Parkway miss out in their English triples title defence

The British and English triples champions from Parkway – Mike Robertson and brothers Ean and Tristan Morton – were beaten in the second round of their defence at the Bowls England championships at Leamington.

They were beaten 14-12 by the Devon trio they defeated in last year’s final – the allEngland triple of Louis Ridout, Jamie Chestney and Sam Tolchard, who again had to be content with the runners-up spot.

The Parkway trio had beaten Yorkshire 15-14 in the opening round, while the Warboys triple of Tom Swannell, Simon Leader and Rob Elmore pipped Norfolk 15-14 before losing 20-9 to the eventual winners from Lancashire.

One of the best performances from Hunts qualifiers came from the Ramsey rink of Patsy Coles, Jill Francis, Linda Levi and Andrea Rose, who reached the quarter-finals of the women’s senior rinks.

To get there they defeated Suffolk 30-11 and Essex 21-18 before losing 25-5 to the eventual beaten finalists from Norfolk.

The Brampton quartet of Robbie Coleman, Peter Parnell, Tom Hall and Ryan O’Flanagan lost 22-13 to Middlesex in the second round of the fours following a 22-11 win against Oxfordshire.

The other Hunts four of Paul Dalliday, James Harford, Simon Law and Stuart Popple from Parkway went down 245 to Wiltshire in the opening round.

West Ward’s Sean Fenlon was a first round casualty in the men’s senior singles, losing 21-14 to Chris Cranham (Hants).