08/07/2005 by admin.

The Vics Birkenhead League side found a 60 shot handicap 6 shots too many on Wednesday night, when despite 8 winners for the Vics, it was Wallasey RBL who progressed to the next round. Trevor Rodgers 21-06, Neil Sherbrooke 21-07, Robby Franklin 21-08 and skipper Ian Sherbrooke 21-08 had looked to have done enough to send the Vics through to the next round and together with Mally Johnson winning 21-10, Karl Sherbrooke 21-13, Bob Jones 21-18 and Peter Dodd 21-19, the Vics should have done enough but the four losing cards 12-21, 14-21, 16-21 and 17 -21 saw Wallasey RBL go through by 6 shots eventually. A disappointing result for the Vics but maybe with such a small squad to choose from a blessing in disguise we don’t have any more extra matches to play.

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08/07/2005 by admin.

The Vics afternoon “B” team lost by 32 shots at R.N.A. on Wednesday but still gave themselves a chance of the extra point in the retun next week. On the small and difficult R.N.A. green, the Vics had just 3 winners on the day but with everyone reaching double figures all is not lost for next week. Ernie Peers, still producing the goods, home and away, was a 21-17 winner this time. Brian Ibbotson also won 21-17 and Dave Bosworth produced his best display for a few weeks with a hard fought 21-18 win. Paul Lomax and Ian Cameron both put in good performances before going down 16-21 and Lawrie Blackburn bowled well to only lose 17-21. C.K.Pau was even closer in a tough match eventually losing 18-21. All these close games kept the Vics within touching distance for a hopeful win and aggregate point next week.

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08/07/2005 by admin.

The Vics Wallasey League side produced a Royal performance last night, in defeating Queens Royal by 62 shots at West Kirby to send the visitors home ” not amused” by their title chances. With revenge in mind for the recent Harold Jones defeat to Royal and vital points required to keep up their relentless quest for a fifth consecutive title, the Vics stormed into an early lead when the Sherbrooke brothers Neil and Karl came in with 21-09 and 21-11 cards respectively. A crushing performance from Karl and a derby performance by Shergar allied to a much closer win from Dave Gilmore, 21-18, ensured the Vics the early advantage of a 21 shot lead from the front four. Robby Hall, justifying the faith put in him by skipper Mally Johnson, produced a brilliant 21-06 victory and with Anthony O’Neill 21-14 and Robby Fitzpatrick 21-20, also producing winning cards the overall lead rose to 40 shots after the middle four. Matty Gilmore produced a display to match Robby Hall’s with another superb 21-06 win and with Robby Franklin and Billy Atkinson posting good 21-13 and 21-16 winning displays, the Vics had triumphed by 62 shots at the end of the match to enable them to take a huge advantage over Royal for the away fixture on August 11th. Next up for the Vics, Marine Park at home on Wednesday.

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