Despite dissappointment in not being promoted this year, we got the 2nd best in the news that Fishburn, our friends who have shown great hospitality this year winning the league. The good thing about this is Blackhall failed to win the league. GET IN YOU BEAUTIES!!!!
The kids showed us how its done this week. Baz Jnr beat Keith Burton 21-3 in the final of the Mech-Tool Championship.
Bearing in mind all the competition favourites were defeated in early rounds these 2 kids made it past several rounds.
Baz will represent us in the Works League Champion of Champions.
Well Done at the weekend for all our players who appeared for the County. Barry Hopkins Snr and Jnr played for the B Team and Scott Morland played for the A Team.
We also can congratulate John Smith who has been called up for the next C Team game at St Georges in Morpeth.
Scott Morland pulled off an excellent victory in the National Champion of Champions on Monday night beating Brian Poulter from Usworth BC. He won 2 sets to nil in a close match.
Meanwhile the club championships are hotting up. Simon Brodie and Keith Burton reaching the semi-finals of the Mech-Tool club championship after wins over Martin Snelling and Andy Fawcett respectively.
Tonight sees us face a tough challenge in the Knock-Out of Spennymoor A. We wish everyone good luck as we are missing top players against the leagues top club.
Hard luck to Baz, John & Baz last night as they were narrowly defeated in the EBA triples at Woodland last night.
Other news - we have a couple of new bowlers coming down on friday, please make them welcome. Their names are Rebecca Bell & James Lawrence.
Our fortune as a club in competitions seems to be changing, after Andy Bell almost beat Barry Hopkins Jnr and Martin Snelling beat Scott Morland in Club Competitions it seems Simon Brodie is winning at a higher level.
He beat Mr R. Pearce at Bishop Auckland, for his 1st year it was an excellent win at 18-7 in which he conceded.
Scott Morland did manage one win this week by beating new starter Andy Fawcett 21-1.
Richard Woodward sensationally beat England U25 trialist and County A Team player Craig Northam of the RA last night to reach the County stages of the EBA Junior Singles.
After losing the 1st set Richard coasted the 2nd and beat Craig comfortably in sudden death 2-0.
He will meet a player from district 3 in the next stage which is players from the Sunderland area.
In the Mech-Tool championship Keith Burton defeated Jessica Hopkins to go through to the next round. Tonight sees Scott Morland play Martin Snelling in the same competition and Andy Fawcett in the South Park championship.