New Venues for Denny & Yetton Plate teams in next round.

St Neots and Cambridge Chesterton will be new destinations for Stamford bowlers in the next rounds of their respective English inter-club Denny Plate and Yetton Plate competitions on December 9.

The men earned their visit to the potentially slick St Neots carpet, thanks chiefly to an outstanding performance by their two away rinks at Louth, while the women scored an overall 89-70 success against Skegness.

The foundations of the win against the North Lincolnshire side were formed in the away leg where rinks skipped by Simon Law and Adam Warrington took only a few ends to get to grips with the unique playing surface. 

Supported by Ally McNaughton, Michael Jeapes and the return of lead Paul Dalliday, Law’s rink won 10 of the last 13 ends to win 24-11, while the Warrington quartet of Mick Humphreys, Wayne Morris and Neil Wright recovered with 11 shots in six ends to win by eight.

On the adjoining rink Jon Earl’s four were always in control, leading 10-10 and 14-3 before eventually winning by six.

The seeds of Stamford women’s 19-shot defeat of Skegness were sown at the seaside venue where on the club’s difficult two-rinker, the quartet of Julie Allen, Val Du’Kett, Denise Mackie and Sue Moir took a few ends to settle before chalking up 20 shots almost without reply. Alongside, the rink of team captain Chris Ford only conceded shots with the game already beyond their opponents’ reach.

At home, the quartet of Rosemary Roberts, Marilyn Christie, Moira Holroyd and Pat Jones, helped build up a strong aggregate lead, taking a 14-shot advantage at half way and maintaining it throughout.

Denny Plate: Stamford 84 Louth 60. Stamford names only: home - T. Barwell, D Miller, C Ballard, R Martin lost 15-18; W Aspinall, M Linnell, O Aspinall, J Earl won 22-16. Away - P Dalliday, A McNaughton, M Jeapes, S Law won 24-11; M Humphreys, W Morris, N Wright, A Warrington won 23-15.

Yetton Plate: Stamford 89 Skegness 78.  Names only. Home - N Andrew, P Birch, E Wallace, S Henshaw lost 16-23; R Roberts, M Christie, M Holroyd, P Jones won 25-11. Away - J Allen, V Du’Kett, D Mackie, S Moir won 24-14; J Lonslow, A Northen, R Downs, C Ford lost 19-30.

SLIM PICKINGS AT BOSTON

Stamford’s mixed team salvaged four points from their visit to Boston, despite a 31-shot defeat overall.

While the rinks skipped by Henry Gordon and Neil Crees hung on for vital points, Boston inflicted some heavy late scoring against the quartets of Geordie King and John Hare.

Lincs Mixed league (South): Boston 91 (10 pts) Stamford 60 (4). Stamford names only. V Du’Kett, L Tuck, K Tuck, G King lost 9-39; M Ramsden,P Jones, S Suffling, N Crees won 19-18; R Roberts, J Suffling, D Mackie, H Gordon won17-13; J Allen, R March, A March, J Hare lost 15-21.

It was a similar story for the women’s team competing at Spalding in the Lincs (Trudy Bates) League where they claimed only two points in a 91-75 defeat.

Lincs League (South): Spalding 91 (12) Stamford 75 (2).Stamford names only. J Allen, A Northen, S Suffling, R March lost 14-20; R Roberts, J Lonslow, V Du’Kett, S Henshaw lost 19-21; A White, P Birch, D Mackie, S Moir lost 19-30; T Handley, M Christie, E Wallace, C Ford won 23-20.

SENIORS FACE SPALDING

Having lost last week to Spalding by just one shot in the Over 60 Double rink, Stamford seniors will be seeking revenge on Wednesday (Nov 22) in the Lincs League (South).

The home match starts at 10.30 am with the following team: J Bourne, D Bruce, M Owens, B Warters; G Patrickson, S Miner, M Hewitt, K Vinter; T Barwell, I Hall, P Smith, R Martin; D King, C Jones, P Burt, T Christie.

BOOST FOR SENIORS

Despite a comprehensive 49-shot victory over nearest rivals Spalding, Stamford‘s Senior bowlers failed to improve on their second-to-last spot in the six-strong Lincs Over 60s League (South).

The 13 points they collected, merely keeps them one behind  Spalding but still 20 adrift of leaders Lincoln A.

However, the team showed the stamina to push on after taking an early lead, with three rinks winning by a substantial margin and the other snatching a point in the last minutes of the match after conceding seven shots in the closing ends.

The team’s next match is away to bottom side Boston B on Wednesday, December 7 (10 am).

Lincs Over 60s League (South): Stamford 95 (13 pts),Spalding 46 (1).Stamford names only. G Patrickson, S Miner, M Hewitt, K Vinter won 24-12; D King, C Jones, P Burt, T Christie drew 16-16; T Barwell, I Hall, P Smith, R Martin won 27-11; J Bourne, D Bruce, M Owens, B Warters won 28-7.

Stamford Men’s ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams are in action on Saturday (2pm) at home to Grantham and away to Spalding respectively.

On Friday (November 24) Stamford’s Senior women play Grantham at home and away simultaneously in the double rink Masons Trophy (10 am).