Ladies Connelly Pairs

Twenty ladies contested the Connelly Pairs on a windy wet day at Halifax Bowling Club. An experienced lady was paired with a less experienced player.
The quarter finalists were Marion Reynolds and Liz Elford v Christine Austin and Margaret Dean, Joan Dunn and Joan Hallowes v Barbara Gee and Lorraine Tomlinson, Pat Wright and Ann Oates v Joyce Asquith and Bronwyn Bannon and Barbara Crompton and Mavis Walker v Marilyn Greenwood and Jean Lees.
After close games Marion and Liz faced Barbara and Lorraine in the first semi final. Barbara and Lorraine won the jack and Barbara took the Jack and proceeded to bowl a longish mark, while Marian and Liz favoured a shorter mark. Barbara and Lorraine ran out 15-4 winners.
Joyce and Bronwyn finished off their game against Pat and Ann with a "4" to take the game 15-12. In their semi final Joyce and Bronwyn narrowly came out on top against Barbara Crompton and Mavis to play Barbara Gee and Lorraine in the final.
Again Barbara and Lorraine won the Jack and bowled a longish mark,
Joyce and Bronwyn pulled the score line back to 8-7 before Barbara bowled a long mark over the crown as Barbara and Lorraine took the game and the final by 15-8
The prizes were presented by Pat to the winners.

Carter Merit Competition 2018

Photos of finalists and referees

On a sunny morning 18 ladies contested the Carter Merit. Played on the more difficult green 1, several ladies struggled to reach the longer length marks. An excellent first round performance saw Ann Mullaney from the “C” team beat first team player Colleen Agnew. However Colleen finished the day well as she beat her friend Mavis Walker in the final of the Supplementary event. Mavis has maintained her improvement through the season with several good performances.

The Carter Merit saw the experienced bowlers, Lynn Wood, Joyce Asquith and Barbara Gee reach the semi-finals plus Ann Oates who had excelled through the day. In the top half of the draw Barbara went into an early lead bowling a long pegging mark before Joyce won the jack and bowled her short straight marks, which she can bowl to perfection. As she pulled back to level the scores Barbara called for “long tapes” and as the mark was not the required 19 metres, Barbara took the jack and continued to bowl a longer length and ran out a 15-11 winner.

In the other half of the draw Ann bowled a long jack in and out of the bottom corner and Lynn had no answer as Ann excelled to reach her first final by 15-8.

The final saw Ann bowling the same mark as she had bowled in her semi final before Barbara used her green knowledge to bowl a pegging mark in and out of the bottom corner by the conservatory to run out a 15-9 winner.

Marilyn Greenwood refereed the Carter Merit final and Lynn refereed the Supplementary Event. Lynda Canning presented the prizes and thanked all the ladies for their support.

The ladies brought food to share which was enjoyed by the members.

Ladies Day 2018

Halifax Bowling Club held their annual Ladies Day on a beautiful sunny day. Ladies Day, is a tradition at the club that has been played for over 50 years.  Bowling commences at 10.30 a.m. and  the Ladies enjoy  lunch at 1.00 p.m. and Afternoon Tea at 4.30 p.m.

 Fifty three ladies enjoyed the meal and twenty eight ladies contested the bowling competitions. The Lingard Trophy is the main event and the first round losers of the Lingard Trophy play in a Supplementary Competition for the Sutcliffe Cup.

The main event, the Lingard Trophy, played on Green 1 saw the Ladies 1st team provide most of the quarter-finalists. The exceptions were Jan Wright who had beaten 1st team  player Pauline Ward in the previous round and Mytholmroyd representative player Joyce Asquith.

In the top half of the draw the defending champion, Barbara Gee beat team mate Marian Quick in the quarter final and last years beaten finalist Bea Grant in the semi final. Barbara bowled a finger peg mark over the crown which proved a difficult mark to bowl as the bowl travelled through a fast and slow surface.

The bottom half of the draw saw 1st team player Kath Webster involved in a superb semi final game against Joyce Asquith. The scores were level at 14 across before Kath took a single off the final end. Other quarter finalists were Jan Wright and Doreen Allison.

The final was a “nip and tuck” affair, Barbara favouring a long round pegging mark, Kath bowling a medium length jack over the crown. The scores were level at 5, 7 and eleven across. With Kath leading 14-12 Barbara bowled a thumb peg straight mark over the crown and bowled a two foot wood, Kath with her first bowl was a yard through. Barbara put up another two foot wood before Kath bowled just past Barbara’s bowls to take the final and become the new Ladies champion.

The Sutcliffe Cup was won by Lyn Wood who beat Joan 15-4 in the final.

The Lady President Margot Handsley presented the trophies to the winners and thanked everyone for their attendance on a most enjoyable day. The winners were given flowers with their trophy and the runners up were given chocolates.

Kath Webster Winner of the Lingard Cup receiving the cup from Margot, Joan Dunn and Lynn Wood Finalist of the Sutcliffe Cup in the background.

Barbara Gee last years finalist this years runner uo

 

J & J B Dunn Competition 2018

The competition was started in the 'early days' when the ladies and men rarely played together, the Dunn's donated a vase for the competition. They felt it was like 'them and us' The ladies were able to play on both greens. It was a handicap drawn pairs.

However this year, as the heat wave was still with us, it was thought we should play it as a round robin. We had two groups, each pair playing 7 ends. The winner of each group to play in the final. There was no handicaps - only the heat! Ray Clegg and Pauline Ward played Andrew Gee and Joan Dunn in the final. It was nip and tuck most of the game which made it interesting to watch. Next to the last end which could have made a definite change to the game. Andrew and Joan were counting 4 which could level the score to 14 all. However Ray had one bowl left to bowl in, which he did to win the game, 15 up. Well Done Ray and Pauline

Finalist Ray Clegg with partner Pauline Ward against Andrew Gee with partner Joan Dunn.

Winning pair with the vase presented by Joan Dunn

Mary Hanson Pairs 2018

On a glorious day sixteen ladies contested the Round Robin Ladies Pairs at Halifax Bowling Club.
The ladies were divided into two groups, both groups playing three games of 11 ends.
Joyce Asquith and her partner  Mavis Walker scored 27 points from their 3 games played and Val Bax and Elspeth Hartley won the other group with a total of 40 points.
The final was won by Val and Elspeth. The game was opened by Val and Elspeth who scored a three at the first end, followed by a single making it four nil. This was defended by Joyce and Mavis who scored three singles making the score 4 – 3 to Val and Elspeth.   Another single made it 5 – 3 to Val and Elspeth.  Once again Joyce and Mavis retaliated, - five all!

One on each side made it 6 all.  Val and Elspeth scored next 8-6, one from Joyce and Mavis 7 – 8, then 8 – 8, this was followed by a massive 4 shots from Joyce and Mavis, 12 – 8. Val and Elspeth fought back with a 3.  12- 11, then they ran out with a further 3, followed by the winning shot. It was very close run final with good bowling from both sides.

Thanks were expressed to Joyce Asquith and Lynda Canning for organising the competition.