Desborough's ladies progress past Handy Cross in Mason Trophy

Keith Roper and Gina Braddock

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PRESS REPORT FOR DESBOROUGH BOWLING CLUB W/E 17.11.24

It was National Competition time again and first up was the ladies in the Mason Trophy where the opponents were Handy Cross. The format in this competition is one rink at home and one away and with the comfort of playing at Desborough, the rink skipped by Helen Jones won comfortably and at Handy Cross Lorraine Woodley’s foursome narrowly went down, giving Desborough a 10 shot win, 37 – 27. Next up is Camberley in early December.

Rink scores

Home

J Monteiro T Philpott J Beal H Jones 25 – 11

Away

J Mayne G Braddock G O’Neill L Woodley 12 – 16

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Next up was the Yetton Trophy where the ladies faced familiar foes from Camberley and with one rink winning and one losing at home being replicated away, Desborough won 78 – 54 to set up a meeting with Palmerston in the next round.

Lastly it was the Egham Trophy against Chawton Park who had put Desborough’s men out of the Denny Cup the day before but with the mixed format, the men could rely on the ladies assistance and Desborough duly won by 20 shots, 81 – 61. Banister Park is next.

Rink scores

Home

G Hanks N Jones A Essex L Chamberlain 19 – 13

J Morgan J Beal J Beal M Peachey 27 – 14

Away

J Skelly L Woodley M Woodley D Simpson 19 – 15

M Bignell H Jones K Roper M Essex 16 – 19

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Having a won the Bannerette against the County last year, Desborough’s men tried to repeat the feat but unfortunately went down by 40 shots, 67 – 107. The rink skipped by Clive Behmber narrowly lost which left all the glory to go to John Skinner, Tony Buckley, Brian Jones and Andrew Essex who won by 12 shots, 21 – 9.

Rink scores

J Skinner T Buckley B Jones A Essex 21 – 9

D Teverson D Isaacs D Perriman R Wyatt 14 – 25

C Moran R Palmer A Jones M White 7 – 31

B Faulkner K Bolam K Crump 12 – 25

P Winstan V Sandal D Bishop C Behmber 13 - 17