Landers battles back to win Eastfield Over-60s Singles title
Friday saw the second of the summer Over-60s merits, a singles at Eastfield.
The first round started with Pam Watson (Hunmanby) beating Larry Dixon (Westgate) 21-15.
David Wright (Bridlington Bay) had a close 21-19 win against Tommy Ronerts (Whitby) while Nigel Trotter (North Cliff) had a far easier, 21-10, win against Ronnie Noble (Borough).
Sue Holdsworth (Hunmanby) had an even bigger win, 21-7, against David Hill (North Cliff) to set up a game against Gary Thornton (Borough) who beat Andy Tomlinson (Eastfield) 21-11.
Jack Richardson (Hunmanby) had a good 21-13 win against last week’s winner, Geoff Watson (Whitby) while Phil Todd (Hunmanby) won 21-13 against Mike Scott (Dukes Park).
Home bowler Ashley Brunton-Douglas just made it through against Caroline Watson (Borough) with a 21-19 win his reward being a game against Kenny Wale (Whitby) who crushed Bernie Overfield (Hunmanby) 21-7.
Billy Holdsworth (Hunmanby) eased past Brian Dalby (Borough) to face David Wicks (Eastfield) who won 21-17 against Judith Andrews (North Cliff).
Another home bowler, John Jarvis, pressed Ed McCormack (North Cliff) but eventually went down 21-17 but Jo Leeman (Whitby) annihilated Dave Moment (North Cliff) 21-4.
Tony Bland won an all-Borough game against Steve Price 21-18 to face Peter van de Gevel (Dukes Park) who won 21-12 against Peter McCrory (Whitby).
Chris Dobson (Dukes Park) won 21-15 against Joyce Harland (Whitby) and Alan Landers cruised through 21-9 against Bob Smith (Eastfield).
In the second round Barrie Watson (Borough) had a 21-10 win against Richard Gowan (North Cliff) while Kenny Rodgers (Whitby) beat David Muir (Eastfield) 21-16.
Harry Old (Hunmanby) won 21-13 against Mally Kay (North Cliff) to face Steve Dover (Whitby) who beat Keith David (Dukes Park) 21-17.
Pam Moment went through with a close 21-18 win against Rita Bland (Borough) to play Eastfield’s Eileen Greenwood who beat Ray Leeman (Whitby) 21-16.
Geoff Oldham (Hunmanby) had a comfortable 21-12 win against Geoff Coleman (Whitby) to set up a game against Ian Richardson (North Cliff) who won 21-19 against Pam Watson.
Trotter easily disposed of Wright 21-8 but Thornton was pushed by Sue Holdsworth before winning 21-18.
Todd had a comfortable win, 21-13, over his clubmate Jack Richardson while Wale beat Brunton-Douglas 21-15.
Billy Holdsworth eased past Wicks 21-13 and Jo Leeman went one better winning 21-12 against McCormack.
Tony Bland just got the better of van de Gevel by 21-20 his reward being a game against Landers who neat Dobson 21-14.
The third round opened with Barrie Watson beating Rodgers 21-13 and Old hanging on to beat Dover 21-20. Greenwood made her first quarter final with a 21-13 win against Pam Momen her opponent being Oldham who won 21-15 against Ian Richardson.
Due to personal reasons Thornton had a walkover against Trotter and Todd put Wale out with a good 21-12 win.
Finally Billy Holdsworth won 21-11 against Jo Leeman and Landers crushed Tony Bland 21-7.
In the quarter finals Barrie Watson went through 21-15 against Old and Oldham ended Greenwood’s run with a 21-10 win.
Todd won 21-15 against Thornton and in the last game Landers beat Billy Holdsworth 21-16.
Watson was pressed by Oldham in the first semi-final but held on for a 21-18 win while Landers had an easier time winning 21-11 against Todd.
The final was a classic which swung both ways.
Landers took an early lead, winning the first 3 ends and leading 12-7 after 7 ends.
Watson then pulled back to lie 13-11 down after 12 ends before Landers won the next 3 ends for a 17-11 lead.
Watson then won the next 6 ends to take the lead for the first time at 19-17 after 21 ends.
Unfortunately for Watson Landers regrouped and took the next 3 ends for a 21-19 win.
The prizes were presented by Eastfield Chairman John Jarvis.
In Division 2 of the Evening Singles League played on Monday North Cliff C showed the benefits of getting a reasonable score even when losing by winning 150-122 (4-4) away to Bridlington Bay B.
Eastfield B got their first win if the season, 155-131 (7-1) at home to Westgate B while Westgate win 151-136 (5-3) at home to Duked Park B.
Borough D had a 146-122 (9-2) away win against Dukes Park C and Robin Hoods Bay also won away at Hunmanby B by 143-125 (6-2).
In Division 1 Borough C, playing on Monday, won 153-123 (5-3) at home to Bridlington Bay A.
On Tuesday North Cliff A won 155-95 (5-3) away to Borough B while Borough A more or less reversed that with a 160-106 )5-3) win at North Cliff B.
Hunmanby A piled more woe on Eastfield A with a clean sweep 168-97 home win while Whitby A won their “away” match against Whitby B 160-109 (6-2).
In the Over-60s Doubles League Division 1 Hunmanby A continued their defence of their title with a 10-4 (123-85) home win against North Cliff while Bridlington Bay A beat Whitby 8-6 (108-86) by virtue of the better aggregate.
Dukes Park A had a big 11-3 (125-98) home win against Borough B while Eastfield managed two winning games in a 125-68 (4-2) defeat away to Borough A.
In Division 2 Dukes Park B won 9-6 (108-98) away to Robin Hoods Bay and Westgate A also won 9-6 but 117-104 away to Borough X, both wins being down to netter aggregates.
In the other match Bridlington Bay B won 11-4 (105-95) away to Westgate B.
In the Thursday Evening Doubles League Hunmanby just won 69-64 (2-2) at home to Bridlington Bay while Borough B had a clean sweep 84-51 at home to North Cliff B.
Westgate won a close match 82-75 (3-1) away to Dikes Park, Whitby had a comfortable 80-52 (3-1) win at home to Eastfield and North Cliff A win 20-64 (3-1) at home to Borough A.
On Saturday five of our teams competed in Yorkshire’s Eric Hutchinson Cup.
Dukes Park travelled to Pontefract (Castleford District) to play Thorner (Leeds District) and lost 231-172 (8-4).
Bridlington Bay played Kirkheaton Cons (Huddersfield District) on Whitkirk (Leeds District) and lost 247-1120 (11-1).
Whitby faced Milnsbridge BC 2 (Huddersfield District) at Colton (Leeds District) and won 236-126 (11-1).
North Cliff travelled to Magnet Sports, Tadcaster (Leeds District) to play Slazenger A (Wakefield District) and lost 218-200 (7-5).
Finally Hunmanby travelled to Thorner to play Brockholes (Huddersfield District) and won 222-166 (9-3).
Borough had a bye having reached the final of the Derrick Radley Cup two years ago.
All losing teams in this round of the Hutchinson Cup are automatically entered in the Derrick Radley Cup and so have a second chance of honours.
More information on the leagues can be found at bowlsnet.uk under East Coast of Yorkshire.