17/05/2005 by admin.

The Vics Birkenhead League Evening side lost to Gladstone again last night, this time going down by 34 shots at home on a damp green at West Kirby. The Vics only had a disappointing five winners out of twelve and just don’t seem to be able to offer a strong enough challenge to Gladstone. After a heavy defeat for the Vics on Friday, the loss of Karl Sherbrooke through illness, was the last thing the Vics needed in their attempt to pull back 66 shots. Bill Tottey valiantly filled in again at short notice but the writing was on the wall for the Vics with only three winners from the first ten blocks. Trevor Rodgers, withstanding some barracking from the opposition, came through 21-16 and skipper Ian Sherbrooke had a tough match before winning 21-18. Neil Sherbrooke kept up his 100% record winning 21-18 but there were no more winners till the last two on the green Billy Atkinson and Mally Johnson won their games. Billy won 21-16 and Mally won the sweep by producing a good 21-15 victory. Colin Saville 20-21, was the best of the rest with Dick Peake also playing quite well before losing 15-21. Special mention again for Bob Jones, a newcomer to the club, whose original plans to only play afternoon bowls were quickly altered. Bob was 12-07 up tonight before coming a cropper on a very short mark indeed to lose 13-21. The Vics need to keep their spirits up as Gladstone and Higher Tranmere are obviously way ahead of the rest in this league and we will have more good nights than bad during the rest of the season.

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17/05/2005 by admin.

The Vics Birkenhead Evening League side lost by 66 shots to a strong Gladstone Liberal Club on Friday night in a Division One away fixture. With only two winners on the night the Vics did well to keep the overall deficit down to 66 shots at the end of the match. Robby Franklin, thankful to see Danny Harrison only on the bench for Tranmere Rovers, celebrated by producing a vintage 21-10 victory. Neil Sherbroke continued his unbeaten start to the season with another fine win, this time running out a 21-16 winner. There were good performances by Karl Sherbrooke 20-21, Ian Sherbrooke 18-21 and Dick Peake also 18-21. Once again Bob Jones turned out at short notice and a big thanks to Bill Tottey, making his debut at this level, for covering for someone putting Tranmere Rovers before bowls. I wonder who that might have been?, suffice to say a miserable night was spent at Hartlepool with an arrival at home of 02-20 Saturday morning.

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17/05/2005 by admin.

The afternoon “C” team beat Heswall RBL “B” by a clear 35 shots at West Kirby on Friday afternoon but the margin of victory was not enough to claim the aggregate point. Eddie Dodd, showing his expertise after a guest appearance for the Vics Birkenhead Evening League Division One Side, trounced his opponent 21-03 in a masterful display. Reg Armitage showed a pleasing return to his known form with a comfortable 21-09 victory.Bill Spraggett finally back from his travels, won 21-10, closely followed by another victory for the formidable C.K.Pau, a 21-11 winner. Ernie Peers continued to impress for this team with a 21-12 win and Stan Evans defied the years with another victory, 21-16 this time. Bill Tottey, now fully recovered from his voluntary work in South Africa, had a difficult game before coming out on top 21-20, to complete 7 winners out of 10 for the Vics. A good performance again by the “C” team at home but away performances need to improve to gain the vital aggregate points need to gain a good league position. Andy Fergus again scored 19 in his game and a victory for him is surely not far away now.

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