ENGLISH INDOOR BOWLING ASSOCIATION

David Cornwell House, Bowling Green, Leicester Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire LE13 0DA
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Report on
 National Championship Finals


National Fours Championship 1999/2000
 played at Melton Mowbray from 1st to 3rd April 2000.
Full Team details appear at the end of this Report

The Final was played Monday 3rd April, between Pinewood Park and Desborough. In a tight game with rarely more than one shot between the teams, Desborough picked up a 4 and a 3 in the last eight ends to win 20-18.

The victory was especially pleasing for two of the Desborough team, Len Essex who had in previous years reached the Semi-Finals of the Mixed Pairs, Triples and Pairs and Brett Long who had reached the Semi-Final stage of the Triples in 1991 & 1998.

The Championship had started on Saturday, with over 400 spectators packed into the Melton & District I. B.C. for the first day of the traditional National Championships Week.

In the morning First Round matches, Perdiswell, had a close game with Colchester, winning the last two ends to take the match: 21-20.

In similar fashion, Kingsthorpe won the last end to beat Bridgwater BCL 17-15, whilst Chipping Norton needed an extra end to beat Welford 21-20.

The afternoon session provided further tight First Round games, with Plymouth Civil Service winning 23 -22, despite dropping Seven shots on the 18th End against Dorchester.
 
Cambridge Park recovered from 16-10 down at the 11th End to win 21-19 against Metrodome. 

Tye Green completed the teams moving into the Second Round, when they held off the challenge of Barwell winning 19-14. 

The matches of the Second Round were between Spalding who lost 18-21 to Mote Park and Chipping Norton who beat Scunthorpe 18-14 in a game that lasted four and a half hours.

The Quarter-Finals started on Sunday morning, with Kingsthorpe nearly recovering from a position of 17-5 down at 11 ends, losing 25-20 to Chipping Norton. A Count of 4 on the 18th end ensured that Westlecot beat Cambridge Park 21-15, whilst Pinewood Park  left it until the 20th end to take a 5 and run out winners 22-16 against Mote Park.   

 Pinewood Park beat Chipping Norton 20-8 in their Semi-Final following excellent play from Skip, Mervyn King, and the Skip of Desborough's, Bret Long, drew shot with his last wood of the 21st end to win the other Semi-Final 18-17, against Westlecot.  

                                                                 Names of Players

ACLE     George Tubby, Ryan Stanton, Tim Stone**, Darren Rowsell
            
SPALDING      Gareth Booth, David Broadhurst, Simon Lilley, Graham Smith   

MOTE PARK       Mark Johnson, Chris Hall, Lee Shoobridge, Paul Barnicott   

FALCON      Terry Little, Mike Brickel, John Storry, Fred Dowding   

DARLINGTON      Ken Tinkler, Mark Jones, Allen Moore, Andrew Kirtland

PINEWOOD PARK      Tim Bullimore, John King, Duncan Toyn, Mervyn King*

PERDISWELL      Richard Shergold, Mark Atkins, Andy Wills, Tony Burbridge

COLCHESTER      Andy McKillop, Doug Brown, Dave Pudney, Steve Howard

BRIDGWATER      Martin Mills, Mark Horsman, Andrew Edwards, Richard Billington

KINGSTHORPE      Andrew Manton, Neil McKee**, Ian Walker, Mick Sharpe

WEALDEN      Ron Winstone, Brian Wilkins, John Stevens, Brian Howson

CYPHERS       Scott Nodding, Richard Rowe, Richard Hurrell, Gary Brook

WELFORD     Peter Day, Ken Chedgzoy, Martin Timms, Trevor Francis

CHIPPING NORTON     Dale Hall, Andrew Martin**, Alan Prew, Les Gillett

VICTORY     Mark Hanson, Steve Robertson**, Ian Foster, Peter Hobday

SCUNTHORPE     Paul Cranidge, Tony Gilroy, Derek Skelton, Simon Skelton

CAMBRIDGE PARK     Allen Wood, Mark Baker, Robin Bellion, Ian Jenkins

METRODOME     Geoffrey Mallinson, Derek Billard, George Eastwood, Michael Crawshaw

TYE GREEN     Steve Mitchinson, Steve Tucker, Pat Watford, Tony Nimmo

BARWELL     Jim Aitchison, Peter Hobbs, Mick Haywood, Malcolm Allinson

WESTLECOT     Martyn Murley, Mark Dyer, Steve Warren, Neil Smith

CITY OF ELY     Ian McWhinney, Andrew Ware, Nicky Brett, Greg Harlow*

PLYMOUTH CIVIL SERVICE     Ken LItchfield, Steve Thompson, Glyn Lawrence, John Kelly 

DORCHESTER     Shaun Nutman**, Mike Tritton, Steve Gait, Adam Tidby

EXONIA     Chris Bond, Bill Davis, Simon Stevens, Ian Bond*

GATESHEAD     Brett Arkley, Rauben Cook, John Atkinson, Dave Webb

DESBOROUGH     Len Essex, Alan Price, John McGuiness, Bret Long

EAST DORSET     Steve Henry, Darren Clark, Terry Chivers, Bill Belcher

CUMBRIA     Ian Carruthers, Eddy McGarr, John Bell, Niall Currie

NOTTINGHAM     Mike Bowley**, Bob Dickens, Dave Baird, Phil Dickens

EGHAM     Jock McNeil, Pete Smith, Ken Drake, Ian Honnor

RIVERAIN     Alan Warren, Terry Saunders, Dave Turner, Arthur Hemmings



 
IBC = Indoor Bowling Club
*  Senior International
** U25 International
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Secretary
D N Brown		 Deputy Secretary / Press Officer
S A Rodwell		 National Competitions Officer
A D Ward