So Close for Yetton Team

Seniors stunned at Lincoln

Any hopes that Stamford Seniors might have of capturing the county title after reaching last year’s final suffered a setback at Lincoln.

Further misery came with a hold up of several hours as players negotiated traffic jams on their way home in appalling weather conditions.

Already hampered by withdrawals, captain Kevin Vinter had to call on the services of Tony Barwell, still recovering from a back injury, at the last minute to complete a team which was eventually overwhelmed by Lincoln and their ultra-fast carpet surface.

John Holroyd’s rink of Graham Patrickson, Paul Shaw and Neil Crees put up stubborn resistance against Steve Darcy’s home four but were eventually beaten by five shots as Lincoln took maximum points.

Lincs Over 60s League division one: Lincoln 112 (14 pts) Stamford 44 (0). Stamford names only: J Bourne, D Henshaw, D Oakey, T Collins lost 11-34; T Barwell, C Richardson, P Smith, M Hewitt lost 5-35; J Suffling, J Wallace, D Bruce, K Vinter lost 13-23; G Patrickson, P Shaw, N Crees, J Holroyd lost 15-20.

Stamford Men’s B team travel to Skegness on Saturday to complete their pre-Christmas Lincs League Division Two fixtures.

Team: P Shaw, G Clarke, D Edwards, P Smith; D Bruce, C Jones, R Blake, D Henshaw; I Richardson, M Dye, A Hynes, M Hewitt; J Suffling, D Morgan, B Orme, J V Pearson.

Christmas Tournament entries

Just a handful of places are still available for the Stamford IBC Christmas Fours tournament due to take place on Sunday, December 28. Entry is £20 a team and the closing date is December 15.

Teams are guaranteed four matches of seven ends with total prizemoney of £300.

Rivals’ senior moment!

Stamford seniors’ run in the national Over 60s Double Rink finally hit the buffers when they were beaten 38-27 by local rivals Grantham.

Following defeats of Boston and Sleaford - one Stamford rink playing at home and away simultaneously - Stamford started well when the home rink of Dave Hudson, Graham Patrickson, Bob Warters and Kevin Vinter surged into a 12-2 lead. It was short-lived however, cancelled out at Grantham by Martin Pulling’s experienced rink by the 10th of 18 scheduled ends.

While Vinter’s four lost the initiative with two four-counts against them, they fought back from a 12-15 deficit to win 18-17 . But it was never enough to overcome Grantham’s home domination.

EIBA Over 60s double rink: Stamford 27 Grantham 38. Stamford names only: home - D Hudson, G Patrickson, B Warters, K Vinter won 18-17; J Bourne, D Oakey, T Scarr, T Collins lost 10-20.

*Stamford host Horncastle at 10.30 am on December 17 in the Lincs Over 60s League Division One.