Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
Trio winners all the way
Canterbury
John King, Sue Close and Tony Dobson joined forces to win Canterbury BC’S Dickens Trophy – the only one of 16 teams to win all three of their games.
Alan Cornfoot won through in the preliminary round of the National Senior Singles, coming from 11-5 down to level at 17-17 before winning 21-17.
However, he went down 21-11 in the next round.
In the National Pairs, Cornfoot joined Steve Wells to take on the side from Nottinghamshire and despite a comeback from 10 shots down, they missed out on the final end with a measure going against them as they lost 21-20.
Canterbury’s men won by 20 shots against Minster. Canterbury 108 Minster 88 Barry Jordan, Bob Keen, Maj Lloyd won 21-18; Mike Doyle, Roger Gowan, Bernard Woodhams lost 21-8; Keith Wright, Dave Jenkins, Ian Burton won 22-9; John Smith, Alan Burnap, Dick Mortley won 15-14; Simon Willis, Alan Marsh, Bill Hudson won 22-8; Don Parry, Dave Rickard, Dave Swann won 20-18.
Canterbury enjoyed another 38-shot win against Deal. Canterbury 99 Deal 61 Peter Fawcett, Russell Feast, Bill Hillman won 20-9; John Smith, Keith Wright, Bernard Woodhams drew 15-15; Alan Pack, Mike Doyle, Dave Charlton lost 20-18; Tom Nelson, Brian Wheeler, Ian Burton won 24-5; Andrew Burton, Dave Rickard, Bryan Nicholson won 22-12.
Canterbury ladies lost two of the three rinks against Kearsney but returned a draw. Canterbury 59 Kearsney 59 Liz Long, Val Lundin, Carole Nelson won 29-13; Sandra Swann, June Mitchell, Sue Close lost 24-13; Sheila Holden, Jane Carey-harris, Christiane De Weduwe lost 22-17. R.cordell, Sheila Howard, K.neame won 26-6; M.woodward, G.ashurst, G.wills won 27-6; B.storey, P.evans, Jude Prosser lost 16-11; Steph Flower, E.bowyer, S.gibbons won 16-8; T.guest, J.graham, Janet Wimble won 15-13.
Faversham ladies defeated Boughton by 19 shots. Faversham 56 Boughton 37 Chris Lamb, Jo Wimble-roberts, Janet Wimble won 15-14; Trish Guest, Elaine Hinkly, Barbara Franklin lost 15-10; D.mitchell, Linda Abbitt, Jude Prosser won 31-8. Pring, Jim Westcott, Malcolm Scott lost 26-12; Trevor Hall, Reg Dowell, Stan Robinson, Derek Gann lost 24-17; Peter Boeg, Brian Batchelor, Paul Fincham, Norman Tilley lost 30-9.
The previous day, visiting Deal won by 13 shots at Whitstable after winning four of the six rinks. Whitstable 83 Deal 96 Brian Reynolds, Reg Dowell, Derek Newell won 16-10; Brian Watson, Brian Batchelor, Ronald Vaz won 21-18; Trevor Hall, Dino Fella, Gerry Hender lost 18-17; Tony Petts, Norman Tilley, Stan Robinson lost 14-12; Gareth Porter, Chris Twyman, Don Minnett lost 15-10; Alan Reid, Ken Gillmore, Malcolm Scott lost 21-7.
A third defeat came against Hesketh Park who split the six mixed rinks but won by 12 shots overall. Whitstable 103 Hesketh Park 115 Garth Coates, John Goodenough, Maggie Porter, Bob Avery win 24-12; Ray Mcdonald, Dino Fella, Linda Lane, Malcolm Scott won 25-19; Brian Watson, Jean Harman, Nicolas Newman, Don Minnett won 20-15; Jim Hatton, Derek Boots, Nelson Hamilton, Daphne Ellinor lost 14-12, Alan Reid, Trevor Epps, Jean Reid, Barbara Mcgillicuddy lost 23-16; Brian Reynolds, Reg Dowell, Tracey Hamilton, Norman Tilley lost 32-6. 18-12; Peter Rothwell, Pat Kusel, Ian Davidson lost 22-12; Sian Grayson, Graham Beasant, Glyn Hicks lost 14-12; Ian Macpherson, Robert Baecke, Damian Conroy won 17-14; Eric Hearn, Hazel Hatton, Ray Hatton won 18-13.