Late surge puts Stamford through in the Yetton Plate

Stamford home Yetton Plate team from the left: Margaret Bloxham, Rosemary Roberts, Flick Rogers, Peggy Birch, Denise Mackie, Ann Preston-Bambridge, Carol Warters, Jan Want.

Stamford's women's team will play local rivals Peterborough on Saturday (November 17) in the Yetton Plate after a thrilling 98-79 victory over Leicester.

After 18 of the 21 ends of a match that demands two rinks play at home while two play away simultaneously, Stamford trailed 68-77. But a late surge of scoring from the home rink skipped by Denise Mackie and the away quartet skipped by Christine Ford, turned the tide in their favour.

At Leicester June Brennan, Pat Jones, Shirley Suffling and Ford picked up nine shots in three ends and over a similar stretch at Stamford Jan Want, Joan Robinson - who had to step in for Ann Preston-Bambridge, taken ill after 10 ends - Carol Warters and Mackie, claimed a successive five and four count.

Results ( Stamford names only)

Yetton Plate: Stamford 98 Leicester 79. Home - R Roberts, F Rogers, P Birch, M Bloxham won 29-25; J Want, A Preston-Bambridge ( J Robinson), C Warters, D Mackie won 31-15. Away - J Brennan, P Jones, S Suffling, C Ford won 21-16; E Wallace, M Andrews, M Holroyd, G Edwards lost 17-23.

The Leicester Ladies Yetton team who competed at Stamford.

MEN'S 'A' WINNING RUN CONTINUES AT BOSTON

With a 15-shot defeat of Boston, Stamford Men's A team continued their winning streak of three away matches to top the Lincolnshire First Division table.

Following wins at Louth and Sleaford they quickly built up a handy lead and held on comfortably take a 44-point aggregate of points into their next match - a home tie with current champions Lincoln A early next month.

Their three out of five winning rinks and a 110-95 scoreline, earned them 14 of the 18 points at stake.

Among the heroes of the victory were 10-year-old Owen Aspinall and teenager James Hebden, whom at lead and No.2 for Adam Warrington and captain Paul Bailey raced into a healthy against Rod West's rink and despite dropping a count on the last end won 28-20.

However, rink honours went to Wayne Aspinall, Chris Ballard, Bob Warters and Roger Martin who beat Richard Vinter's quartet by ten shots.

Stamford's third rink win came in topsy turvy fashion. Skip John Holroyd thought his team had let two points slip when leading by three on the penultimate end when they dropped a six count. However, the hit back immediately with a six of their own to win 26-23.

Result (Stamford names only):

Lincolnshire Men's League Division One: Boston 95 (4pts) Stamford A 110 (14). R Allam, M Linnell, M Humphreys, J Holroyd won 26-23; D Hudson, Mal Smith, K Rippin, P Edwards lost 16-20; W Aspinall, C Ballard, B Warters, Roger Martin won 25-15; M Ramsden, J Travis-Jenner, C Watson, T Collins lost 16-17; O Aspinall, J Hebden, A Warrington, P Bailey won 28-20.