Echo Bowls Report 13th December 2014 (un-edited) In the latest round of Inter Club fixtures Sunderland were narrowly beaten 115-108 by South Shields, out of the twelve points on offer Sunderland collected 3½. At Shields the away squad had to endure sub-zero temperatures as the heating system had failed. Tony Grimes, Stevie Angus, Phil Smithson and Billy Ferry performed the great escape after trailing 11-0 and 20-13 to defeat Ian Riches 24-20. Mark Higgin’s quartet of Michael Wright, Peter Brickle and Phil Dixon also came from a 14-9 deficit to defeat Kevin Donkin 25-23. The remaining rink of Neal Ridley, Alfie Ferguson, Keith Hopper and Gary Farquhar let slip a 12-5 lead to finish 23-16 down to Ian McIntosh. Despite the late charge the away squad went down by a single shot. At Houghton George Brown, Billy Roberts, John Jones and Tommy Jopling sneaked a last end low scoring 15-14 win over John Kelso while Bobby Usher, George Simpson, Terry Todd and Peter Thomson were lying game on the last end but a rebounding jack saw them having to settle for a 14-14 draw against A.Harrison. The remaining rink of Pat Collins, Richie Jobling, Frankie Froud and Ray Robinson ‘s fate was ultimately settled on the 18th end as Shield’s Alan Lawton created a eight shot turn around which in the overall game turned out to be the difference, Lawton won 21-14. Those scores saw the home squad go down by six shots, Sunderland next face Hartlepool on January 4th. On Sunday Houghton return to action as they take on Darlington. In the Seniors Inter club league the Sunderland A team maintained their hold on top spot with an impressive 28 shot win over The Parks B at Houghton. Pat Collins, Barney Walsh, John Jones and Tommy Jopling raced into a 16-1 lead and eventually won 22-5 over R.Harrison. Michael Wright, Bobby Rollason, Ray Robinson and Bobby Graham scored eight shots over the last six ends to seal a 16-10 win over K.Thompson. The remaining quartet of Arthur Baker, Michael Carr, Fred Knubley and Billy Ferry ground out a 17-12 win to secure a 5-0 point’s win. The Sunderland B team are in action on Wednesday at Houghton (1230) as they take on last year’s play-off champions Darlington B, the following team has been selected - G.Brown, P.Brickle, A.Ferguson, TW Todd, R.Usher, A.Wood, F.Froud, R.Jobling, P.Bulmer, P.Thomson, W.Conway, W.Roberts, Reserve - A.Grimes Following Durham County’s twenty shot win over Cumbria in the Liberty Trophy the county team manager has kept changes to a minimum, Stanley’s Phil Dixon returns to the side while South Shield’s Ian Riches retains his second man’s berth, Stanley’s Mark Higgins breaks into the full squad for the first time. The thirty five man squad is spread over four clubs – Stanley (18), Hartlepool (12), Darlington (4), Shields (1), Durham will face Lancashire on Saturday 10th January (1200) at South Leeds IBC. The County Seniors lead the Midland’s Senior League albeit on shots difference, their next match is against Yorkshire at New Earswick on Thursday 8th January (1230), locally Sunderland’s Ray Robinson and Tommy Jopling have been selected to play while Houghton’s Eric Weightman is on the bench. Latest Table Durham 38, Yorkshire 38, Warwickshire 37, Derbyshire 25, Lincolnshire 10, Leicestershire 6, Nottinghamshire 0 Notts have yet to play while Leicestershire have played four games; all the other teams have played two. There was disappointment for the Durham County Ladies squad as they were well beaten by 66 shots in the Atherley Trophy by Nottinghamshire. Following last weekend’s International trial at Melton Mowbray Stanley’s David Bolt has retained his place in the England team, after playing third to club mate Gary Smith for the last two home international two series Bolt has been moved down to second with club mate Brett Arkley leading in, Smith elected not to be considered for selection. The series takes place at Stanley in March for the third year in a row, holders Scotland will be looking to close the gap to England in overall series wins to just one – current standings are England (34), Scotland (32), Wales (4), Ireland (0) The Denny Cup fourth round takes place today with last year’s beaten finalist’s Stanley taking on Hartlepool in what promises to be a cracker as 30 of the 35 County Liberty squad will be on show, Hartlepool will be looking to avenge the thirty shot defeat that Stanley eased to at the same stage last season. In the Denny Plate South Shield’s face Darlington. Latest National Draws (Area 1) Singles – Results - J.Halcrow(SS) 21-8 P.Thomson (Ho) Quarter Final Draw - J.Halcrow (SS) v M.Higgins (St), GR.Smith (St) v J.Minto (Pa), D.Bolt (St) v LJ.Todd (Du), B.Arkley (St) v J.Mckenna (St) Pairs – Results - G.Robson (St) 20-7 I.Riches (SS), ), P.Dixon (St) 16-18 GR.Smith (St), D.Patterson (SS) 19-11 G.Brass (SS) Quarter Final Draw - B.Arkley (St) v M.Bennett (St), B.Orrell (Ga) v G.Robson (St), GR.Smith (St) v E.Henry (St), D.Patterson (SS) or G.Brass (SS) v M.Laydon (St) Triples – Results – D.Paterson (SS) 11-22 GR.Smith (St), G.Brass (SS) 21-8 J.Morgan (Pa) Quarter Final Draw - P.Thomson (Ho) v GR.Smith (St), P.Dixon (St) v G.Robson (St), B.Arkley (St) v B.Orrell (Ga), DW.Kennerley (WD) v G.Brass (SS) Fours – Results - P.Duffy (WD) 20-19 A.Stewart (PV), G.Brass (SS) 11-25 GR.Smith (St) Quarter Final Draw - M.Johnston (He) v P.Duffy (WD), C.Yeomans (Pa) v GR.Smith (St), J.Hutchinson (PV) v B.Arkley (St), I.Riches (SS) 22-12 M.Laydon (St) Over 60’s Pairs Result – B.Orrell (Ga) 25-11 T.Jopling (Su) Stanley’s Phil Dixon’s hopes of qualifying for the latter stages of the Champion of Champions have been dashed as Cumbria’s Martyn Rice inflicted a 21-15 defeat on the Stanley youngster. The Grand Final of the Premier Three’s takes place at Erewash IBC on Wednesday; the event is down to the last eight and the region is represented by Hartlepool’s Glenn Skipp, all the action can be seen live on Eurosport from 1030am.
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