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PAIRS NATIONAL COMPETITION Rosemary Cavilla & Ray Hall are through to the fifth round in the above Competition. See full report under Mixed Lawn Bowls heading. AMY-ROSE BOWL 31s & UNDER INTER COUNTY DOUBLE RINK Chantelle Bedward has been selected as travelling reserve for the above Competition to be played at Leamington Spa on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd August. In the first round Surrey will play Middlesex. Chantelle will also be playing at Leamington in the National Finals of the Under 25s Pairs. With her partner, England Junior International Debbie Sarratt who plays at Old Coulsdon outdoors and Sutton indoors, they beat a pair from Buckinghamshire to reach the last 16 in the Competition. LADIES' SURREY COUNTY COMPETITIONS Sutton ladies have had a good run in this season's Competitions with Margaret Swan qualifying for her County Badge. Singles Margaret Smith lost to English International Doreen Hankin in the semi finals of the Two Wood Singles played at Sutton on Wednesday 16 July. Enid Bakewell lost in the quarter finals played at Shirley Park on Friday 4 July. Sharmista Patel and Virginia Smith reached the quarer finals of the Four Wood Singles played at Southey on Monday 24 June. Pairs Virginia and Pearl Macdonald lost to Purley Bury in the last 16 in the Pairs played at Bletchingley on Wednesday 9 July. Triples Virginia, Pearl and Janet Jones lost to Croydon in the quarter finals of the Triples played at Cheam Fields on Friday 27 June. Fours Janet Jones, Margaret Swan, Val Dowell and Marie Buckland lost in the quarter finals at Purley on Monday 7 July. The two points Margaret gained on the day ensured that she qualified for her County Badge. Another four, Majorie Caldwell, Enid Bakewell, Virginia Smith and Pearl Macdonald lost in the last 16 plaed at Ember on 7 July. MEN'S SURREY COUNTY COMPETITIONS Several Sutton players have done exceedingly well to reach the Area Three Quarter Finals (round 5) which are being played week commencing Monday 16 June. Singles Keith Adams, our only player still left in the Singles, is playing away on Friday 20 June at Epsom Park against Geoff O'Leary. Unbadged Singles Terry Buckland won his fourth round match away at Wallington against Sutton Indoor player Harry Botfield on Wednesday 11 June, and he returns to the same green on Wednesday 18 to play another Sutton Indoor player, Martin Peolosi. Pairs Thursday 19 June wil be a big day for our three pairs still left in the Competition. Terry Buckland & Roger Graves play Terry Dobbs & Derek Godbold which means that we will defintely have one pair through to the last 16 of the Competition. One more win and we could have two more Sutton players qualifying for their County Badge. Keith Adams & Steve Shanley, two long-standing badged players, are away at Chipstead. Fours Three Sutton rinks are through to round 5. This is a particularly good achievement as three of the six Sutton teams entered in the Competition were knocked out by our own teams. The rink skipped by Roger Graves beat Dave Walters's rink in the first round way back on the 12 May only to lose by one shot to Iain Reid's team in the fourth round on Monday 9 June. Iain's team will now play Geoff Taylor's rink on Monday 16 June. Also through to round five is Ray Hall's team that beat Steve Shanley's team in round four. Secretaries Alan Butler had good wins against opponents from Epsom Court and Banstead Neville in the Secretary's Competition but lost his third game to David King from Felbridge. MENS' OVER 55s NATIONAL COMPETITIONS Sutton bowlers playing in the above Pairs Competition have not been as successful this season as they have been in previous seasons. Seven pairs entered the Competition. Two pairs, Neil Asten & Mike Doherty and Ray Hall & Keith Harold got through to round two only to be knocked out by teams from Chipstead and Wallington respectively. John Roll & Kevin Donovan won their preliminary round match away at Dorking only to lose in the next round to a Croydon pair skipped by John Gale. The other four pairs - Terry Buckland & Charlie Radley, Iain Reid & Roger Limpenny, Keith Adams & Steve Shanley and Alan Bateman & Laurie Rumsey - all went out in preliminary round matches. National Singles Better news in the Over 55s Singles Competition as four out of seven members playing in the preliminary round won their matches, and Neil Asten and Ray Hall have progressed through to the third round. Neil and Ray now play each other at 6pm on Thursday 19 June for a place in the Zone Final against either Paul Nolan from Mitcham or Jim Lant from Putney Town. Gordan Adams, Lawrie Rumsey and Keith Adams lost to opponents from Wallington, Epsom Park and Dorking respectively. Iain Reid beat an opponent from Shirley Park but lost in round one to John Exton from Ashtead. Steve Shanley also beat a player from Shirley Park but lost to Neil in round one. Neil's other two wins were against opponents from Rose Hill and Wallington. Ray has beaten two players from Croydon and one from Horley. TOP HONOURS FOR SUTTON BOWLERS Two Club members were honoured at the Surrey County Indoor Bowling Association's AGM held on the 16 April. Alf Medlin and David Miller were awarded Life Membership of the Association for their years of dedicated service to indoor bowling in the County. Alf has served on various County Committees over some 20 years and was elected an Honorary Vice President in 2001. David is a former County President who promoted various changes to County administration during his year of office, including significant restructuring of policy and approach to County representative match selections, the introduction of a Forward Planning Committee and an innovative coaching scheme to develop front end bowlers. Both have worked hard additionally to promote Sutton Indoor Bowling Club and have contributed to raising the Club's profile at County level and beyond. The award of Life Membership is a rare event and given only for exceptional service to the County, and bowls in general. There are, currently, only five Life Members of SCIBA. |
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