28/07/2004 by admin.

The Vics Wallasey League side completely demolished Queens Park tonight in a massive 152 shot victory at West Kirby. With 12 winners again and 9 to single figures the Vics demonstrated that there will be no let up in their determination to retain the league title. The front four with “The Quiet Man”, Ian Sherbrooke leading the way with a 21-07 win, built up a lead of 45 shots with father and son Dave and Matty Gilmore, trying to outdo each other again but failing as they both won 21-09. No bragging rights tonight in that family then!!, Bernie Owen completing the four with a 21-14 win. The middle four increased the lead to 103 shots with Robby Franklin(even better now he has retired) 21-02 and Robby Hall (without expletives) 21-03, completely dominating their opponents. There was even a single figure victory, 21-09, for Peter Dodd with Tony Vyskocil completing the four with a 21-12. The final total was 152 shots when Anthony Thomson, buzzed his opponent 21-05 , “Fast Eddie” Clayburn returned a quickfire 21-08 and racing expert Neil Sherbrooke a 21-09 win. Skipper Mally Johnson completed the scoring with a 21-13 victory and another 3 points were added to the Vics tally.

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25/07/2004 by admin.

The Vics dreams of adding the Sansom Cup to their trophy list were ruthlessy destroyed by a tremendous display of bowling by Gladstone Liberals at ESWA yesterday afternoon. With only 2 winners the Vics were completely outclassed on the day and Gladstone strolled to a deserved 76 shot victory. With Skipper Ian Sherbrooke the only winner in the first four with a close 21-19 victory, the Vics were down by 20. Colin Saville with a good 21-15 win, was the only winner in the middle four and the Vics trailed by 39 at the start of the back four. There were no Vics winners in the back four the eventual winning margin rising to 76. This was a very disappointing performance by the Vics following on from the previous night’s heavy defeat at Lever Club and new faces will be required next season if the Vics are to progress in the 1st division of the Birkenhead League. We are relying are too few players at this moment in time and unfortunately the strengh in reserve is not there with so small a squad. Congratulations must go to Gladstone Liberals who bowled very well on the day and we can also congratulate ourselves for in fact reaching this final with such a small squad of players. Thanks must also go to all our supporters for turning up and watching on the afternoon.

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25/07/2004 by admin.

The Vics suffered a disastrous defeat at Lever Club on Friday night in the Birkenhead League, with only one winning card to show for their efforts. The front four managed to keep the score down to just 16 shots in arrears with Ian Sherbrooke 18-21 and Trevor Rodgers 19-21 the best returns. In the middle four Robby Franklin 21-15 proved to be our only winner of the night and Colin Saville managed a close 20-21 defeat but the arrears had mounted to 30 shots. With no winners in the back four the final deficit was a total of 69 shots to Lever and a big job for the Vics to pull back next Friday and take the aggregate point. Defeats of this magnitude are rare for the Vics and we can only compliment Lever on a good display of bowling on a fine green at Port Sunlight.

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25/07/2004 by admin.

The afternoon “C” team suffered a rare defeat away at Bronze on Friday afternoon. Scores and details to follow.

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23/07/2004 by admin.

The much awaited clash between the Vics Wallasey League side and Manor Road turned into another easy victory for the Vics against the only side to have beaten us this season. Once again Tony Vyskocil came up trumps with an easy 21-05 and with Karl Sherbrooke winning 21-08 the Vics were well on the way to erasing the memory of the loss at Manor Road. “The Vyk” and “Crusher” do have the welcome habit of being able to produce single figure victories in these crucial games. Anthony Thompson, still unbeaten this season, won 21-11 and Ian Sherbrooke, quiet but deadly, won 21-12. Robby Hall, anything but quiet, continued his run of winning every game, with a 21-15 win. Matty Gilmore, despite his opponent dragging his feet across the green all night attempting to slow the game down, won 21-16. Robby Franklin, Robby Fitzpatrick and Billy Atkinson all had close 21-17 victories. With Dave Gilmore and skipper Mally Johnson scoring 19 and Neil Sherbrooke 16, the Vics once again proved too strong for their opponents at West Kirby. Our last defeat at home in the Wallasey League was in fact against Manor Road way back in 1998. The aggregate point gained in this match means that the Vics are now well on the way to winning the League for the 4th year on the trot. There are still 8 games to go however and there should be no let up in concentration in any of these games. The strengh of the squad this year is awesome and is shown by the fact that we still had three players on the sidelines tonight in plus averages in league games.

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23/07/2004 by admin.

The afternoon “A” team progressed to the quarter finals of the Centenary Cup yesterday with an emphatic victory over RNA at Oxton. Having to give away 45 shots in the handicap, the Vics pulled back and overhauled RNA to finally run out winners by 22 shots. The top two in the league averages Billy Atkinson and Elwyn Williams turned on the style again, Billy winning 21-03 and Elwyn 21-04. Dick Peake, back to form, won 21-08. Bernie Owen and Mally Johnson both had 21-11 victories, no money changed hands there then!! Ernie Peers, standing in for skipper Brian Ibbotson, had a good 21-17 victory and Dave Bosworth finally triumphed 21-20 in a marathon encounter. With Robby Franklin and Eddie Clayburn both scoring 20 and Ian Cameron 17 all ten players had a good afternoon at the sluggish Oxton green.

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23/07/2004 by admin.

The afternoon “A” team produced one of their best displays of the season on Wednesday, when they defeated the strong Capenhurst outfit by 47 shots at home. With 8 winners out of 10 the Vics proved too strong for their opponents and a solid display away next week could see the vital aggregate point gained. Elwyn Williams continued his fine form this year with an excellent 21-05, with Eddie Clayburn next best with a fine 21-11. Billy Atkinson continued to set the pace at the top of the averages with a good 21-12, followed by Ian Cameron 21-14. Robby Franklin and Bernie Owen both had 21-15 victories and Dick Peake kept up his return to winning form winning 21-16. Skipper Brian Ibbotson had a hard fought 21-18 win with only Dave Bosworth and Malcolm Johnson missing out this week. Displays like this will soon see the Vics stride away from the relegation area.

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23/07/2004 by admin.

The afternoon “B” team produced their best away performance of the season on Wednesday but still went down to a close 15 shot defeat at league leaders Cammell Laird. Stan Ridgway’s side had 4 good winners in Tony Ryding, a brilliant 21-09, Chris Williams with a comfortable 21-13, Don Ibbotson 21-16 and Derek Thomas a close fought 21-18. With Bill Spraggett, only losing to 20 and Stan Ridgway managing 18 and all four of the remaining team members Bill Powell, C.K.Pau, Lawrie Blackburn and Harry Preston also reaching double figures, the Vics have set themselves up nicely for the return game next week and the prospect of gaining the aggregate point.

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21/07/2004 by admin.

On another rainy night tonight, the Vics Wallasey League side progressed to the semi finals of the Presidents Cup with an easy 63 shot victory over Burtons despite having to concede a handicap of 30 shots. With two quickfire wins in the first four by Tony Vyskocil 21-04 and Robby Fitzpatrick 21-06, Burtons were completely on the back foot when Mally Johnson 21-09 and Dave Gilmore 21-18 came off leaving the Vics 17 shots up even with the handicap. The middle four increased this lead to 35 with Anthony Thompson 21-11, Peter Dodd 21-14 and Matty Gilmore 21-17 all victorious. The two Sherbrookes , Neil 21-05 and Ian 21-06 didn’t hang about in the rain too long and when Billy Atkinson closed the evening with a hard fought 21-19 the Vics had triumphed yet again by the large margin of 63 shots. With ten winners ( 5 in single figures ) the Vics show no signs of letting up in their quest for a complete clean sweep of Wallasey trophies this season. Next up Manor Road on Thursday at home in the possible title decider.

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20/07/2004 by admin.

After Friday’s close defeat at Oxton, the Vics returned to winning form last night with a 58 shot hammering of their rivals at a rainy West Kirby green. Tony Vyskocil, in stunning form at the moment regardless of all the stupidity directed his way by some, set the Vics on the way with an exceptional display, winning 21-08. Bernie Owen, in his 1st game back after recent tragic events, had a good 21-11 victory and “Young Stormtrooper” Karl Sherbrooke and Trevor Rodgers completed the front four with 21-16 and 21-17 victories. Colin Saville, continuing his improved form for the Vics won 21-13 and with both Mally Johnson and Ian Sherbrooke winning 21-16 the Vics were well on the way to victory. Mike Skipworth, bouncing back after Friday’s defeat, and Billy Atkinson both won 21-14 and Robby Franklin completed the evenings entertainment with a very close 21-20 to leave the Vics winners by the big margin of 58 shots and the extra point in the bag. A good performance away to Lever Club on Friday is now required to set us up for the Sansom Cup Final on Saturday.

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