Bowls: County cruise
Northants Under 25s played a friendly match against Wellingborough and enjoyed a comfortable victory.
The County youngsters won four of the six rinks as they cruised to a 121-81 win.
Pick of the rinks was the one skipped by Michael Chester, as he, along with Louise Harrington, Fabian Booth and Scott Adams, enjoyed a handsome 30-5 win over John Chester's rink.
Matt Pownall's quartet were also big winners at rink five, seeing off Jean Frisby's team 26-9. The rest of the County rink was made up of Nathan Betts, Adam Pitfield and Chris Wright.
Results (Wellingborough skips only):
Rink one: Curtis Johnson, Ieuan Howells, Tom Wellburn and Scott Johnson beat Susan Fincham 20-14.
Rink two: Kirsty Gage, Louise Haladij, Ann-Marie Gearey and Carl Wigfield beat Anne Reed 22-14.
Rink three: Cameron Knox, Amy Littler, Jasmin Spear and Ross Knox lost 19-9 to Dennis Mole.
Rink four: Scott Adams, Fabian Booth, Louise Harrington and Michael Chester beat John Chester 30-5.
Rink five: Nathan Betts, Adam Pitfield, Chris Wright and Matt Pownall beat Jean Frisby 26-9.
Rink six: Matt Cattell, Chris Manton, Shaun Marriott and Jack Tobin lost 20-14 to Jack Lyman.
Northans Under 25s shuffle their selection pack for their friendly againts Kettering Lodge IBC this Saturday. The friendly is a four-rink match, and the management have rung the changes from the win over Wellingborough.
Selected team:
Rink one: Keira Hill, Desborough, Trudy Beard, Northampton, Victoria Stevenson, Northampton and Rebecca Wigfield, Desborough.
Rink two: Sam Gamble, Kettering, John Cooper, Rushden, Nathan Betts, Rushden and Chris Wright, Northampton.
Rink three: Jasmin Spear, Northampton, Kay White, Desborough, Tom Wellburn, Kingsthorpe and Carl Wigfield, Desborough.
Rink four: Matt Cattell, Rushden, Chris Manton, Kingsthorpe, Will Hill, Desborough and Jack Tobin, Rushden
Matthew Cattell and William Walker emerged as the top dogs following the EBYDS junior singles event which was held at the Northampton & District IBC last Saturday.
The EBYDS event for the junior section (8-15 years of age) saw 32 competitors take part in a singles round robin.
This was followed by skills tests, with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final all being played in an atmosphere of good sportsmanship before a sizeable crowd of parents and supporters.
There was some excellent bowling and it is very obvious that there is a strong competitiveness in these young people.
At the end of it all, Cattell, who bowls for Rushden, and Wellingborough's Walker were the top two, and they will now go on to the regional event on April 19 at Melton Mowbray IBC.
Thanks go to the umpires, markers, coaches and helpers who give their time to make these events possible.
Daventry Ladies' exciting journey in the Yetton Plate came to an end with a 91-69 defeat to St Neots at the zone final stage.
The ladies had done extremely well to reach the final having beaten strong teams from Kingsthorpe and Rushden along the way.
In the two friendly matches this week, mixed teams from Daventry beat Welford-on-Avon Bowling Club 139-81, and Carleton Enderby 115-100.
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