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BCGBA News 32 / 25 July 2017 1 | P a g e

BRITISH CROWN GREEN BOWLING ASSOCIATION

The 2017 Senior Individual Merit is upon us and takes place on its traditional last Saturday of July (29th), this year hosted by North

Midlands at Griff & Coton Sports Club in Nuneaton.

It will be a proud day for the BCGBA President, Phil Brown, and he will be hoping that one of his six county qualifiers – Paul Lamb,

Darren Plenderleith, Shane Day, Ben Percival, Jim Robertson and Stuart Perry – will lift the coveted trophy. Perry won the ‘All

England’ in 1998 at Victoria Park (North Lancs & Fylde) with a 21-13 victory over Paul Wilson of the home county and starts his quest

for a second title against South Yorkshire’s Neil Fletcher.

There are three previous winners in this year’s line-up, John Taylor, Callum Wraight and Thomas Vickers. Wraight, champion in 2009

when he defeated Glynn Cookson (Cheshire) 21-19 in an epic final at the Northern Club (Merseyside), is first on the green and faces

Warwick & Worcester’s Adam Kirby in his opener. Vickers will be hoping to add to his 2015 success which saw him victorious in a

highly charged atmosphere at Florence Tennis & Bowling Club (Potteries & District) ending Gareth Herbert’s (Warwick & Worcester)

hopes of a first title in a 21-17 triumph while Taylor takes on Robert Winnington (Cheshire) in his opening round having won the title

back in 1993 at Dodworth Miners Welfare with a 21-15 victory over Bob Gilfillan (North Midlands)

There should have been four former winners taking their place in the draw following Gary Ellis’s victory in the Greater Manchester

Merit. Unfortunately, the two-time winner (2003 and 2012) is at a friend’s wedding so will have to miss the opportunity of making it a

hattrick of titles.

One thing that is for certain is that there will be new finalists this year as defending champion, Matt Gilmore, was unable to enter the

Merseyside Merit while Andy Moss bowed out to Glyn Herbert in the quarter-finals of the Shropshire Merit.

Admission on the day is £10 with a further £10 for those wanting a reserved seat. As most of those in attendance will be travelling from

the North, Junction 3 of the M6 is probably the best exit to leave the motorway with the greens no more than ten minutes’ drive away.

Food and drinks will be available all day but spectators are reminded that they are NOT allowed to take their own food and drink into

the venue or their own chairs.

Live scores will be updated on the BCGBA website – bcgba.org.uk - as the competition progresses and Globegig will be streaming the

latter stages over the internet, which usually begin around 2pm.

BCGBA 2017

SENIOR INDIVIDUAL MERIT

Griff & Coton Sports Club, Nuneaton (CV10 7JQ)


THE DRAW

Adam Kirby (Warwick & Worcester)

Stuart Perry (North Midlands)

Adam Douglas (Yorkshire)

Jimmy Hynes (Greater Manchester)

Ben Percival (North Midlands)

* Kieran Roberts (Wales)

Liam Griffin (Yorkshire)

John Durrands (Lancashire)

John Taylor (Lancashire)

Ross Meese (South Yorkshire)

* John Kennish (Isle of Man

James Wilcox (Yorkshire)

Andrew Raymond (Greater Manchester)

* Liam Baxter (Cumbria)

Chris Slater (Wales)

David Williams (Warwick & Worcester)

Jason Jones (Wales)

Dean Ferris (Greater Manchester)

* Paul Lamb (North Midlands)

Peter Slinger (Isle of Man)

Robert Holmes (Yorkshire)

* Kevan Shaw (Lancashire)

Peter Bound (Shropshire)

Ryan Prosser (Warwick & Worcester)

Danny Barwise (Merseyside)

Aaron Tapper (Staffordshire)

Mitchell Harvey (Warwick & Worcester)

Conor Chamberlain (Derbyshire)

* Steve Parkin (Potteries & District)

Shane Day (North Midlands)

Ben Harris (Warwick & Worcester)

Matt Gillies (Greater Manchester)

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* Callum Wraight (Shropshire)

* Neil Fletcher (South Yorkshire)

* Simon Coupe (North Lancs & Fylde)

* Jon Guess (Derbyshire)

* Richard Parkes (Warwick & Worcester)

* Peter Illidge (Cheshire

* Matt Kelly-Wally (Derbyshire)

* Scott Simpson (Staffordshire)

* Robert Winnington (Cheshire)

* Jim Robertson (North Midlands)

* Josh Towey (Potteries & District)

* Gareth Herbert (Warwick & Worcester)

* James Hanson (Yorkshire)

* Colin Beaman (Shropshire)

* Phil Lee (Merseyside)

* Ed Furniss (Derbyshire)

* Phil Dowgill (Yorkshire)

* Joe Melvin (Potteries & District)

* Thomas Vickers (Cheshire)

* Andy Thornton (Cumbria)

* John Dewey (Derbyshire)

* Darren Plenderleith (North Midlands)

* Robin Bennett (Wales)

* Kevin Handley (Staffordshire)

* Danny Towning (Yorkshire)

* Robert Thompson (South Yorkshire)

* Steven Morrey (Cheshire)

* Mark Britton (Lancashire)

* Daniel Jones (Wales)

* Chris Mordue (Yorkshire)

* Lee Longland (North Lancs & Fylde)

* Glyn Herbert (Shropshire)


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BCGBA CALENDAR OF EVENTS, 2018

Sunday 18 March (Fox Lane Sports & Social Club) - World Club Championship Qualifying

Sunday 25 March (Fox Lane Sports & Social Club) - World Club Championship Qualifying

Sunday 01 April (Fox Lane Sports & Social Club) - World Club Championship Qualifying

Sunday 08 April (Fox Lane Sports & Social Club) - World Club Championship Qualifying

Sunday 15 April (Fox Lane Sports & Social Club) - World Club Championship Finals (last 8)

Wednesday 04 July (Prees Recreation & Social Club) - Jack & Jean Isherwood Veterans Championship

Thursday 12 July (TBA) - Veterans County Championship Preliminary Round

Saturday 28 July (Lancashire) - Senior Individual Merit

Thursday 02 August (TBA) - Veterans County Championship Finals

Sunday 05 August (TBA) - Senior Supplementary County Championship

Sunday 12 August (TBA) - Junior Supplementary County Championship

Saturday 18 August (Netherseal BC, Derbyshire) - Junior Individual Merit

Saturday 29 September (Waterloo Hotel, Blackpool) - Champion of Champions

Saturday 06 October (Waterloo Hotel, Blackpool) - Mel Evans MBE Centenary Mixed Pairs

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2017 ENDSLEIGH

SENIOR COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Shropshire will be hoping to reach their second successive ENDSLEIGH Senior County Championship final and make up for last

season’s disappointment of losing out to Yorkshire. They have tasted success twice before, in 1974 and 2009, but face formidable

opposition in North Midlands in their semi-final, themselves former winners in 2005. It should be an intriguing match with green

selection likely to play a big part in the overall result. Shropshire are using Greenfields No 2 green (SY1 2QN) while North Midlands

have opted for Dunlop Sports No 2 green (CV6 4AU).

The second semi-final, Potteries & District v South Yorkshire, should also prove to be an intriguing clash and it will be good to see two

counties that have each only appeared twice in the Crosfield Cup final get the opportunity play in the final again. Potteries defeated

Yorkshire in the 1982 final but lost out to Cheshire two years later. South Yorkshire claimed the title in 1983 with victory over Warwick

& Worcester and, like their semi-final opponents, lost out to Cheshire in 2003. Potteries & District are using Birches Head Hotel (ST1

6ST) while South Yorkshire will use Meersbrook Park No 1 green (S8 9FP).

SUNDAY 6 AUGUST 2017

SEMI-FINALS (2pm)

North Midlands v Shropshire

Potteries & District v South Yorkshire

The ever-popular Supplementary County Championship will take place at Owley Wood Recreation Club (CW8 3LS), venue of the 2012

Senior Individual Merit. There will be a different name engraved on the trophy this year as the holders, Merseyside, finished bottom of

their section so don’t qualify and get the chance to defend their title. Yorkshire are the most recent winners of the competition entrants

with back-to-back victories in 2014 and 2015.

But who wins is anybody’s guess as some counties choose to select a strong squad for this eight-a-side event while others choose to

give their fringe players a chance to play at a higher level. Whatever squads are selected by counties, it is usually a grea t day and

whoever comes out on top will have had to work hard for their victory.


SUPPLEMENTARY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP (10am)

Group 1

Yorkshire

Derbyshire

Cumbria

North Lancs & Fylde

Group 2

Greater Manchester

Warwick & Worcester

Lancashire

Staffordshire


2017 DRAKES PRIDE

JUNIOR COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

The DRAKES PRIDE Junior County Championship has reached its semi-final stage with Yorkshire and Warwick & Worcester on

course to meet in yet another county final. The two sides met in last year’s final, the fifth time in the last ten seasons, with Yorkshire

winning by 37 overall. But first both sides must overcome Wales and Lancashire if they are to progress to the final stage.

Yorkshire eased past Merseyside with an overall 288 chalk victory to top the three-team Section 1. They were never challenged in the

section matches with Cheshire losing by 236. Wales though should provide a stiff test for the champions, as despite losing a large

number of players at the end of last season they still finished Section 2 undefeated. They saw off the challenge of South Yorkshire in

the final match by 66 to book their place in the penultimate stage.

Warwick & Worcester were as dominant as Yorkshire in their final section match, ending a miserable season for the Potteries & District

youngsters in a 271-chalk rout. Lancashire juniors now have the unenviable task of topping the five-time winners in their semi-final.

They came through the three-team Section 4 with a 100% record finishing with a comprehensive 91-chalk victory over North Lancs &

Fylde in the winner-takes-all local derby as both sides started the day level on points.


SEMI-FINALS (2pm)

Wales v Yorkshire

Lancashire v Warwick & Worcester

The Supplementary County Championship will take place at Pennfields BC, Wolverhampton (WV3 7LZ), venue of the 2007 Senior

Merit.

As in the senior event, there will be a different name engraved on the trophy as the curse of the holders has struck again with

Staffordshire, like Merseyside, finishing bottom of their section so don’t qualify and get the chance to defend their title. With last

season’s runners-up, Wales, qualifying for the County Championship semi-finals, different counties will contest the final in 2017.

As with the seniors, the competition is played on an eight-a-side basis with the two group winners qualifying for the final.



Group 1

Merseyside

South Yorkshire

Shropshire

Greater Manchester

Group 2

Cheshire

Derbyshire

North Midlands

North Lancs & Fylde


2017 BCGBA

FRED.OLSEN CRUISE LINES

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

The field for the 2017 Champion of Champions, kindly sponsored by Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, is building up nicely with four former

winners, including the defending champion Gary Ellis, through to Blackpool. This season’s finals take place on Saturday 23rd

September, 10am, at the Waterloo Hotel. The qualifiers so far are:

Cumbria Merit - Liam Baxter

ECC Open - Scott Simpson

Coors Meole Brace Open - Ryan Prosser

CCF Open - Ben Percival

Lancashire Merit - Kevan Shaw

Isle of Man Merit - John Kennish

Spring Waterloo - Michael Leach

Merseyside Merit - Phil Lee

North Lancs & Fylde Merit - Simon Coupe

Yorkshire Merit - James Hanson

Greater Manchester Merit - Gary Ellis

Isle of Man June Festival - James Wilcox

Cheshire Merit - Pete Illidge

Derbyshire Merit - Ed Furniss

Potteries & District Merit - Steve Parkin

North Midlands Merit - Paul Lamb

Shropshire Merit - Callum Wraight

South Yorkshire Merit - Robert Thompson

Staffordshire Merit - Scott Simpson

Warwick & Worcester Merit - Gareth Herbert

Welsh Merit - Kieran Roberts

Cleckheaton Sports Classic - Ian Booth

BCGBA Jack & Jean Isherwood Veterans Championship - Gerald Merry

Hillcrest Classic - Graeme Wilson

RESERVES

3 - Mossley Hill Classic - Wayne Ditchfield

5 - Sandal Classic - Greg Smith

6 - George Masters (2016) - Gary Ellis

8 - Lea Hall Open (2016) - Andrew Judson

There are still nine of the qualifying events to declare their winner and five competitions from the reserve list. Dates of when these

competitions are being played, and the results of those that have been completed, can be found on the BCGBA website –

bcgba.org.uk. Click on the competitions link then Champion of Champions.


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BRITISH CROWN GREEN LADIES BOWLING ASSOCIATION

The British Crown Green Ladies have reached the semi-final stage of their County championship which are scheduled to take place on

Sunday 20th August.

Yorkshire, despite suffering a final-day defeat to Warwick & Worcester, won Section 1 by virtue of a better overall aggregate. They

were locked on four points with Warwick & Worcester and the holders, Shropshire. Shropshire finished with plus 67 after their 101-

chalk victory over Mid Cheshire but Warwick & Worcester fell some 20-aggregate points short of Yorkshire’s plus 133, even with their

33-chalk victory over the White Rose county.

South Yorkshire emulated the performance of their male counterparts by claiming the Section 2 title with a 100% record. They finished

with a comprehensive 94-chalk overall victory against Greater Manchester who led the table at the start of play.

It was a similar scenario in Section 3 where the winners of the Burton & District v North Midlands fixture would claim the title. Burton

had by far the better overall aggregate before play got underway but in the end, it counted for nothing as North Midlands scored the

valuable two points in a 49-chalk victory.

In Section 4, North Derbyshire suffered a final day loss to Dudley & District, losing by 10 and giving their opponents their first points of

the season. They then had to wait for the result of the North Warwickshire v Staffordshire result to come through as North

Warwickshire could overtake them to claim the top spot. North Warwickshire won by 51 but fell six agonising aggregate points short of

a semi-final place.

In the Presidents County Championship, North Shropshire claimed the inaugural title with a final day 12-chalk victory over Merseyside.

Cheshire finished second in the table after their 43-chalk success over South Staffordshire, who finished third. All four counties will be

elevated into the main County Championship next year, being replaced by Mid Cheshire, Wales, the 2015 County Champions,

Lancashire and Dudley & District.


SEMI-FINALS (2pm)

South Yorkshire v Yorkshire

North Derbyshire v North Midlands



Group 1

Warwick & Worcester

North Lancs & Fylde

Burton & District

Staffordshire

Group 2

Shropshire

Greater Manchester

Cumbria

North Warwickshire


MERRY CLAIMS VETS TITLE

BCGBA Honorary Life Member, and former Chairman,

Gerald Merry, mastered the green at Prees Cricket &

Recreation Club in Shropshire, culminating in a 21-17

final victory over Warwick & Worcester’s, Ronald

Regan, to claim the Jack & Jean Isherwood Veterans

Championship title, once again kindly sponsored by

GROCONTINENTAL.

Merry, having come through the Cheshire qualifiers,

started his day with a comfortable 21-11 opening win

over Roly Pratt (North Midlands) and then dispatched

Derbyshire’s Phil May 21-15. Geoff Davies, of the

home county, fared no better as he succumbed to a

21-14 defeat but Merry was tested to the full in his

semi-final against Potteries & District county bowler, Lee Dale. Here Merry won a titanic battle 21-19.

Regan meanwhile received a bye in his first round game then had to work hard for his remaining three games on route to the final. He

edged out Merseyside’s Peter McGhee 21-20 in the last sixteen, beat the only lady bowler in the competition, Janet Hargreaves

(Potteries & District), 21-17 in the quarters then just got the better of Barry Collinge from Greater Manchester, 21-18 in the semis.

Unusually, there were no previous winners in the 2017 line-up so a new name was guaranteed to be etched on the trophy. And that

name was to be Gerald Merry who was always in control in the final though Regan did manage to get within two of his opponent at 17-

19 but was unable to sustain his momentum as Merry ran out a 21-17 winner.

KERRY IS THE NEW LADIES MERIT CHAMPION

Kerry Brown came through a long day at Leyland Fox Lane Sports & Social Club, venue of the BCGBA World Club Championship, to

be crowned the BCG Ladies Merit champion for 2017. The South Yorkshire lass defeated Burton & District’s Sharon Tatem 21-15 in

the final.

With sixty-four ladies competing, played over two greens, Brown started with a 21-18 success over Jo Webster (Dudley & District) while

on the other green Tatem beat Heidi Sutton (Lancashire) 21-11. A change of green saw Brown oust Sue Worrall (Mid Cheshire) 21-15

with Tatem getting out 21-17 against Gemma Davies (Dudley & District). With both finalists back on the green of their first round

games, Brown booked her place in the last eight with a 21-13 defeat of the 2013 Merit winner, Helen Gilroy (Yorkshire). Tatem booked

her quarter-final place with victory of Lynsey Gorman (Merseyside), 21-12.

With the remaining games all being played on the same green Tatem was first to book her place in the last four with a resounding 21-3

triumph over the 2005 winner, Maggie Barnes (North Midlands) while Brown was involved in a close match with Burton & D istrict’s

Hannah McDonald, winning 21-17.

Two contrasting semi-finals followed. Brown blowing away Margaret Shaw (Greater Manchester), leaving her on 5 but Tatem was

relieved to come out on top against Warwick & Worcester’s, Shannon Kernick, eventually winning 21-19.


BOWLSCOMPS

ARTHUR LAND RANKING TABLE

This time last year, Gary Ellis had opened up a commanding 60 point lead in the inaugural BOWLSCOMPS Arthur Land Ranking Table

following his triple success in the Cleckheaton Classic, Hillcrest Classic and the Navigation & Railway Open. Now, twelve months on,

whilst Ellis still retains top spot he only has a slender 3 point lead over second placed Callum Wraight.

Wraight now has an excellent chance of taking pole position with Ellis not in the BCGBA Senior Individual Merit line-up. And, if Wraight

is entered into the Fleetwood Festival, then he has a second opportunity to put more points between himself and Ellis as the Fleetwood

final is the day before the BGBA Merit.

As a recap, points are awarded for all of the qualifying competitions, and reserve competitions, in this year’s FRED.OLSEN CRUISE

LINES Champion of Champions. Points are awarded to the last 16 players in any Open Competition with an entry in excess of 128.

Open Competitions with an entry of 128 or less and all BCGBA Related Events – County Merits, British Parks Merit, Senior Individual

Merit, Junior Individual Merit, Champion of Champions and Jack & Jean Isherwood Veterans Championship – will be awarded points to

the last eight players.

25 points - Winner

18 points - Runner-up

12 points- Semi-Finalists

7 points - Quarter-Finalists

3 points - Last 16

The player with the most points at the end of the current year’s Champion of Champions will receive a trophy kindly sponsored by

BOWLSCOMPS on the green at the Waterloo Hotel at this year’s event.

1 Gary Ellis Greater Manchester 67

2 Callum Wraight Shropshire 64

3 Wayne Ditchfield North Lancs & Fylde 58

4 Graeme Wilson Yorkshire 54

5 James Hanson Yorkshire 50

= Scott Simpson Staffordshire 50

7 Gareth Herbert Warwick & Worcester 44

= Darren Plenderleith North Midlands 44

= Ryan Prosser Warwick & Worcester 44

= Greg Smith Warwick & Worcester 44

You can view all the points scored during the 2017 season via BCGBA website – bcgba.org.uk. Click on the competitions link then

Champion of Champions and scroll down the page.

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