Indoor bowls round-up: Spalding IBC aces storm to five county wins

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club members completed their competitive campaigns by winning five county trophies.

Leading the way was Graham Smith, who beat R Vinter 2-0 in the sets singles. Chelsea Tomlin then beat L Harris in the under-25 ladies singles, while Aaron Wild beat A Hodgson 21-5 in the 18 and under senior singles.

Lauren Finbow, Danielle Wild, Ruby Hill and Chelsea Tomlin also beat J Smith, J Thompson, A Jackson and J Vinter 28-11 in the ladies’ fours.

Meanwhile, Scott Dunham, Andy Dunham and Mathew Orrey beat B Jackson, R Jackson and K Rands (Lincoln) to lift the men’s triples title.

  • Another stellar season at Spalding Indoor Bowls Club came to a close as they held the club finals weekend.

A host of trophies were dished out to all of the winners on the day.

Results: Men’s singles – runner-up J Philpott; winner – G Smith.

Men’s pairs: runners-up – M Spencer and A Caress; winner – G Smith & J Philpott.

Men’s triples: runners -up – T Spiller, A Caress & J Philpott; winner – S Dunham, M Spencer and K Ekins.

Men’s fours: runners-up – A Richardson, M Laidler, G Laidler and C Stagles; winner – S Dunham, S Hill, A Dunham and M Spencer.

Mixed pairs: runners-up – G Hicks and J Hicks; winner – T Philpott and J Philpott.

Mixed fours: runners-up – J Sinclair, A Belding, K Challans and M Belding; winner – J Laud, M Wheatley, V Elms and A Dunham.

Rabbits singles: runner-up – P Lockie; winner I Stafford.

Under-25 singles: runner-up – Ruby Hill; – winner J Philpott.

Over-60s singles: runner-up – P Bendell; winner – J Hicks.

101 singles: runner-up – G Smith; winner – J Philpott.

101 pairs: runners-up – M Spencer and G Smith; winners – A Caress and J Philpott.

Family pairs: runners-up – S Hill and Rhys Hill; winners – A Belding and M Belding.

Veteran pairs: runners-up – B Hodges and D Coleman; winner – J Laud and J Needham.

Quintet: runners-up – A Belding, D Hammond, D Nunney, V Elms and R Roffe; winners – M Jennings, G Gray, I Blackman, N Puttrell and P Stafford.

Under-18: runner-up – J Cherry; winner – A Barnes.

Under 18 pairs: runners-up – M Butters and N Puttrell; winners – T Spiller and A Barnes.

Under 18 triples: runners-up – T Spiller, J Goodliffe and A Barnes; winner – C Hayes, N Puttrell and A Wild.

Under-18 fours: runners-up – J Goodliffe, T Spiller, J Cherry and D Wild; winners – C Hayes, T Horton, N Puttrell and A Wild.

Ladies’ singles: runner-up – C Tomlin; winner – Ruby Hill.

Ladies’ pairs: runners-up – D Wild and G Haney; winners – M Belding and J Sinclair.

Ladies’ drawn pairs: runners-up – E Perkins and partner; winner – M Wheatley and P Stafford.

Ladies’ triples: runners-up – J Hicks, J Patterson and T Philpott; winners – F Huggins, M Wheatley and A Newberry.

Ladies’ fours: runners-up – P O’Brien, P Collicot, B Windsor and J Jackson (sub for G Hayden); winners – F Higgins, M Wheatley, J Collins and A Newberry.

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