Sleaford & District Indoor Bowls Club recently hosted the joint men’s and ladies’ Lincolnshire bowls county finals.
Spalding were well represented all day and came away with eight county champions and six runners up.
Fresh from his success at the world championships, Dominic McVittie started the day by retaining the men’s singles title by beating club mate Dan Mills 21-14.
In the ladies’ singles, Ruby Philpott won the title for the third time, beating Mary Johnson from Horncastle 21-6.
In another all-Spalding affair, Philpott won the ladies’ under 25 singles title for the fifth time, beating Danielle Wild 21-7.
Aidan Brickles won the under 18 singles for the first time and added his name to the trophy which has historically been won by boys and girls who have gone on to represent England at under 25 and senior level.
In the mixed pairs, Jean Patterson and McVittie won the title for the third season in a row by turning round a 7-16 deficit and beating Jenna Earl and Nick Orrey from Lincoln on an extra end (17-16).
In the ladies’ pairs, Philpott won her third title of the day as she was joined by Chelsea Spencer and beat Gail Windsor and Deb McBride from Scunthorpe 22-10 after taking an early 15-0 lead.
In the men’s triples, McVittie was joined by Martin Spencer and Mathew Orrey as they beat Tony Stanley, Richard Barnes and Trevor Bannister from Sleaford in the final, 21-13.
After losing in the final of the national fours only two weeks ago, Spencer, Orrey and McVittie were joined by Stephen Harris as they bounced back to win the county fours title by beating club mates Dan Mills, Brian Martin, Ean Morton and Tristan Morton in the final, 19-10.
Unfortunately, there was disappointment for Spalding in the men’s pairs as Simon Lilley and Stephen Harris lost to Lincoln’s Sam Ashton and George Draper 12-18 and Martin Simpson lost in the final of the over 60 singles against Paul Bark from Horncastle 10-21.
In the sets singles, Jordan Philpott gave the defence of his title a tremendous effort but just fell short in the final against Paul Oke from Sleaford, narrowly losing on a tie break.
