Stamford women extend Trudy Bates lead

Post date: Jan 5, 2017 10:33:06 PM

Stamford's women bowlers stretched their lead at the top of the Trudy Bates Lincs League southern section with a comprehensive 30-shot defeat of their nearest rivals from Spalding.

The 12 points they picked up from three winning rinks and an overall 110-90 scoreline puts them clear at the top of the table with 56 points from five matches - 12 ahead of Spalding who have a game in hand.

At one stage Stamford led on all five rinks but the experienced visitors were in no mood to capitulate and captain and former international Gloria Haney's rink fought back from 1-9 behind at one stage to run out 21-16 winners against Sue Moir.

Elsewhere Christine Ford's Stamford rink were well behind at one stage but finally ran out comfortable 29-12 winners, while Joan Robinson's quartet also won well by 14 shots, tipping the balance in Stamford's favour.

Results (Stamford names only):

Lincs Trudy Bates A League: Stamford 110 (12 pts) Spalding 90 (4). J Brennan, A Northern, S Suffling, C Ford won 29-12; M Andrews, M Broadbelt, S Henshaw, F Rogers won 22-21; M MacKellar, M Holden, M Bloxham, J Robinson won 27-13; E Wallace, J Goode, R March, P Birch lost 16-23; B Sims, P Jones, C Warters, S Moir lost 16-21.

Stamford will have two senior pairs into the next round of the national Over 60s competition following matches on Thursday night.

After a tense final end Mike Ramsden and Cliff Watson edged out clubmates Peter Cox and Tony Barwell 20-19, conceding five shots in the last two ends. They will play Derek King and Maclolm Cullingworth in the next stage.

On an adjoining rink Bob Warters and Roger Martin earned a visit to March with a comfortable 20-10 defeat of Ian Cole and Russell Hibbert (Grantham).