Yetton Plate Triumph

The result was never in doubt as scores were batted back and forth by telephone after, five, ten, 15 and 18 ends before Stamford emerged convincing winners by 39 shots.

Results:
EIBA Women's Yetton Plate: Stamford 93 Peterborough 54. Stamford names only: home - June Brennan, Rosemary Roberts, Pat Jones, Christine Ford won 16-12, Janet Benns, Peggy Birch, Pam Mumford, Carol Warters won 26-14; away - Janet Lonslow, Stella Henshaw, Rose March, Denise Mackie won 27-10; Elizabeth Wallace, Va Du'Kett, Moira Holroyd, Shirley Suffling won 24-18.

The Thursday Afternoon Men's domestic league is scheduled to play again from January but there is space for further teams.

Anyone wishing to enter this triples league should let League Secretary, John Holroyd know as soon as possible.
John can be contacted at bowls@holroydstructuaral.co.uk

DOUBLE RINK MARCH ON

A comprehensive win over neighbours Peterborough by Stamford 'A' has put them into the last 32 of the EIBA Over 60s Double Rink where they will meet Spalding who beat Grantham 37 - 30.

Playing simultaneously with a rink of four at home and similar away, they had a scare at 10 ends when Stamford's home rink dropped six shots on the ninth end after cruising into a 9-4 lead. But they recovered their composure with 15 shots without reply and eventually ran out 24-12 winners. At Peterborough, the home eventually side conceded with Roger Martin's rink comfortably ahead 21-14.

Result: EIBA Over 60 Double rink: Stamford 45 Peterborough 26. Stamford names first: home - Tony Barwell, Malcolm Cullingworth, Alan Barnes, Bob Warters beat Jeff Clipston, Joe Martin, Mick Greaves, Ray Keating 24-12; away - Richard Allam, Mick Linnell, Tony Scarr, Roger Martin beat Mick Fuller, Steve Johnson, Phil Afford, Graham Agger 21-14.

LITTLE JOY FOR STAMFORD 'B'

Stamford Men's B needed three shots on the last end from the rink of Pete Linnell, Sam Downs, Ron Blake and Darren Middleton to salvage two points from their visit to Spalding. The quartet had trail 7-15 at one stage but fought back to level the scores against Martin Simpson's Spalding rink but snatched three on the last. End for a 21-18 win.

However, three other Stamford rinks were able to claim no more than 11 shots as the home side strolled to a 40-shot triumph claiming 12 of the 14 points at stake.

Result

Lincs Men's League (South): Spalding 91 (12 pts) Stamford B 51 (2). Stamford names only: H Gordon, N Crees, M Hewitt, D Heffernan lost 10-26; P Linnell, S Downs, R Blake, D Middleton won 21-18; Mick Smith, D Edwards, D Henshaw, A McNaughton lost 9-24; T Barwell, K Rawlins, K Gentry, M Dye lost 11-23.

LINCS WIN FOR STAMFORD RINK

A 160-mile round trip for Scunthorpe bowlers proved fruitless at the weekend, when they were beaten in the preliminary round of the Lincs IBA fours by Adam Warrington's Stamford rink.

A couple of four counts from halfway in the 18-end match allowed the Stamford quartet - which included Chris Ballard, Owen Aspinall and Neil Wright - to run out 29-7 victors to earn a place in the first round to be played in January.

TOUGH 24 HOURS FOR WOMEN BOWLERS

Stamford's women bowlers face a busy 24 hours next week with two key matches in national competitions on December 10 and 11.

In the women's Senior double rink, on the Friday, they face Grantham in the Masons Trophy when aggregate scores count over home and away legs. The following day two rinks will play simultaneously at Stamford and Melton in the Yetton Plate.

Teams: Masons Senior Women's Double Rink v Grantham (Friday, December 10, 10 am) : Home - June Brennan, Elizabeth Wallace, Shirley Suffling, Chris Ford; away - Margaret King, Rose March, Carol Warters, Denise Mackie.

Yetton Plate v Melton (Saturday December 11, 10 am): Home - Peggy Birch, Janet Benns, Pat Jones, Carol Warters; Margret King, Valerie Du'Kett, Margaret Broadbelt, Shirley Suffling. Away - June Brennan, Elizabeth Wallace, Stella Henshaw, Chris Ford; Janet Lonslow, Rose March, Moira Holroyd, Denise Mackie.

TEAMS FOR DERBY 'A' v 'B' CLASH

In the first of two 'Derby' matches in the Lincs IBA County League (South), Stamford men's 'A' and 'B' sides will be playing for points as well as bragging rights on Sunday in a match delayed by an hour to allow players to return from a Federation Derbyshire Trophy match at Huntingdon in the morning.

At least four players will face a gruelling 46 ends in the day but are determined not to let the side down in what promises to be a thrilling tussle:

Stamford 'A': M Humphreys, M Ramsden, D Miller, J Earl; Mal Smith, J Travis-Jenner, N Wright, A Warrington; C Ballard, J Suffling, O Aspinall, B Warters; D Bruce, M Linnell, A Barnes, R Martin.

Stamford 'B': H Gordon, N Crees, D Heffernan, M Dye; P Linnell, S Downs, R Blake, D Middleton; Mick Smith, D Edwards, M Owens, A McNaughton; T Barwell, C Jones, K Gentry, K Rippin.

NORTHANTS 'B'-LITZED AT LINCOLN

Still basking in the reflection of their one shot defeat of Northants A, the county's 'B' side suffered a humbling 125-61 Derbyshire Trophy defeat by Lincolnshire on the slick Lincoln IBC carpet.

But spare a thought for Stuart and Graham Agger and Cliff Watson, who led comfortably only to concede shots in the closing ends. Gary Dickenson, Melvyn Beck and John Holroyd also came close to salvaging one of the 14 points at stake but had to given second best to John Withers rink which, from 12-16 behind, added 12 without reply in the last nine ends.

Results: Federation Derbyshire Trophy: Llincolnshire 125 (14 pts) Northants 'B' 61(0): Northants names only: G Dickenson, M Beck, J Holroyd lost 16-24; A Cox, M Greaves, M Linnell lost 14-32; L Sharp, M Squires, P Bailey lost 11-45; S Agger, C Watson, G Agger lost 20-21.