Bowls Northumberland good news continues, following the ladies Walker Cup win – our Men’s Alsop team were in action against Yorkshire and triumphed in their opening game of the season.
The game was played at Smith’s Dock BC, Middlesbrough.
Team Manager Jim Holmes gave 4 debuts – which included two under 18 players – who are Luke Jameson, Luke Heard. The other two debutants are slightly over 18 – and they are Collingwood’s Alan Gibson and Gosforth’s Mal Cooper.
Overall it was a great victory in a relatively new team with all rinks changed from the 2022 campaign.
Rink Scores: (Northumberland names first): –
B Turner, A Oliver, R Donkin, M Heron 19 B Christson 17;
Jack Taylor, K Blaylock, A Johnson, M Cooper 16 S Hightowler 21;
A Pomfrey, S Williams, M Bishop, B Rootham 24 D Osgunthorpe 16;
L Jones, L Heard, A Gibson, D Clough 25 A Smith 22;
A Stewart, F Scott, C Cairns G Donkin 25 J Ballantyne 12;
M Dickinson, L Jameson, L Birch, F Short 18 T Entwhistle 18;
Northumberland 127 Yorkshire 106
Match Points: Northumberland 19 Yorkshire 3
County Badges were awarded to D Clough (Cramlington) and A Oliver (Rothbury)
Our next fixture is in 3 weeks for the Alsop, where we will face Lancashire at St. Georges. Hopefully Lancashire will be able to field a team, as today they played Cumbria away – and only had 22 players – but still played.
Well done to all concerned today.
To view results and table of fixture – CLICK HERE.