Contrasting Fortunes at Boston

Against Boston ‘B’ the rinks skipped by Jon Earl, Bob Warters and Adam Warrington won convincingly but it took a late single shot by skip Roger Martin to ensure last year’s southern section champions came away with maximum points.

Meanwhile Stamford Men’s B were beaten at home by Grantham 83-66, despite getting off to a flying start. 

Eventually Grantham came to terms with the rink pace and took 12 of the 14 points at stake.

Stamford A will next play Spalding - 18-shot winners against Boston A - at home on Saturday October14. They are also due to play their local rivals in the national inter-club Denny Cup the following weekend.

Results

Lincs Over 60s League (South): Boston A 93 (12 pts) Stamford 49 (2). Stamford names only: J Bourne, B Scholes, M Owens , B Warters lost 12-28; T Barwell, I Hall, D Henshaw, M Linnell lost 9-28; D Veasey, N Crees, J Holroyd, K Vinter won 21-14; R Blake, S Miner, K Tuck, D King lost 7-23.

Lincs Men’s League (South): Boston B 61(0) Stamford A 99 (14). Stamford names only. T Barwell, K Rippin, M Linnell, R Martin won 21-20; W Aspinall, A McNaughton, O Aspinall, J Earl won 25-17; C Ballard, M Ramsden, K Vinter, B Warters won 27-14; M Humphreys, D Heffernan, N Wright, A Warrington 25-7.

Lincs Men’s League (South): Stamford B 66 (2) Grantham 83 (12). Stamford names only: H Gordon, J Suffling, J Hare, S Downs lost 11-20; P Linnell, K Rawlins, D Wilkinson, D Edwards lost 15-17; G Clarke, B Orme, G Patrickson, D Henshaw lost 16-23; Mick Smith, S Christie, R Blake, N Crees won 24-23.