Anguish for County as they suffer late drama
NORTHANTS saw their Liberty Trophy campaign end in the most agonising manner as they were beaten by just one in shot in their quarter-final with Durham.
Played at the neutral venue of Leeds, Durham, who had several internationals in their ranks, made the early running and led by 22 shots at one stage.
However, Northants mounted a superb comeback and led by eight themselves going into the final ends.
Durham then mounted their own comeback and cut the gap to three going into the final end.
And, with Durham lying three, Gary Smith produced a great wood under pressure to gain the final shot and snatch the match 116-115.
Results (skips only, Northants first): Rink one: J Walker 30, G Skipp 7. Rink two: J McKee 21, D Bolt 29. Rink three: P Broderick 16, A Kirkland 24. Rink four: V Gearey 22, V O’Neill 15. Rink five: N Corbyn 9, G smith 24. Rink six: M Sharpe 17, J Thurlbeck 17.
The County men also suffered defeat in their friendly against a Midland Counties side at Desborough, going down 125-95.
Results (skips only, Northants first): Rink one: P Wood 15, K Manning 22. Rink two: R Somerton 22, H Broughton 11. Rink three: B Langton 9, D Holloway 31. Rink four: T Essam 17, J Osborn 28. Rink five: R Jacklin 15, B Mace-Humphries 15. Rink six: B Sherwood 17, K Pacey 18.
The County ladies had an 84-67 friendly win over Kettering Lodge.
Results (skips only, County first): Rink one: E Winters 21, M Bosworth 14. Rink two: W Walker 24, H Lack 19. Rink three: J Watts 20, A Height 9. Rink four: V Blackwell 19, G Oldham 25.
In the opening rounds of the men’s county competitions there were wins in the first round of the singles for Wayne Gregory (Wellingborough) and the under-25s singles for Nathan Betts (Rushden), Connor Cinato (Desborough), Rien Sach (Daventry) and Dan Waterfield (Kettering).
In the main-draw pairs, there were wins in round one for Darren Lewis (Kingsthorpe) and round two for Carl Haines (Desborough).
The rink of Duggie Mitchell (Daventry) is through to ound three of the triples while Mike Arnold’s (Kingsthorpe) rink is into round three of the fours.
In the opening rounds of the mixed Northamptonshire Youth Development Scheme singles, there were wins for Paige Johnson-Young (Rushden) in the under-15s category and Liam Baxter (Kingsthorpe) in the 15-18yrs section.
In the under-18s pairs event, the duo of Louise Haladij (Northampton)/Connor Cinato (Desborough) are through to round two.
The Northamptonshire Youth Development Scheme is holding a School of Excellence under the auspices of the English Youth Development Scheme, at Northampton & District on Saturday (9am start).
The day will consist of a round-robin of match play in groups, followed by various skills tests, and the final for the group’s winners and runners- up.
The scheme is split into two age groups, under-15s and 15-18yrs and the winners will go on to the Regional School of Excellence in April.
The team of County men’s president Brian Langton will face the team of his immediate predecessor Keith Howlett at Kettering Lodge next Wednesday (2pm start):
President’s squad: B Langton, B Jones, B Grant, H Starsmore, R Price, J Welch, D Smith, L Harrison, J Clipston, G Hunt, S Lake, E York, D Masters, G Warren, J Headington, G Allen. Past-president’s squad: K Howlett, K Court, J Smith, P Holmes, M Tait, N Langdon, R Somerton, A Purcell, E Pinder, T Warren, B Sherwood, T Tilley, J Lewis, D Scott, B Rees, J Church.
NORTHANTS Police played Wellingborough in a friendly and won 116-111.
Results (skips only, Police first): Rink one: S Delbridge 19, P short 9. Rink two: M Lee 20, S Reynolds 15. Rink three: P Simmons 19, G Andrew 14. Rink four: B Tapp 21, T Loak 18. Rink five: C Appleton 9, T Buckmaster 41. Rink six: J Church 28, D Willmott 14.
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