Sunday at Leamington: Four champions crowned
It was an action packed weekend as the Bowls England national championships continued at Leamington Spa.
SENIOR SINGLES
Wiltshire’s Alex Jacobs has retained the Bowls England Women’s National Senior Singles Competition, sponsored by VRS Daventry “Sports for Everyone”, today at Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa.
The Box BC bowler secured the title following a 21-15 victory against Lancashire’s Eleanor Benvie from Bolton BC.
Jacobs had reached the final after victories against Hampshire’s Pamela Lambshead in the Semi-Final and Berkshire’s Pat Fowkes.
Benvie’s route to the Final included tight victories against Cambridgeshire’s Barbara Clutterbuck and Worcestershire’s Sue Davies.
Quarter Final
Wilts (A Jacobs) bt Berks (P Fowkes) 21-14
Hants (P Lambshead) bt N’folk (J Roylance) 21-9
Worcs (S Davies) bt D’set (L Howard) 21-16
Lancs (E Benvie) bt Cambs (B Clutterbuck) 21-18
Semi Final
Wilts (A Jacobs) bt Hants (P Lambshead) 21-14
Lancs (E Benvie) bt Worcs (S Davies) 21-15
Semi Final
Wilts (A Jacobs) bt Lancs (E Benvie) 21-15
SUTTON WINSOR TROPHY
Herefordshire’s Tom Holmes won the 2015 Sutton Winson Trophy after defeating Devon’s Scott Eveleigh in the final.
The youngster lost the opening set by a single shot in the final, however battled well to win the next three sets 6-2, 5-1, 4-3 for a 3-1 victory.
Holmes’ win included a Semi-Final victory against Suffolk’s Liam Harris, while Eveleigh defeated Kent’s Imogen Jenner on a shootout in the other Semi Final.
Last 32
Imogen Jenner (Kent) bt Jack Williams (Gloucestershire) 3-2
Natalie Harrison (Kent) bt Hannah Smith (Warwickshire) 2½ – 1½
Leah Bamford (Kent) bt Morgan Jennings (Hertfordshire) 2½ – 1½
Kyle Buckley (Northamptonshire) bt Ruby Hill (Lincolnshire) 3-1
Scott Eveleigh (Devon) bt Jack Lockhart (Lancashire) 3-1
Nicole Rogers (Hampshire) bt Maisie Daniell (Wiltshire) 2½ – ½
Connor Rollings (Northamptonshire) bt Ryan Lowe (Leicestershire) 3-0
Adam Barker (Cambridgeshire) bt Jordan Sanders (Cornwall) 2½ – 1½
Hayden Moorbey (Cambridgeshire) bt Ewan Mason (Warwickshire) 3-2
Liam Harris (Suffolk) bt Anthony Booth-Young (Lancashire) 3-2
Jordan Ward (Warwickshire) bt Harry Ambrose (Essex) 3-2
Adam Bolwell (Wiltshire) bt Thomas Belcher (Berkshire) 2½ – 1½
James Fuge (Essex) bt Abby Woodward (Northamptonshire) 3-2
Tom Holmes (Herefordshire) bt Shannon Crouch (Somerset) 3-1
Alice Phillimore (Sussex) bt Tom Hall (Huntingdonshire) 2½ – 1½
Jordan Philpott (Lincolnshire) bt Liam Creaser (Yorkshire) 3-0
Last 16
Imogen Jenner (Kent) bt Natalie Harrison (Kent) 3-0
Kyle Buckley (Northamptonshire) bt Leah Bamford (Kent) 3-2
Scott Eveleigh (Devon) bt Nicole Rogers (Hampshire) 2½ – ½
Connor Rollings (Northamptonshire) bt Adam Barker (Cambridgeshire) 3-0
Liam Harris (Suffolk) bt Hayden Moorbey (Cambridgeshire) 3-2
Adam Bolwell (Wiltshire) bt Jordan Ward (Warwickshire) 3-1
Tom Holmes (Herefordshire) bt James Fuge (Essex) 2½ – 1½
Alice Phillimore (Sussex) bt Jordan Philpott (Lincolnshire) 3-2
Quarter Final
Imogen Jenner (Kent) bt Kyle Buckley (Northamptonshire) 3-0
Scott Eveleigh (Devon) bt Connor Rollings (Northamptonshire) 2½ – ½
Liam Harris (Suffolk) bt Adam Bolwell (Wiltshire) 3-1
Tom Holmes (Herefordshire) bt Alice Phillimore (Sussex) 3-1
Semi Final
Scott Eveleigh (Devon) bt Imogen Jenner (Kent) 3-2
Tom Holmes (Herefordshire) bt Liam Harris (Suffolk) 3-0
Final
Tom Holmes (Herefordshire) bt Scott Eveleigh (Devon) 3-1
SUTTON WINSOR PLATE
Kent’s Anna Hall and Northamptonshire’s Kieran Rollings secured the 2015 Sutton Winson Plate following an Extra End victory against Hertfordshire’s Megan Mackinnon and Oxfordshire’s Orren Bennett.
Hall/Rollings won the first set 9-3, however Mackinnon and Bennett fought back well taking to second set 9-0, before Rollings drew the shot to take the victory on the Extra End.
Last 16
Lewis Rimmer (Lancashire) and Nathan Harvey (Buckinghamshire) bt Chloe Seers (Somerset) and Kieran Chambers (Leicestershire) 2-0
Anna Hall (Kent) and Kieran Rollings (Northamptonshire) bt Emily Corner (Somerset) and Keanan Baxter (Cumbria) 2-0
Fraser Ham (Somerset) and Alfie Knight (Warwickshire) bt Rebecca Fey (Surrey) and Lois Woodward (Northamptonshire) 2-0
Courtney Seers (Somerset) and Joshua McCarthy (Surrey) bt Abbie Bowe (Cumbria) and Cauly Swift (Northamptonshire) 2-1
Aaron Worgan (Cornwall) and Callum Phillimore (Sussex) bt Isaac Jacob (Wiltshire) and Leanne Blankley (Leicestershire) 2-1
Megan Mackinnon (Hertfordshire) and Orren Bennett (Oxfordshire) bt Amy Farthing (Kent) and Isaac Jenner (Kent) 2-1
Ben Dickson (Oxfordshire) and Georgina Newman (Wiltshire) bt Daniel Muldoon (Lancashire) and Devon Cooper (Hertfordshire) 2-1
Thomas Tisbury (Oxfordshire) and Bethany Little (Wiltshire) bt Harvey Griffiths (Worcestershire) and Harry Billington (Warwickshire) 2-1
Quarter Final
Anna Hall (Kent) and Kieran Rollings (Northamptonshire) bt Lewis Rimmer (Lancashire) and Nathan Harvey (Buckinghamshire) 2-1
Courtney Seers (Somerset) and Joshua McCarthy (Surrey) bt Fraser Ham (Somerset) and Alfie Knight (Warwickshire) 2-0
Megan Mackinnon (Hertfordshire) and Orren Bennett (Oxfordshire) bt Aaron Worgan (Cornwall) and Callum Phillimore (Sussex) 2-0
Thomas Tisbury (Oxfordshire) and Bethany Little (Wiltshire) bt Ben Dickson (Oxfordshire) and Georgina Newman (Wiltshire) 2-1
Semi Final
Anna Hall (Kent) and Kieran Rollings (Northamptonshire) bt Courtney Seers (Somerset) and Joshua McCarthy (Surrey) 2-0
Megan Mackinnon (Hertfordshire) and Orren Bennett (Oxfordshire) bt Thomas Tisbury (Oxfordshire) and Bethany Little (Wiltshire) 2-0
Final
Anna Hall (Kent) and Kieran Rollings (Northamptonshire) bt Megan Mackinnon (Hertfordshire) and Orren Bennett (Oxfordshire) 2-1
TRIPLES
Meanwhile, the opening stages of the Bowls England Women’s National Triples Championship, sponsored by HugoFox, were held.
Results:
Preliminary Round:
Bury Lodge, M’sex (G Williams) bt Hereford, Heref (J Williams) 21-14;
Southey, Surrey (D Souter) bt Lostwithiel, C’wall (P McGlynn) 27-5;
Poole Park, D’set (P Cresswell) bt Runwell Hospital, Essex (D Searle) 14-12;
Bolton, Lancs (E Benvie) v Parkway, Hunts (P Reynolds) – LATE RESULT;
Desborough Town, N’hants (R Wigfield) bt Box, Wilts A (C Grenfell) 21-12;
Littleport, Cambs (E Falkner) bt Lymington, Hants (K Richardson) 24-9;
First Round:
Felixstowe & Suffolk, Suffolk (K Rednall) bt Wigton, Cumbria (N Bowe) 19-17;
Bushey, Herts (J Sellek) bt Bath Ladies, S’set (J Walmsley) 18-11;
