Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
Pair make most of chance
Canterbury Herne Bay
Colin Goldsack and Chris Dawson joined forces to win Canterbury BC’S annual Matthew Allen Cup competition.
The pairs competition – for duos with less than a 12 handicap combined – was played over three games of 11 ends with the two best scores playing in the final.
Cyril Hutchinson and Jo Vandepeer were the only team to win all three matches and faced Goldsack and Dawson, who had won two and drawn one and pipped Alan Burnap and John King to the final on the number of ends they had won.
However, in the final, Hutchinson and Vandapeer were beat 12-7.
Canterbury were also visited by the touring side Bowlers on Tour.
Drawing on one and only winning three of 12 triples played, Canterbury lost the match by 66 shots. Canterbury 171 Bowlers on Tour 237 Peter Fawcett, Jill Jenkins, Bernard Woodhams won 22-8; Christiane De Weduwe, Brian Wheeler, Colin Strouts lost 12-10; Maureen Aitkin, Dave Jenkins, Jenny Wilkinson lost 21-10; Dean Ellis, Sue Trott, Michael Hutchinson won 21-9; Sheila Holden, J.burton, Bob Keen lost 24-10; Kay Lloyd, R.laming, Dave Swann lost 27-9; Keith Wright, Tom Nelson, Sue Close drew 18-18; Sandra Swann, Heather Goldsack, George Long lost 27-14; Liz Long, Dave Rickard, Dave Charlton lost 17-11; Duncan Ellis, Alison Mcdonald, Maj Lloyd won 21-16; John Cananur, Wendy Wright, Dick Mortley lost 24-17; Andrew Burton, Barbara Grundy, June Strouts lost 34-8.
Canterbury Ladies won a friendly against Deal despite only winning on two rinks. Canterbury 84 Deal 76 Angie Hudson, Jane Carey-harris. Sue Close won 22-16; Sheila Holden, Christiane De Weduwe, Yvonne Gambrill won 20-15; Junko Lord, Heather Goldsack, Bim Bishop drew 16-16; M. Betkerlegge, Barbara Grundy, Sue Mates lost 15-13; Maureen Aitkin, Sandra Swann, Wendy Wright lost 14-13. Bay won just two of the six triples played at Folkestone to lose by 40 shots overall. Folkestone 115 Herne Bay 75 Linda Cheeseman, John Offer, Colin Holder lost 21-12; Dave Stuart, John Dryland, Lyn Phillips won 15-13; Cliff Cheeseman, Rod Stevens, Eunice Holder lost 14-13; Pat Baldwin, John Phillips, Marianne Offer lost 20-13; Cath Watson, Steve Caruth, Vicky Lewis lost 34-8; Sylvia Sweeting, Diane Wiltshire, Jim Watson won 14-13.
Bay also won two of six rinks played on their visit to Cobham, losing by 32 shots overall. Cobham 130 Herne Bay 98 Sue Grogan, Rod Stevens, Vicky Lewis, Alf Collar lost 19-18; Christine Stuart, Sam Hardy, Alan Jordan, Alan Day lost 25-8; Dave Stuart, Steve Caruth, Marianne Offer, Alan Kent lost 27-13; John Grogan, Pauline Hougham, John Phillips, Eunice Holder lost 28-11; Cath Watson, Jeanette Saunders, Maureen Tobutt, Colin Holder won 28-12; Pat Knight, Peter Tavener, Joyce Whitlock, Edie Nicholls won 20-19.
Bay did, however, win all 10 rinks played in a mixed match at home to Spring Park and by 149 shots in total. Herne Bay 274 Spring Park 125 Colin Hadlow, Sue Grogan, Maureen Day, Paul Evans won 29-9; Val Keleghar, Alan Jordan, Peter Gibson won 38-8; Jan Starkey, Wendy Green, Stuart Emert, Brian Gisby won 32-15; Cath Watson, Sid Hall, Dawn Harris, Chris Adams won 19-13; Jeanette Saunders, Al Burt, Marianne Offer, Jeff Graham won 21-6; Richie Callanan, John Offer, Paul Green, Gill Baker won 37-12; Val Miller, Mike Tibby, Sheila Mcdowell, Alan Day won 20-16; Ted Milton, Danny Keleghar, Maureen Tobutt, Barbara Morris won 22-16; Linda Cheeseman, John Locke, Diane Wiltshire, Roy Chillingworth won 26-17; Christine Stuart, Paul Reddock, Joyce Whitlock, Tony Bishop won 30-9.
Bay also enjoyed a 44-shot success at home to Southend & District. Herne Bay 154 Southend & District 110 Sylvia Sweeting, Rod Stevens, Chris Adams, Bob Day lost 20-16; Pat Knight, George Johnson, Gill Baker, Jim Watson lost 17-16; Jackie Caruth, Diane Wiltshire, John Dryland, Richard Remmington won 19-14; Val Miller, Jean White, Roy Chillingworth, David Knight won 17-13; Brenda Bridges, Peter Price, Terry Taunton, Tony Rowson won 19-12; Jeanette Saunders, John Grogan, Jan Remmington, Alan Day won 24-15; Val Keleghar, Sue Grogan, Tony Ackland, Jeff Graham won 18-14; Paul Green, Steve Caruth, Vicky Lewis, Tony Bishop won 25-5.
Bay won four of five triples played against River, winning by 49 shots overall. Herne Bay 106 River 57 Harry Algar, Danny Keleghar, Eunice Holder won 10-6; Richie Callanan, Marianne Offer, Lyn Phillips won 21-14; Edie Nicholls, Diane Wiltshire, Bill Robb won 25-12; Anita Harding, Paul Green, Paul Evans lost 17-13; Val Miller, Sheila Mcdowell, Steve Brown won 28-8. Rosemary Field, Ronald Vaz, Rex Beard, Jim Taylor won 19-14; Brian Watson, Brian Ball, Daphne Mcdonald, Malcolm Scott lost 21-18.
On Saturday, Thurrock’s six mixed rinks suffered a whitewash on the Castle green, as Whitstable won by 66 shots overall. Whitstable 141 Thurrock 75 Brian Watson, Sue Quilter, Ronald Vaz, Malcolm Scott won 28-11; Brian Gentle, Reg Dowell, Irene Fairall, Don Minnett won 28-14; Jim Hatton, Patricia Pout, Norman Tilley, Bob Avery won 22-11; Peter Boeg, Brian Ball, Nicholas Newman, Patricia Vaz won 23-15; Christopher Twyman, Derek Boots, Ashley Marshall, Rita Hall won 20-12; Brian Reynolds, Nelson Hamilton, Brian Batchelor, Barbara Mcgillicuddy won 20-12.