HARPENDEN OUT OF 2 x 4s

 

After winning three rounds of the National 2 x 4s, Harpenden men’s 'A' team put up a good fight against Bushey in the area quarter final.  The match was very close until the eighteenth end when Harpenden were ahead by one shot 34 - 33.  However, Bushey piled on the pressure in the last three ends and Harpenden did not score another shot, Bushey winning 42 - 34.

 

There was a dramatic finish in the ladies County Pairs, Linda Newby and Linda Brooks (Harpenden) being level with Diane Poletti and Linda Lambert (Oak Hill) at 15 - 15 after eighteen ends.  However, they dropped five shots on the nineteenth end, but pulled one back on the twentieth to be 16 - 20 going into the last end.  On the last end they were holding five shots for a match lie with just Lambert's last wood to come, but she just managed to draw shot to win the match.

 

In the District League, Harpenden and Potters Bar won two rinks each, but Potters Bar won the match convincingly by 90 - 62, Harpenden gaining 30 league points to Potters Bar's 50.  Harpenden's top rink:  Barrie Hills, Fred Whaley, Rob Newby and Ted Pentecost 16 - 13.

 

In a friendly mixed triples away against Bushey, Harpenden lost 43 - 68, but Harpenden's top rink included two new bowlers, Alan Falconer and Trevor Rabson plus skip Jean Dill, who won 17 - 12.

 

RESULTS (men)

 

County Pairs

D Mason, T Hobden (Oak Hill)  6;  J Osborn, A Redford (Harpenden)  30

 

County Triples

R Newby, K Brazier, D Brooks (Harpenden)  20;  P Chadwick, D Day, G West (Townsend)  9

T Stevenson, B Evans, A Evans (Welwyn Garden City)  12;  S Burgess, J Osborn, A Redford (Harpenden)  21

 

County Fours

A Cawdell, L Lambert, R Roylands, J Abson (Oak Hill)  15;  C Driscoll, R Catchpole, J Osborn, D Brooks (Harpenden)  20

 

District Singles

A Dick (Potters Bar)  9;  D Brooks (Harpenden)  21

 

District Pairs

K Brazier, D Brooks (Harpenden)  27;  O Wall, J Bartlett (St Albans)  8

 

 

RESULTS (ladies)

 

County Singles

D Barrett (Welwyn & District)  13;  S Catchpole (Harpenden)  21

 

County Pairs

L Newby, L Brooks (Harpenden)  16;  D Poletti, L Lambert (Oak Hill)  21

Janet Hubball, D Roberts (Harpenden)  24;  J Leyland-Naylor, A Hills (Harpenden)  16

 

District Pairs

A Hills, Jean Hubball (Harpenden)  28;  R Palmer, B Whitehouse (Rowley Lane)  16

 

 

RESULT (mixed)

 

National Mixed Pairs

B Burden, C Burden (St Albans)  18;  L Brooks, D Brooks (Harpenden)  23

 

R. Newby 20th June 2010

 

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