Stephen and Louise topple top Spalding pair

Post date: Nov 30, 2016 4:46:06 PM

Stephen Harris, who competes for a place in the four-rink England Under 25 team with his debut trial at Northampton on Sunday, gave himself a late boost when with sister Louise they knocked out one of the favourites from Spalding - Ruby Hill and Matt Whyers - in the national mixed pairs.

Big counts were exchanged during the early ends and with only four ends to play, the Stamford pair looked in trouble at 14-20 against the current British Isles junior champion and the senior England regular. But they picked up counts of 1,4,1,1 to edge home 21-20.

Richard Allam, Malcolm Cullingworth and Derek King bowed out in the Over 50 triples with a 23-7 defeat at Spalding.

Already top of the Lincs Women's (Trudy Bates) A League, Stamford extended their lead by claiming 12 of the 16 points available at home to Skegness.

The visitors were only able to send four rinks, two of which they won against rinks skipped by Christine Ford (16-19) and Sue Moir (14-19) but did enough with rinks skipped by Peggy Birch (23-9) and Joan Robinson (28-10) - who had Janet Dye at lead making an impressive debut - to settle the issue 81-57.

Results (Stamford names only):

Lincs Trudy Bates A League. Stamford 81 (12 pts) Skegness 57 (4). J Brennan, A Northern, S Suffling, C Ford lost 16-19; B Sims, P Jones, R March, S Moir lost 14-19; J Dye, F Rogers, M Bloxham, J Robinson won 28-10; Moira Dolby, J Dupree, C Warters, P Birch won 23-9. Skegness conceded two points for fielding only four rinks.