, Derek Boots and Daphne Mcdonald won 18-13.
Whitstable Ladies won by 27 shots at Herne Bay after winning four of six rinks played. Herne Bay 95 Whitstable Ladies 118 Sylvia Hender with Diane Coupland, Jean Flood and Edna Hall win 25-11. Joan Davey with Jean Reid, June Sutcliffe and Shirley Whitehand victory 25-15. Jeanette May with Rosemary Field, Pat Uden and Maureen James win 21-12. Barbara Mcgillicuddy with Patricia Vaz , Gail Phasey and Daphne Mcdonald won 20-12; Daphne Ellinor with Patricia Pout, Ann French and Jean Harman lost 13-19. Rita Hall with Kath Tilley, Beryl Barton and Margaret Goodger lost 15-26.