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Richmond wraps up league
10:43am Monday 21st April 2008
Richmond Indoor Bowling Club played their last League match against King George Field BC, narrowly missing out on the title by six shots.
Richmond won on one rink to secure four league points, with KG Field winning 58-53 overall.
Richmond's top rink was Colin Nolan, Eric Gough, Brian Lawton & Terry Guntripp, who beat DChristmas(skip) 21-11.
The results are as follows.
Competition Winners, Score, Runners-Up: Ladies Championship: Iris Collins, 21 - 9 Daphne Hawes.
Men's Championship: Mike Hickman 21 - 15 Barry Porter, Ladies 2 Wood Singles: Daphne Hawes 14 - 10 Rene Couchman.
Ladies Open Pairs: Daphne Hawes, Iris Collins 23 - 16 Alison Crimp, Jane Taylor.
Ladies Drawn Pairs: Edna Wheaton & Alison Crimp 29 - 7 Pauline Blackie & Iris Collins.
Mixed Pairs: Rene Couchman, Brian Lawton 27 -17 Daphne Hawes, Alan Meek.
Men's Pairs: Phil Gregory, Kevin Nichols 23 - 12 Peter Hickman, Mike Hickman.
Men's Triples: Graham Greenwood, Arthur McConnachie & Brian Lawton 19 - 18 Peter Beazley-Long, Alan Bullot & Bob Pike.
Men's O60s Singles: Bob Pike 21 - 14 Jimmy Nuthall.
Men's O60s Pairs: Graham Greenwood, Brian Lawton 31 - 10 Alf Jessett, Eddie Tindall.
Wednesday Mixed-Pairs League: Margaret Lawrence, David Charleston 20 - 6 Jean Stirrup, Brian Cook.
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