News
17 Sept 2014 Eastern Counties Finals news
Their was disappointment for Norfolk’s bowlers in the Eastern Counties Bowling Association Finals held at President’s Tom Hall’s club, Dereham St. Nicholas on Saturday.
In the pairs John Tufts & Wayne Willgress beat Suffolk 25-16 in the semi final but lost to Bill Nelson & Charlie Butcher of Essex in the final by 22 shots to 14.
There was a similar scenario in the Triples where Andy McNamara, Mick Smith & Peter Stevenson beat Cambridgeshire 21-19 in the semi final thanks to a last end score of 4 shots but lost the final 14-13 to Huntingdonshire.
In the Bedford Cup final, County Secretary Peter Bird and Senior Vice President Brian Taylor lost on an extra end to Pat Finney & John Tully of Essex whilst Ian Muir of Diss & District BC lost 16-15 in the semi final of the two wood singles to Hertfordshire.
The Singles title was taken by Andy Squire of Essex who beat Suffolk’s John Rednall 21-13 in the final whilst the Fours title was taken by Huntingdonshire, the two wood Singles by Liam Harris of Suffolk and the Junior singles also by Suffolk.
The 31st annual John Woodcock Memorial Tournament has been held at the County Arts Club in Norwich and won by David Brawn, Chris Ward, Malcolm Nicholson & Trevor Webb. In the final they beat Gary Mallett, Mike Lewin, Ronnie Mallett & Bryan Sadler 7 shots to 6 after an extra end after the match was tied following the 9th end.
The tournament, organised once again by Brian Taylor, raised over £900 for the “Big C” Charity to add to the thousands that has been raised in the previous years.
07 Sept 2014 Norfolk bowlers selected for England
Senior International Trial
Congratulations to Wayne
Willgress & John Tufts (Norfolk Bowling Club) who have been selected for
the Men’s Senior International trial team at Victoria Park, Leamington
Spa on Saturday 20th September 2014.
31 August 2014 White Rose
Trophy & Hansells Cup news
There was disappointment for Norfolk’s Under 25 team at Royal Leamington Spa on Sunday when they lost to Surrey in the semi finals of the White Rose Trophy.
Although Surrey took an early lead Norfolk were always in the game and forced a tie at 31 shots each at the conclusion of the 21 ends. On an agonising extra end Surrey secured the crucial shot to take their place in the final where they went on to beat Worcestershire by 48 shots to 45.
Rink Scores:-
Max Harrison, Dean Rudling, Liam Stevenson & Sam King 18 Charlie Souter, Daniel Capon, Damien Olver & Matt White 13
John Tufts, Ollie Allen, James Segolo & Jake Willgress 13 Sean Gingell, Jon Wilson, Charles Bruder & Dan Morris 18
The final piece of silverware of the County season was won at the weekend when Fleggburgh took the Hansells League Cup by beating Wortwell in the final held at Wymondham Dell by 72 shots to 52.
In the earlier semi finals Fleggburgh overcame Wicklewood 64-54 whilst Wortwell beat Shouldham ‘A’ 74-57.
Rink scores:-
Semi finals
Fleggburgh –v- Wicklewood
D.Wright, R.Green, R.Smith & F.Turner 20 M.Harris, C.Poore, C.Hubbard & S.Cullum 11
D.George, M.Benton, M.Collins & R.Locke 20 C.Whistler, C.King, J.Ryder & M.Waterfield 24
B.Bongen, P.High, S.Walker & M.High 24 C.Racher, R.Goodings, P.Middleton & G.Mann 19
Wortwell –v- Shouldham
M.Porter, T.Bell, G.Hunter & D.Riches 27 A.Howlett, A.Wright, P.Setchell & J.Button 17
P.Elliott, D.Wellington, D.Revell & G.Smith 20 T.Martin, J.Savage, M.Wright & J.Sadler 25
D.Blundell, N.Hadingham, M.Whyte & R.Hadingham 27 B.Lilley, M.Hampton, J.Harwood & R.Saxon 15
Final
Fleggburgh –v- Wortwell
D.Wright, R.Green, R.Smith & F.Turner 21 P.Elliott, D.Wellington, D.Revell & G.Smith 18
D.George, M.Benton, M.Collins & R.Locke 29 D.Blundell, N.Hadingham, M.Whyte & R.Hadingham 11
J.Fruin, P.High, S.Walker & M.High 22 M.Porter, T.Bell, G.Hunter & D.Riches 23
03 August 2014 WP Baker Cup
news
In the Hansells County League play offs played at Thorpe Recreation BC Gissing beat Lakeside in the final to lift the WP Baker Cup and secure a place in the Premier League next season.
In the final they were in control from the outset but a late surge from Lakeside gave them some hope but Gissing held firm to win the match by 9 shots. In the earlier semi finals Gissing beat GW Staniforth BC whist Lakeside overcame Hunstanton.
Results and rink scores:-
Semi Finals
Gissing 57 GW Staniforth 49
I.Groves, R Cornwall, M.Coe & C.Gaul 21 M.Hassey, T.Lamb, R.Beattie & M.Struthers13
E.Fairweather, D.Wood, D.Last & K.Fulcher 19 K.Mikulik, D.Peaks, M.Holbrook & J.Wright 19
K.Lake, B.Royal, P.Forster & P.Whymark 17 B.Mosby, T.Bingham, A.Byford & A.Stevenson 17
Lakeside 59 Hunstanton 50
A.Manson, A.Tallent, P.Warnes & T. Maidstone 28 J.Lilliweb, C.Reed, J.Wells & S.King 9
C.Binns, D.Mower, J.Cook & P.Glover 20 B.Boew, P.Everson J.King & C.Bix 17
P.Cox, T.Briggs, G.Moring & B.Jones 11 D.Bix, D.Cawthorne, D,Vaughn & M.King 24
Final
Gissing 66 Lakeside 57
I.Groves, R Cornwall, M.Coe & C.Gaul 26 P.Cox, T.Briggs, G.Moring & B.Jones 13
E.Fairweather, D.Wood, D.Last & K.Fulcher 21 A.Manson, A.Tallent, P.Warnes & T. Maidstone 18
K.Lake, B.Royal, P.Forster & P.Whymark 19 C.Binns, D.Mower, J.Cook & P.Glover 26
02 August 2014 Middleton
Cup news
Norfolk’s hopes of regaining the Middleton Cup ended on Saturday when they lost in the final at Victoria Park Leamington Spa to Hampshire by 127 shots to 106.
The final was played in periods of heavy rain with play interrupted on two occasions due to the green being underwater. The initial ends were played in fine weather with the scores even but as the rain set in Hampshire took control to open a commanding lead. Following the second interruption with Hampshire leading by 15 shots, it was Hampshire who dealt better with the conditions to quickly double their advantage and from that point Norfolk was never really in the contest and Hampshire ran out thoroughly deserving winners.
Earlier in the day in the semi final Norfolk overcame old rivals Cumbria 119-110 in a match again affected by heavy rain whilst Hampshire overwhelmed Wiltshire 136-89.
For Norfolk it was a disappointing end to an otherwise excellent campaign with several new players blooded into the team which augurs well for the future. Norfolk will now look to end the season on a high note in the Eastern Counties League where victory in their final match against Suffolk at RG Carter BC on Saturday 23rd August will see them lift the title.
Rink scores
Semi Final –v- Cumbria
Max Harrison, Roger Guy, Chris Gaul & Peter Boldero 18 Andrew Baxter 17
John Ottaway, Mick Brown, Paul Shackcloth & Philip Barr 23 Ricky Gallagher 16
Justin Hudson, Bernie Perrett, Mark Riches & George Tubby 22 Ian Gallagher 24
John Tufts, Richard Summers, Jake Willgress & Wayne Willgress 18 Ben Sherwen 17
Daniel Seabourne, Alistair Stevenson, Ian Whiley & Andy Siely 17 Gavin Taylor 21
Gary Mallett, Peter Wilkinson, Stephen Winter & Darren Rowsell 21 Stephen Farish 15
Final –v- Hampshire
Max Harrison, Roger Guy, Chris Gaul & Peter Boldero 23 Jim Marshland 31
John Ottaway, Mick Brown, Paul Shackcloth & Philip Barr 21 Matthew Marchant 19
Justin Hudson, Bernie Perrett, Mark Riches & George Tubby 13 Russell Morgan24
John Tufts, Richard Summers, Jake Willgress & Wayne Willgress 18 Peter Ward 18
Daniel Seabourne, Alistair Stevenson, Ian Whiley & Andy Siely 13 Leo May 21
Gary Mallett, Peter Wilkinson, Stephen Winter & Darren Rowsell 18 Chris Daniels 14
27 July 2014 Bales &
Fermoy Cup results
North
Walsham are the new Bales Cup Club Champions having beaten County Arts in the
final. The match was close early on with County Arts holding a slight advantage
but North Walsham pulled away over the closing stages, particularly on Trevor
Webb’s rink, to take the title they last won in 2008 by 64 shots to 47.
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The
final of the double fours Lord Fermoy Cup will take place on Thursday 7th
August with Norfolk BC taking on RG Carter BC. In the semi finals Norfolk BC
overcame Acle St Edmund whilst RG Carter beat Dickleburgh. As in previous
rounds the final will be played on a one rink home one rink way basis.
22 July 2014 County
Championship results
The County Championship finals were a personal triumph for Norfolk BC’s Wayne Willgress when he lifted three titles, the Singles, Two Wood Singles & Fours.
In the blue riband Singles final he met Brian Taylor of County Arts and after an even start Willgress pulled away to win comprehensively 21-7 to regain the title he last won in 2010.
For Taylor the singles defeat was a double disappointment for earlier in the day along with partners Gary Mallett, Malcolm Nicholson & Philip Barr he lost in the Fours final in dramatic fashion to Willgress and his partners John Tufts, Neil Moulton & Ian Catchpole. The Norfolk BC quartet looked to be in control by taking a 13-6 lead but County Arts hit back to lead by 2 shots going into the final end. Willgress forced and extra end with his last bowl and then on took the crucial shot & title on the extra end.
There was no such drama in the Triples final where Liam Stevenson’s Wootton Park trio took the title with victory over Peter Boldero’s Downham Market threesome 27-9. Following a rain delay at 9 ends with Wootton Park leading 16-5, Downham Market scored four shots on the first end following the resumption to give them hope of a recovery but they could not maintain this and Wootton went on to take the title.
The Two wood Singles final saw the holder Ian Muir of Diss & District play the 2012 winner Wayne Willgress and with Willgress taking the form from his earlier finals claimed the title with a 17-8 victory.
The Under 25 Singles final was an all Norfolk BC affair with Jake Willgress, brother of Wayne, taking on John Tufts and it was Willgress who prevailed taking the title 21-13.
Due to duplications the Pairs Final between Max Harrison & Peter Boldero (Downham Market) and John Tufts & Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC) has been re-scheduled and will now be played on Monday 28th July at Swaffham Town starting at 6.00pm
The winners and runners up of all the Championships go forward to the Bowls England National Championships at Victoria Park Royal Leamington Spa in August. Details of all matches may be found on the Bowls England website www.bowlsengland.com.
Results:-
Fours
John Tufts, Neil Moulton, Ian Catchpole & Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC) 20 Gary Mallett, Malcolm Nicholson, Brian Taylor & Philip Barr (County Arts) 19
Triples
Andy McNamara, Peter Stevenson & Liam Stevenson (Wootton Park) 27 Max Harrison, Rock Lewis & Peter Boldero (Downham Market) 9
Singles
Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC) 21 Brian Taylor (County Arts) 7
Under 25 Singles
Jake Willgress (Norfolk NC) 21 John Tufts (Norfolk BC) 13
Two Wood Singles
Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC) 17 Ian Muir (Diss & District) 8
21 July 2014 Middleton
Cup victory & Bales Cup news
Norfolk stormed into the semi finals of the Middleton Cup with an emphatic victory over Essex at Sudbury BC on Saturday. Having lost to Essex at the same stage last year Norfolk expected a tough encounter but a strong start saw them open up a 23 shot lead at 5 ends, a lead they maintained throughout the match to run out winners by 128 shots to 96.
Norfolk won on five of the six rinks and was only denied a whitewash by the other rink going down on the last couple of ends. Top rink was that skipped by County Arts Philip Barr who beat current England International Steve Mitchinson 27-13.
Having made changes to the team that got through the group stage Manager Brian Taylor said after the match “The changes we made worked very well and the team put on a great performance over all the rinks and we thoroughly deserved the victory and can now look forward once again to another semi final”
In the semi final, to be played at Victoria Park Royal Leamington Spa on 2nd August Norfolk, meet old rivals Cumbria whilst the other semi final sees Hampshire play Wiltshire, who Norfolk beat in the final the last time they lifted the trophy in 2012. Both semi finals start at 10.00am with the final following at 2.00pm.
Not surprisingly the Norfolk team is unchanged for the semi final.
Rink scores:-
Max Harrison, Roger Guy, Chris Gaul & Peter Boldero 20 Mark Christmas 17
John Ottaway, Mick Brown, Paul Shackcloth & Philip Barr 27 Steve Mitchinson 13
Justin Hudson, Bernie Perrett, Mark Riches & George Tubby 19 Andy Squire 18
John Tufts, Richard Summers, Jake Willgress & Wayne Willgress 19 Ed Morris 23
Daniel Seabourne, Alistair Stevenson, Ian Whiley & Andy Siely 20 Mark Nullmeyers 11
Gary Mallett, Peter Wilkinson, Stephen Winter & Darren Rowsell 23 John Tully 14
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The final of the County Club Championship for the Bales Cup will be between County Arts and North Walsham. In the semi finals County Arts beat favourites Norfolk BC by 59 shots to 47 whilst North Walsham overcame Acle St Edmunds 58-49. The final, originally scheduled for 8th August will now be played on Tuesday 22 July at RG Carter BC starting at 6.00pm
13 July 2014 County Comps
& Middleton Cup news
The semi finals of the County championships have now been completed and the finals are dominated by bowlers from Norfolk BC with Wayne Willgress reaching four finals and John Tufts three.
In the blue riband Singles two past winners will contest the final. Wayne Willgress, champion in 2010 came through a tight match with Tony Seabourne of Acle St. Edmunds. In the final he will meet County Arts Brian Taylor, champion over 20 years ago in 1991, who had a comfortable victory over Adrian Folker of Wootton Park.
The two wood singles semi finals saw defending champion Ian Muir of Diss District BC reach the final with a comfortable victory over John Colcombe and in the final he will meet the 2012 Champion, Wayne Willgress, who following a narrow victory over Alistair Stevenson (GW Staniforth) in the quarter final, had a comprehensive win over Wootton Park’s Vernon Hudson in the semi final.
In the Pairs final Norfolk BC’s John Tufts & Wayne Willgress will meet Max Harrison & Peter Boldero of Downham Market following semi final victories over Matthew Carter & David Smith (Freethorpe) and Bob French & Martin Rounce (County Arts) respectively.
With Liam Stevenson’s Wootton Park trio, having already booked their final slot, the other place in the Triples final was taken by Downham Market’s Max Harrison, Rocky Lewis & Peter Boldero who were far too strong for Frank Ray, Roy Hubbard & Alan Curtis of County Arts.
The fours final sees a clash between the young & older generation with Wayne Willgress’s quartet meeting County Arts Philip Barr. Willgress along with John Tufts, Neil Moulton & Ian Catchpole won a tight semi final against Darren Rowsell’s Acle foursome. Meanwhile, Philip Barr, partnering Gary Mallett, Malcolm Nicholson & Brian Taylor had a comprehensive victory over Hunstanton’s Colin Bix.
The County Finals will be held at Norfolk BC on Sunday 20th July and the programme is as follows:-
At 10.00am
Fours
At 2pm
Under 25 Singles
Two Wood Singles
Singles
Triples
The Pairs final will be played on Wednesday 23rd July at 6.00pm with the venue likely to be SwaffhamTown.
Semi Final Results
Singles
Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC) 21 Tony Seabourne (Acle St Edmunds) 17
Adrian Folker (Wootton Park) 7 Brian Taylor (County Arts) 21
Two Wood Singles
Quarter final:
Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC) 16 Alistair Stevenson (GW Staniforth) 14
Semi Finals
Ian Muir (Diss & District) 18 John Colcombe (Acle St Edmunds) 6
Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC) 16 Vernon Hudson (Wootton Park) 2
Under 25 Singles
John Tufts (Norfolk BC) 21 Aaron Stimpson (Diss & District) 14
Jake Willgress (Norfolk BC) 21 Max Harrison (Downham Market) 12
Pairs
Matthew Carter & David Smith (Freethorpe) 16 John Tufts & Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC) 24
Martin Rounce & Bob French (County Arts) 12 Max Harrison & Peter Boldero (Downham Market) 20
Triples
Max Harrison, Rocky Lewis & Peter Boldero (Downham Market) 23 Frank Ray, Roy Hubbard & Alan Curtis (County Arts) 5
Andy McNamara, Peter Stevenson & Liam Stevenson (Wootton Park) 22 Greg Guy, Kevin Guy & Roger Guy (Wymondham Dell) 14
Fours
Gary Mallett, Malcolm Nicholson, Brian Taylor & Philip Barr (County Arts) 25 John Lilliweb, Colin Reed, Paul Hunter & Colin Bix (Hunstanton) 3
John Tufts, Neil Moulton, Ian Catchpole & Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC) 20 Daniel Seabourne, George Tubby, Andy Siely & Darren Rowsell (Acle St Edmunds) 18
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The quarter final of the Middleton Cup against Essex on 19th July will be played at Sudbury BC starting at 2pm. Manager Brian Taylor has made changes to the team that was successful in the group games with Jake Willgress, Stephen Winter & Paul Shackcloth returning to team and Alistair Stevenson coming into the team for his debut. With positional changes in other rinks, the team selected is:-
Max Harrison, Roger Guy, Chris Gaul & Peter Boldero
John Ottaway, Mick Brown, Paul Shackcloth & Philip Barr
Justin Hudson, Bernie Perrett, Mark Riches & George Tubby
John Tufts, Richard Summers, Jake Willgress & Wayne Willgress
Daniel Seabourne, Alistair Stevenson, Ian Whiley & Andy Siely
Gary Mallett, Peter Wilkinson, Stephen Winter & Darren Rowsell
Travelling reserves:- Tom Baker, Ian Catchpole & James Segolo
Non travelling reserves:- Robert Hadingham & Clive Derry
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The first silverware of the season was won on Sunday when Downham Market secured the Jermy Cup by beating Wymondham Dell in the final held at the GW Staniforth club in Thetford by 64 shots to 44. In the earlier semi final they overcame Norfolk BC by 10 shots whilst Wymondham Dell beat the holders County Arts by 13.
Final rink scores (Downham Market first):-
Patricia Gambrill, Dot Evans, Allan Covell & Peter Boldero 17 Pam Baker, Rita Culver, Alan Kerridge & Paul Groom 20
Pam English, Heather Garner, David Edwards & Mick King 22 Wendy Bryant, Geoff Batley, Marlene Elvin & Brian Elvin 13
Audrey Porter, Christine Kellow, Derek Kellow & Kelvin Rayner 25 Barbara Parker, Lionel Murfit, Shirley Flood & Peter Miller 11
7 July 2014 Middleton
Cup win puts Norfolk into Qtr Finals & County Comp news
Norfolk progressed to the quarter final of
the Middleton Cup on Saturday when they beat a spirited Bedfordshire team at
Sandy Conservatives BC by 10 shots.
Going into the winner takes all match Norfolk
started brightly opening up an 11 shot lead after 5 ends, a lead they
maintained through the middle of match. Bedfordshire hit back strongly as the
match reached it's closing stages but Norfolk held their nerve to run out
winners taking 16 of the 22 points at stake.
With the overall match result being critical
there was less emphasis on rink wins but once again Peter Boldero's rink were
the star performers with a 12 shot rink win backed up by victories by George
Tubby and Wayne Willgress.
In the quarter final Norfolk will once again
meet Essex who beat them at the same stage last year. The match will be played
on Saturday 19th July at a neutral venue that has still to be decided.
Manager Brian Taylor said after the match
"We started and finished the match well but Bedfordshire did put us under
a bit of pressure towards the end but all rinks responded well and we fully
deserved the victory. The quarter final will be tough against a strong Essex
team but I'm confident we can overturn last years result and reach the semi
final"
Rink
scores:
Max Harrison, Roger Guy, Chris Gaul & Peter Boldero 27 Ryan Stewart 15
John Ottaway, Robert Hadingham, Mark Riches & Philip Barr 23 Tom Cawdell 24
Tom Baker, Justin Hudson, Bernie Perrett & George Tubby 19 Rhys Lee 16
John Tufts, Richard Summers, Ian Catchpole & Wayne Willgress 19 Grant Osborne 16
Daniel Seabourne, Simon Elliott, Ian Whiley & Andy Siely 17 Jim Allen 21
Gary Mallett, Mick Brown, Peter Wilkinson & Darren Rowsell 21 Kevin Tift 23
The semi finals of the County Championships will be held over the next week.
Norfolk BC are well represented with Wayne Willgress featuring in the Pairs, Singles & Fours and could also feature in the 2 wood singles if successful in his outstanding quarter final. John Tufts partners him in the Pairs & Fours and is also in the Under 25 Singles. Downham Market are similarly represented with Peter Boldero and Max Harrison in the Pairs & with Rocky Lewis in the Triples. Brian Taylor (County Arts) also features in two semi finals and Ian Muir of Diss & District remains on course to defend the two wood singles title he won last year.
One semi final has already been played with the Wootton Park triple of
Andy McNamara, Peter Stevenson & Liam Stevenson overcoming Wymondham
Dell’s Greg,
Kevin & Roger Guy 22-14.
The semi final programme is as follows:-
Triples (at Wymondham Dell on Tuesday
8th July)
Max Harrison, Rocky Lewis & Peter Boldero (Downham Market) -v-
Frank Ray, Roy Hubbard & Alan Curtis (County Arts)
Pairs (at Wymondham Dell on Thursday
10th July)
Matthew Carter & David Smith (Freethorpe) –v- John Tufts & Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC)
Martin Rounce & Bob French (County Arts) –v- Max Harrison & Peter Boldero (Downham Market)
Singles (at Aldiss Park on Friday 11th
July)
Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC) –v- Tony Seabourne (Acle St Edmund)
Adrian Folker (Wootton Park) –v- Brian Taylor (County Arts)
Two Bowl Singles (at Wymondham Dell on
Tuesday 8th July)
Ian Muir (Diss & District) –v- John Colcombe (Acle St Edmund)
The outstanding two wood singles quarter final between Alistair Stevenson (GW Staniforth)& Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC) will also be played on this evening with the winner then playing Vernon Hudson (Wootton Park) immediately after the the quarter final.
Under 25 Singles (at Wymondham Dell on
Tuesday 8th July)
Aaron Stimpson (Diss & District) –v- John Tufts (Norfolk BC)
The other semi final of the Under 25 Singles between Max Harrison (Downham Market) and Jake Willgress (Norfolk BC) is being played this evening (Monday) as are the semi finals of the Fours between Brian Taylor (County Arts) & Colin Bix (Hunstanton) and Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC) & Darren Rowsell (Acle St Edmund). The results of these ties may be found on the County Associations website www.norfolkbowls.co.uk
The County finals will be held on Sunday 20th July at Norfolk BC and the playing schedule will be announced after the completion of the semi finals.
The quarter finals of the Club Championship (Bales Cup) have been completed. Hansells Premier League leaders Norfolk BC are still on course to retain the trophy by beating Wymondham Dell. Acle St Edmund came from a seemingly losing position to overcome Downham Market whilst there were also victories for County Arts over Hingham Rectory and North Walsham over Shouldham. The semi finals will be played on Friday 18th July with Norfolk BC playing County Arts and Acle St Edmund meeting North Walsham.
29 June 2014 County Comps
Qtr Final report & Middleton Cup news
The quarter finals of the Norfolk Bowls Association County Championships were played over the last week.
In the Fours, last years National semi finalists, Justin Hudson, Simon Peach, Mervyn Chapman & Ian Whiley (Wootton Park) were beaten by a strong Acle quartet skipped by Darren Rowsell. However there was double disappointment for Rowsell’s lead Daniel Seabourne, who went out of the Triples and the Singles where he lost to Adrian Folker of Wootton Park. However his father Tony reached the semi final of the Singles by beating Ollie Allen from Wymondham Dell. In the semi final Seabourne meets past winner Wayne Willgress of Norfolk BC who overcame Nigel Carter from Upwell. Willgress also features in the semi finals of the Pairs and Fours.
Veteran Brian Taylor progressed to the semi finals in two events by beating Tony Seabourne’s four on the last end and then overcoming GW Staniforth’s Karol Mikulik in the Singles. However Taylor went out of the triples losing to the Guy brothers, Greg, Kevin & Roger from Wymondham Dell. The Guy’s now meet Wootton Park’s Liam Stevenson triple who beat North Walsham’s Trevor Webb on an extra end. In the other semi final Alan Curtis from County Arts, victor over Alan Willer from Ashill, plays Peter Boldero from Downham Market.
In the Pairs, the young Freethorpe combination of Matthew Carter & David Smith beat Barry Flatt & Alan Coombe of Wymondham Dell to set up a clash with John Tufts & Wayne Willgress. The other semi final sees Max Harrison & Peter Boldero (Downham Market) play Bob French & Martin Rounce (County Arts)
Defending Two Wood singles champion Ian Muir from Diss is on course to retain his title having beaten Justin Hudson from Wootton Park and now meets Acle’s John Colcombe in the semi final.
Quarter final results
Fours
John Anniss, Marcus Colcombe, Bill Downie & Tony Seabourne (Acle St Edmund) 25 Gary Mallett, Malcolm Nicholson, Brian Taylor & Philip Barr (County Arts) 28
Cliff Robinson, Evan Hall, Barry Flatt & Alan Coombe (Wymondham Dell) 20 John Lilliweb, Colin Reed, Paul Hunter & Colin Bix (Hunstanton) 24
Daniel Seabourne, George Tubby, Andy Siely & Darren Rowsell (Acle St Edmund) 23 Justin Hudson, Simon Peach, Mervyn Chapman & Ian Whiley (Wootton Park) 16
Ollie Allen, Greg Guy, Kevin Guy & Roger Guy (Wymondham Dell) 10 John Tufts, Neil Moulton, Ian Catchpole & Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC) 23
Triples
Greg Guy, Kevin Guy & Roger Guy (Wymondham Dell) 15 Gary Mallett, James Segolo & Brian Taylor (County Arts) 14
Colin Breeze, Bob Hall & Alan Willer (Ashill) 14 Max Harrison, Rocky Lewis & Peter Boldero (Downham Market) 25
Daniel Seabourne, Marcus Colcombe & Paul Webb (Acle St Edmund) 13 Frank Ray, Roy Hubbard & Alan Curtis (County Arts) 17
Barry Hunt, Graham Potter & Trevor Webb (North Walsham) 16 Andy McNamara, Peter Stevenson & Liam Stevenson (Wootton Park) 17
Pairs
Barry Flatt & Alan Coombe (Wymondham Dell) 19 Matthew Carter & David Smith (Freethorpe) 24
Philip Barber & Barney Wymer (Caister) 19 Martin Rounce & Bob French (County Arts) 27
John Tufts & Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC) 27 Malcolm Brooks & Nigel Carter (Upwell) 17
Roger Guy & John Ottaway (Wymondham Dell) 17 Max Harrison & Peter Boldero (Downham Market) 24
Singles
Nigel Carter (Upwell) 12 Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC) 21
Daniel Seabourne (Acle St Edmund) 12 Adrian Folker (Wootton Park) 21
Karol Mikulik (GW Staniforth) 8 Brian Taylor (County Arts) 21
Ollie Allen (Wymondham Dell) 18 Tony Seabourne (Acle St Edmund) 21
Two Bowl Singles
George Tubby (Acle St Edmund) 7 Vernon Hudson (Wootton Park) 15
Ian Muir (Diss & District) 15 Justin Hudson (Wootton Park) 10
John Colcombe (Acle St Edmund) 19 Chris Wells (Norfolk BC) 5
The other quarter final tie between Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC) & Alistair Stevenson (GW Staniforth) has still to be played
The semi finals will be played
during the week commencing 7th July and the match schedule including
venues will be announced shortly and published on the County’s web site (www.norfolkbowls.co.uk)
The Club Championship for the Bales Cup has now reached the quarter final stage and features two teams from outside the Hansells League Premier Division with Hingham Rectory taking on County Arts at GW Staniforth BC & Shouldham playing North Walsham at County Arts BC. The other two ties are all Premier League affairs between Acle St Edmund & Downham Market at GW Staniforth BC and Wymondham Dell against current league leaders Norfolk BC at County Arts BC. The matches will be played on Friday 4th July.
In the Middleton Cup, Norfolk travel to Sandy Conservatives BC on Saturday (5th July) to take on Bedfordshire in a winner takes all match for group honours and a place in the quarter finals. Having won their opening two matches Norfolk lead the group by 5 points from Bedfordshire but with 22 points at stake Norfolk know that a win will see them progress. Victory for Bedfordshire will earn them a place in the quarter finals. With Mark Tuner currently indisposed, Manager Brian Taylor has been forced into a team change with Richard Summers coming into the team for his debut and also making positional changes in other rinks.
The team selected is:-
Max Harrison, Roger Guy, Chris Gaul & Peter Boldero
John Ottaway, Robert Hadingham, Mark Riches & Philip Barr
Tom Baker, Justin Hudson, Bernie Perrett & George Tubby
John Tufts, Richard Summers, Ian Catchpole & Wayne Willgress
Daniel Seabourne, Simon Elliott, Ian Whiley & Andy Siely
Gary Mallett, Mick Brown, Peter Wilkinson & Darren Rowsell
Reserves (to travel): Stephen Winter & Alistair Stevenson
15 June 2014 Norfolk’s
Middleton Cup & White Rose report
Norfolk’s bowlers scored an excellent double over the weekend with victory over Northamptonshire in the Middleton Cup on Saturday and then on Sunday their young bowlers won through the regional finals of the White Rose Trophy and thereby qualified for the National Finals to be held in August.
In the Middleton Cup victory over Northamptonshire was achieved by 112 shots to 101 with the County taking 16 of the 22 points at stake. With Bedfordshire beating Huntingdonshire 18-4 in the other group match Norfolk now head the group going into the final match against Bedfordshire in July. Norfolk has a 5 point advantage over Bedfordshire so the final match will be a winner take all for a place in the quarter final.
Norfolk began the match against Northamptonshire in confident fashion opening up a 10 shot lead at the 5 end stage. Northamptonshire then hit back to take the lead at the halfway stage. From that point the lead changed hands several times before Norfolk took control over the closing few ends to take the victory. Once again the star performance came from the rink skipped by Peter Boldero who beat Jim McKee by 19 shots, with other rink wins coming from those skipped by Wayne Willgress and Andy Siely.
Manager Brian Taylor was delighted with the win and said “Northamptonshire have some quality players and we all knew the match would be tough. We started & ended the match very well and the win puts us in a strong position but we still need to win our final match against a resurgent Bedfordshire team to progress”
Rink scores:-
Max Harrison, Roger Guy, Chris Gaul & Peter
Boldero 31 Jim McKee 11
John
Ottaway, Robert Hadingham, Mark Riches & Philip Barr 16 Vernon Geary 22
Tom
Baker, Justin Hudson, Bernie Perrett & George Tubby 10 Jamie Walker 23
John
Tufts, Mick Brown, Ian Catchpole & Wayne Willgress 21 Neil Corbyn 13
Daniel
Seabourne, Simon Elliott, Ian Whiley & Andy Siely 21 Paul Broderick 17
Gary
Mallett, Peter Wilkinson, Mark Turner & Darren Rowsell 14 Darren Childs
In the White Rose Trophy Norfolk’s semi final opponents were the holders Huntingdonshire. Jake Willgress’s rink, with Tom Segolo coming in as a late replacement for Chris Wells were drawn against current international Tristan Morton and won 4 shots. Sam King’s rink finished with a late flourish to beat Alex Walton’s rink by 9 shots.
In the final against Hertfordshire Norfolk started well and opened up what looked like a comfortable 19 shot lead at 25 ends with Sam King’s rink dominating that skipped by Bradley Coles. However over the closing ends both Hertfordshire rinks hit back strongly to reduce the overall deficit to only 4 shots with just one end remaining. On that end Hertfordshire took 3 shots to give Norfolk victory by a single shot, 46 to 45. Sam King’s rink held on to win by 4 shots whilst Jake Willgress’s lost by 3.
Rink scores:-
Semi Final –v- Huntingdonshire
John
Tufts, Tom Segolo, James Segolo & Jake Willgress 18 Tristan Morton 14
Max
Harrison, Dean Rudling, Liam Stevenson & Same King 22 Alex Walton 13
Final –v- Hertfordshire
John
Tufts, Tom Segolo, James Segolo & Jake Willgress 18 Craig Kilford 21
Max
Harrison, Dean Rudling, Liam Stevenson & Same King 28 Bradley Coles 24
08 June 2014 Norfolk
continue their winning start to the season
Norfolk’s winning start to the season continued when they beat Essex in the Eastern Counties League at Braintree on Saturday by 130 shots to 87 and taking 18 of the 22 points at stake in a match reduced to 18 ends due to adverse weather conditions.
The Senior rinks won on only one of the 3 rinks with Bernie Perrett’s recording a comfortable 9 shot victory. However victory in both the Under 30 rinks skipped by Ian Catchpole & Daniel Noble and by the Executive rink secured a comfortable overall victory.
Rink scores
Senior Rinks
Clive Derry, Malcolm Nicholson, James Segolo & Brian Taylor 11 Graham Easterbrook 18
Ollie Allen. Charlie Boon, Alistair Stevenson & George Tubby 13 Ed Morris 25
Richard Harvey, Peter Harlow, Mick Brown & Bernie Perrett 20 Karl Lodge 11
Under 30 Rinks
Max Harrison, Jack Wells, Jack Adcock & Daniel Noble 19 Andrew Griggs 11
Fin Smith, Dean Rudling, Richard Summers & Ian Catchpole 20 Martyn Ball 15
Executive Rinks
Peter Bird, George Hunter, John George & John Ottaway 20 Ken Clarke 7
Attention now turns to the Middleton Cup and the White Rose Trophy both of which take place this weekend. On Saturday Norfolk entertain Northamptonshire at Norfolk Bowling Club (at 2pm) looking to build upon their opening match success over Huntingdonshire. Victory will put then into a strong position going into their final group match against Bedfordshire in July.
Sunday sees the Regional Finals of the Under 25 White Rose Trophy at Maulden BC. Norfolk play a strong Huntingdonshire team in the morning semi final for a place in the afternoon final. The other semi final is between Hertfordshire and Essex.
31 May 2014 Norfolk
start Middleton Cup campaign with a win
Norfolk opened their Middleton Cup campaign with victory over Huntingdonshire at Norfolk BC on Saturday winning by 126 shots to 114 and taking 18 of the 22 points at stake.
After an even start Norfolk pulled away to take an 18 lead as the match entered its closing stages. Huntingdonshire then staged a spirited fight-back to reduce the lead to only 3 shots but Norfolk then held firm over the closing ends to gain a deserved victory.
The rinks skipped by Peter Boldero & Philip Barr were always in control with comfortable victories whilst those skipped by George Tubby & Wayne Willgress gained last end wins ensuring Norfolk took 18 points.
With the other group match between Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire ending in a tie with both counties taking 11 points, Norfolk head the group going into the second round of matches to be played on Saturday 14 June where they entertain Northamptonshire.
Manger Brian Taylor said after the match “the first match in the group is vital and I’m very pleased with the performance particularly our front ends who dominated from the start. I was especially delighted with the performances of Tom Baker & Daniel Seabourne both of whom were making their debuts and both look to have a great future”
Rink scores:-
Max Harrison, Roger Guy, Chris Gaul & Peter
Boldero 26 Ean Morton 12
John
Ottaway, Robert Hadingham, Mark Riches & Philip Barr 21 Alex Walton 14
Tom
Baker, Justin Hudson, Bernie Perrett & George Tubby 24 Nick Brett 22
John
Tufts, Mick Brown, Ian Catchpole & Wayne Willgress 22 Michael Robertson 20
Daniel
Seabourne, Simon Elliott, Ian Whiley & Andy Siely 19 Tristan Morton 25
Gary
Mallett, Peter Wilkinson, Mark Turner & Darren Rowsell 14 Stuart Popple 21
For the match against Northamptonshire an unchanged team has been selected.
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The Regional Finals of the National Inter-County Two Fours (White Rose Trophy) take place at Maulden BC on Sunday 15th June with Norfolk taking on Huntingdonshire in the semi final at 10.00am. The other semi final sees Essex play Hertfordshire with the winners of the meeting in the final at 2pm for a place in the National Finals to be held at Leamington Spa in August.
Norfolk Team Manager Daniel Noble has named the same team that overcame Northamptonshire in the previous round:-
John Tufts, Ollie Allen, James Segolo & Jake
Willgress
Max Harrison, Chris Wells, Liam Stevenson & Sam
King
Reserves: Tom Segolo & Dean Rudling.
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Following the Bowls England Junior International Trial matches held at Leamington Spa, Jake Willgress of Norfolk BC has been selected in the 32 man Junior International Squad. Following the squad day to be held on 6th July the team to represent England in the British Isle Junior International Series to be held in Belfast in September will be selected.
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The County Championships are now well underway and the line up for the quarter finals of the fours championship is now known. The draw is as follows and the matches will be played on Monday 23rd June at the RG Carters club in Drayton.
John Anniss, Marcus Colcombe, Bill Downie & Tony Seabourne (Acle St Edmund)
-v- Gary Mallett, Malcolm Nicholson, Brian Taylor & Philip Barr (County Arts)
Cliff Robinson, Evan Hall, Barry Flatt & Alan Coombe (Wymondham Dell)
-v- John Lilliweb, Colin Reed, Paul Hunter & Colin Bix (Hunstanton EBA)
Daniel Seabourne, George Tubby, Andy Siely & Darren Rowsell (Acle St Edmunds)
-v- Justin Hudson, Simon Peach, Mervyn Chapman & Ian Whiley (Wootton Park)
Ollie Allen, Greg Guy, Kevin Guy & Roger Guy (Wymondham Dell)
-v-
John Tufts, Neil Moulton, Ian Catchpole & Wayne Willgress (Norfolk BC)
26 May 2014 Norfolk
Balcombe Trophy result & Middleton Cup news
Norfolk's bowlers made a disappointing
exit from the National Inter County Two Fours when they were comprehensively
beaten by local rivals Suffolk at Norfolk Bowling Club on Sunday.
Suffolk made a strong start to take 7
shot lead at 5 ends which they increased to 13 shots at the halfway stage.
Norfolk could make no inroads into this lead and Suffolk pulled further away
over the closing stages to win by 40 shots to 20.
Rink scores:-
John Tufts, Mick Brown, George Tubby
& Wayne Willgress 12 Ali Weeks 19
Max Harrison, Justin Hudson, Darren
Rowsell & Peter Boldero 8 Philip Page 21
Attention now switches to the Middleton
Cup where Norfolk entertain Huntingdonshire in their opening group match at
Norfolk Bowling Club next Saturday starting at 2pm.
With matches to follow against
Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire Norfolk will be looking for a victory to set
them on their way to a possible quarter final appearance. The team shows a few
changes to that which lost disappointingly to Essex in the quarter finals last
year and manager Brian Taylor said "our matches in the past against
Huntingdonshire have always been hard and I’m expecting nothing different this
time. We have home advantage and have a good record at Norfolk Bowling Club and
I’m confident the team will get the victory which will set us nicely for our
other matches”
21 May 2014 Norfolk County
Tour 2014
President John Ottaway & his party have returned from the 2014 County Tour to Cumbria & Scotland with a record of 4 wins and 2 losses.
An opening day defeat to Lockerbie BC was followed by victories over Croft BC (Cockermouth) and the Cumbria Bowing Association County team at Fitz Park Keswick. Following a one shot defeat to Whitehaven Recreation BC the tour ended with successive victories over Wigton BC and Carlisle Subscription BC.
The player with the best record for the week and winner of the Tour Trophy was Colin Brown of the Diss & District BC with George Hunter of Wortwell BC as runner up. Both recorded 5 victories with the winner decided on shots difference.
Results:-
Norfolk Bowls Association 114 Lockerbie BC 140
Top rink:- Mick Harvey, Mick Weddup, Ian Muir & David Richmond
Norfolk Bowls Association 131 Croft BC 104
Top Rink:- Peter Bird, Paul Groom, Roly Cawdell & Peter Harlow
Norfolk Bowls Association 131 Cumbria Bowling Association 100
Top Rink:- John Balls, Derek Talbot, George Hunter & Brian Bailey
Norfolk Bowls Association 105 Whitehaven Recreation BC 106
Top Rink:- Colin Brown, Ray Sinclair, George Hunter & John Ottaway
Norfolk Bowls Association 147 Wigton BC 90
Top Rink:- Colin Brown, Derek Talbot, Mick Weddup & Brian Taylor
Norfolk Bowls Association 131 Carlisle Subscription BC 83
Top Rink:- Colin Brown, Geoff Little, Mick Harvey & Malcolm Nicholson
18 May 2014 Norfolk
Middleton Cup team and White Rose Trophy result
Norfolk open their Middleton Cup campaign when they entertain Huntingdonshire at Norfolk Bowling Club on Saturday 31st May at 2.00pm. Manager Brian Taylor has selected the following team:-
|
Max Harrison |
Tom Baker |
John Tufts |
|
Roger Guy |
Justin Hudson |
Mick Brown |
|
Chris Gaul |
Bernie Perrett |
Ian Catchpole |
|
Peter Boldero |
George Tubby |
Wayne Willgress |
|
|
|
|
|
John Ottaway (captain) |
Daniel Seabourne |
Gary Mallett |
|
Rob Hadingham |
Simon Elliott |
Peter Wilkinson |
|
Mark Riches |
Ian Whiley |
Mark Turner |
|
Philip Barr |
Andy Siely |
Darren Rowsell |
Reserves:- Clive Derry, James Segolo, Alistair
Stevenson, Paul Shackcloth & Richard Summers
There are several changes to team that lost in the quarter final to Essex and include three new caps, Daniel Seabourne of Acle St Edmund, Ian Whiley and Tom Baker both of Wootton Park.
In the White Rose Trophy, Norfolk’s young bowlers have reached the regional finals by beating a strong Northamptonshire which included international Jamie Walker by 39 shots to 37 at Downham Market. Norfolk made a good start and held a narrow lead throughout the match and a count of 5 shots on the 15th end on the rink skipped by Jake Willgress put Norfolk in control and they held on to secure a narrow victory. The regional finals will be held at Maulden BC (Bedfordshire) on Sunday 15th June.
Details:-
Max Harrison, Chris Wells, Liam Stevenson & Sam King 18 Matt Parnall 21
John Tufts, Ollie Allen, James Segolo & Jake Willgress 21 Jamie Walker 16
10 May 2014 Feltwell B
withdraws from Central 2
Please note Feltwell B has withdrawn from Central 2. Will all clubs in Central 2 please revise their fixtures lists.
05 May 2014 Norfolk opened
their competitive season with a victory
Norfolk opened their competitive season with victory over Huntingdonshire in the Eastern Counties League at Norfolk BC on Saturday winning by 138 shots to 85. The first period of the match was evenly contested but Norfolk pulled away over the middle ends and a strong finish saw them to a comfortable victory.
The League has a new format this season with the match consisting of individual competitions for three Senior rinks, two rinks comprising players aged under 30 and a rink of Executive officers. Norfolk were successful in the Senior & Executive rink competitions but the Under 30 rinks lost narrowly.
Top performers for the Senior rinks was the rink skipped by Ian Whiley of Wootton Park who returned a 31-14 win over the rink skipped by Trevor Collins. Darren Rowsell’s rink was also successful but Andy Siely’s rink went down to a narrow defeat.
For the Under 30’s, Richard Summers won 26-15 but could not cover Jake Willgress’s rink who went down by 14 shots to England under 25 international Alex Walton.
Rink scores:-
Senior rinks:-
Max Harrison, Mick Brown Mark Turner & Darren Rowsell 24 Michael Robinson 15
Tom Baker, Matthew Carter, Simon Elliott & Ian Whiley 31 Trevor Collins 14
Clive Derry, Charlie Boon, Ali Stevenson & Andy Siely 19 Stuart Law 22
Under 30 rinks:-
Fin Smith, Dean Rudling, Daniel Noble & Richard Summers 26 James Harford 15
Jack Wells, Alfie Smith, Chris Wells & Jake Willgress 13 Alex Walton 27
Executive rink:-
Peter Bird, Derek Talbot, John Ottaway & Tony Dunton 25 Geoff Barlow 22
27 April 2014 Season gets
under way with County games
The outdoor bowls season gets under
way at the beginning of May with the County teams in action on the first
weekend as they build up to the Middleton Cup which starts later in the month.
The Middleton Cup campaign kicks off with a
home match against Huntingdonshire at Norfolk BC on 31st May
followed by another home tie against Northamptonshire also at Norfolk BC on
14th June. The group qualification finishes with Norfolk travelling to
Bedfordshire on 5th July.
Ahead of this there are trial matches against
Huntingdonshire in the Eastern Counties League and a match against Essex where
Manager Brian Taylor will be able to run the rule over the players prior to the
Middleton Cup where the county will look to improve on last season when they
lost in the quarter final to Essex. The teams selected for these matches are:-
Eastern
Counties League/Middleton Cup Trial -v- Huntingdonshire at Norfolk BC on
Saturday 3rd May at 10.30am
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Senior Rinks |
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Max
Harrison |
Tom
Baker |
Clive
Derry |
|
Mick
Brown |
Matthew
Carter |
Charlie
Boon |
|
Mark
Turner |
Simon
Elliott |
Alistair
Stevenson |
|
Darren
Rowsell |
Ian
Whiley |
Andy
Siely |
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|
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Under 30 Rinks |
Executive Rink |
|
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Fin
Smith |
Jack
Wells |
Peter
Bird (Hon
Sec) |
|
Dean
Rudling |
Alfie
Smith |
Derek
Talbot (Hon
Match Sec) |
|
Danny
Noble |
Chris
Wells |
John
Ottaway (President) |
|
Richards
Summers |
Jake
Willgress |
Tony
Dunton (Hon
League Sec) |
Middleton Cup Trial -v- Essex at Norfolk BC on Sunday 4th May
at 10.30am
|
John
Tufts |
John
Ottaway |
Garry
Mallett |
|
Richard
Summers |
Robert
Hadingham |
Roger
Guy |
|
Ian
Catchpole |
Paul
Shackcloth |
Chris
Gaul |
|
Wayne
Willgress |
Philip
Barr |
Peter
Boldero |
|
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|
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Tom
Baker |
Mark
Elliott |
Daniel
Seabourne |
|
James
Segolo |
Justin
Hudson |
Neil
Moulton |
|
Bernie
Perrett |
Simon
Elliott |
Mark
Riches |
|
Mark
Turner |
George
Tubby |
Andy
Siely |
President John
Ottaway takes his tour party on the 72nd County tour on 10th
May. This year the tour is to Cumbria & Southern Scotland, based in
Carlisle and features matches against Lockerbie BC, Croft BC (Cockermouth),
Whitehaven BC, Wigton BC, Carlisle Subscription BC & the Cumbria Bowling
Association at Keswick Fitz Park BC.
24 Dec 2013 League
Fixtures for 2014
League fixtures for 2014 posted to website.
23 Dec 2013 County
Competitions 2014
County Competitions for 2014 posted to website.