26 BOWLS INTERNATIONAL November 2017TOURNAMENT BOWLS ENGLAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
CLUB TWO FOURS (sponsored by Dales Sports)
THE powerful Kings club from
Torquay in Devon retained the
Club Two Fours title with a 39-31
win in the final against the Poplar
club from Middlesex.
With England stars Sam Tolchard
and Jamie Chestney at the helm,
they were comprehensive winnersin the previous rounds against
Chatham (Kent) 51-20 and the
Avenue Coventry club (Warwicks)
57-38. Poplar, though, proved
a tough nut to crack in the final
following narrow wins against
Romford (Es-sex) 36-32 and Heaton
Hall (Lancs) 42-38.Kings complete double
The final installment from the month-long Bowls England championships plus
the Top Club finals weekend in September. Mel Beck reports.
TONY ALLCOCK TROPHY
THE Bolton club from Lancashire
have become the first club to win
the Tony Allcock Trophy twice and
the mixed double rink event has
only been on the calendar since
2011.
They repeated their 2012 successwith a 46-36 victory in the final over
the Sutton club from Surrey.
In the semi final, Bolton defeated
Sussex club Eastbourne 41-37,
while Sutton were convincing
46-24 winners against the Sandy
Conservative club from Bedfordshire.The Bolton Club have made historyRESULTS
Quarter fi nals
Sutton (Surrey) bt Woburn Sands (Bucks)
45-25 – (Sutton skips fi rst):
M. Smith 27, B. Brown 9; S. Shanley 15, B.
Wilson 16.
Sandy Conservative (Beds) bt Royal
Leamington Spa (Warwicks) 42-32 –
(Sandy Conservative skips fi rst):
G. Osborne 20, R. Williams 14; R. Barker
22, R. White 18.
Bolton (Lancs) bt Plymouth Sir Francis
Drake (Devon) 46-35 – (Bolton skips fi rst):
B. Kitson 24, Stringfellow 17; R. Wood 22,
Foster 18.
Eastbourne (Sussex) bt Box (Wilts) 37-35- (Eastbourne skips fi rst):
F. Celada 25, A. Jacobs 12; M. Taylor 12, S.
Cooke 23.
Semi fi nals
Sutton bt Sandy Conservative 46-24 –
(Sutton skips fi rst):
Smith 20, Osborne 12; Shanley 26, Barker
- Bolton bt Eastbourne 41-37 – (Bolton
skips fi rst):
Wood 28, Taylor 11; Kitson 13, Celada 26.
Final
Bolton bt Sutton 46-36 – (Bolton skips fi rst):
Kitson 20, Smith 19; Wood 26, Shanley 17.
Kings won the Club Two FoursRESULTS
Quarter fi nals
Heaton Hall (Lancs) bt Westlecot (Wilts)
38-36 – (Heaton Hall rinks fi rst):
S. Rimmer, A. Atkinson, J. Parkinson, C. Gale
19, Jackson, Titcombe, Titcombe, M. Jackson
19; N. Wil-liams, J. & D. Lockhart, I. Mayne
19, Kistle, Richman, Jeff eries, M. Richards 17.
Poplar (Middlesex) bt Romford (Essex) 36-
32 – (Poplar skips fi rst):
Stacey, Burke, Dunkley, P. Cook 15, Burgess,
Abbott, Reading, L. Chaplin 16; Fortune,
Ward, Gosnell, T. Brooks 21, Sayer, Bolton,
Tully, S. Mitchinson 16.
Kings (Devon) bt Chatham (Kent) 51-20 –
(Kings skips fi rst):
P. Hackett, A. O’Neill, H. Goodwin, S.
Tolchard 27, I. Flanagan, S. Leonard, T.
Skinner, R. Howell 9; R. Honeywell, M. Bass,
L. Ridout, J. Chestney 24, K. Hysted, P.
Mandering, C. Fitzgerald, G. Gough 11.Avenue Coventry (Warwicks) bt Worcester
(Worcs) 39-21 – (Avenue skips fi rst):
R. Lewis, S, Taylor, C. Jacox, K. Wooding
21, J. Cook, R. Dawson, R. McCaughtrie,
A. Walters 11; K. Finch, J. & S. Merrett, G.
Ashby 18, S. Jones, D. Hemming, M. Stones,
R. Stanley 10.
Semi fi nals
Poplar bt Heaton Hall 42-38 – (Poplar
skips fi rst):
Cook 20, Mayne 16; Brooks 22, Gale 22.
Kings bt Avenue Coventry 57-38 – (Kings
skips fi rst):
Tolchard 20, Ashby 27; Chestney 37,
Wooding 11.
Final
Kings bt Poplar 39-31 – (Kings skips fi rst):
Tolchard 20, Brooks 13; Chestney 19,
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