Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
Market Inn rule the opposition to lift Coronation Cup
FAVERSHAM BC
A day of fun and history was held at Faversham Bowls Club on Sunday as The Market Inn were crowned champions of the Industrial Day by Mayor of Faversham, Trevor Martin. The Industrial Day competition is a historic bowls competition in its 69th year where 14 local businesses from Faversham put themselves to the test in a bowls match against other local businesses competing for the Coronation Cup.
The champions for 2022 were the Market Inn - made up of Martin Gore, Derek Thomson, Dave Greetham and Ben Davis - who won 14-4 in the final against MME Engineering (M Boswell, S Adams, Chris Miles, J Wise).
Last year’s winners, Parry Page Joinery (Craig Preston, Ed Muddiman, Jordan Handing and Lewis Gore) again had a good competition by finishing third after a 13-4 win over fourth-placed RJ Childs (Alan Childs, George Childs, Billy Bean and Rob Childs).
Cllr Martin bowled the first bowl of the day to start the competition and also presented the cup and medals to the winners. Faversham Bowling Club president Alan Bing assisted in the presentation. The local businesses taking part were GIST, GXO, Lowther Lofts, R J Childs, MME Engineering, The Three Tuns, Shepherd Neame, Royal Mail, S and A Steel Services Ltd, Parry Page Joinery, Market Inn and Creekside Boxing Club. The Coronation Cup is so named as it was donated in the coronation year of 1952, with the first competition being held the following year in 1953. Shepherd Neame were the first winners of that competition nearly 70 years ago. Faversham progressed in the second round of the Bernard Annand competition last Saturday with a win over Broadstairs.
Paul Ellison, James Cutting, Bill Willis and Harry Wimbleroberts won 27-13, while Ray Mcdonald, Kevin Cook, Chris Abbitt and John Winslow lost a close game 17-19. The combined scores were enough to see Faversham go through. The club had an excellent 12473 East Kent Mixed Triples League win over six rinks at home to Birchington. The best Faversham rink was 29-9 by Dave Mitchell, Bill Willis and Trish Anderson. Faversham also beat Barham in the same competition, winning 82-43 over four rinks. The best Faversham rink was 29-9 by Simon Gibbons, Barbara Franklin and Kevin Cook.
HERNE BAY BC
Herne Bay men won three of the five divisional finals they were in and are now in the county quarter-finals. Grant Allen, the county singles champion, beat Jason Avery of Folkestone Park 21-15. Both of Bay’s triples progressed as Alfie Lewis, Scott Whiting and Ian Robb beat a triple from Ramsgate 23-7 and Dave Mason, Grant Allen and Joe Kelly beat a triple from Sandwich.
Bay continued their attempt to win the Forest of Blean League with a 42-shot win over Boughton giving them seven of the eight available points. There were mixed fortunes in the Catherine Wheeler League with a home win over Walpole Bay by 10 shots and an away defeat at Birchington.
Forest of Blean League: Herne Bay 122 Boughton 80
Rinks: Peter Hogston, Paul Evans, Jim Watson 20-16; Dave Knight, Alf Collar, Bob Day 21-9; Russell Cooper, Stuart Emert, Eddie Allen 27-5; Len Brown, Bill Castle, Brian Bridges 19-18; Colin Hadlow, John Offer, Tony Knibbs 11-14; Chris Twyman, Paul Browning, Bill Robb 24-18.
Catherine Wheeler Mixed League: Herne Bay 106 Walpole Bay 96
Rinks: Jane Chubb, Cath Watson, Mo Tipper 15-14; Mike Doyle, Jill Tipper, Jim Covill 19-19; John Grogan, Paul Green, Vicky Lewis 21-13; Denise Doyle, Christine Stuart, Jim Watson 16-21; Pat Knight, Dave Eliot, Bob Day 18-15; Pam Head, Peter Gibson, Dawn Harris 17-14.
Catherine Wheeler Mixed League: Birchington 102 Herne Bay 88
Rinks: Paul Browning, Derek Judd, Lyn Phillips 19-12; Cath Watson, John Locke, Bill Robb 21-12; Pam Head, John Phillips, Dave Harris 10-20; George Johnson, Marianne Offer, Jim Watson 15-23; Lorna Garnham, Mike Head, John Holland 12-22; Pat Knight, Peter Bampton, John Offer 11-13
Herne Bay 67 Sandwich 101
Rinks: Dave Stuart, Danny Keleghar, Bill Castle 15-12; Mike Doyle, Danny Keleghar, Jim Watson 21-14; John Grogan, Alf Collar, Stuart Emert 8-30; Peter Tavener, Shaun Green, Jim Covill 14-28; Alan Jordan, Paul Green, Mo Tipper 9-17
Herne Bay 112 Canterbury 80
Rinks: Peter Hogston, Stuart Emert, Bob Baldwin 37-5; John Dryland, Terry Taunton, Tony Bishop 17-11; Sid Hall, Richie Callanan, Jim Covill 19-8; Colin Hadlow, John Phillips, Bob Day 8-23; John Grogan, John Locke, Jim Watson 14-17; Shaun Green, Paul Evans, John Offer 17-16.
Herne Bay Ladies 47 Sandwich Ladies 41 Rinks: Diane Melford, Denise Doyle, Lyn Phillips 15-14; Marilyn Plunkett, Sylvia Sweeting, Jill Tipper 16-12; Val Keleghar, Sue Grogan, Sheila Mcdowell 16-15.