16/07/2005 by admin.

The Vics Birkenhead League side returned to winning form last night with a 36 shot victory over Oxton Conservative Club. After struggling in their recent away fixture to Heswall R.B.L. and the double header with the mighty Higher Tranmere, the Vics had 8 winners at home on a green of many colours with Trevor Rodgers and Robby Franklin powering to 21-08 wins to set the Vics up nicely for a much needed win. Trevor, banishing all thoughts of last weeks shameful performance at Tranmere from his mind, produced his best form and Robby, showing no ill effects from Wednesday afternoons drubbing, displayed all the guile and touch he is well known for (an older version of Danny Harrison maybe?). Crusher recovered from a shaky start to cruise in 21-12 and Colin Saville showed glimpses of his devastating Wallasey League form when coming through 21-13. Shergar, after being slow out of the starting stalls and falling 07-12 down, galloped to an eventual 21-14 win. Mally Johnson won again. this time 21-16 to be almost unbeatable at the moment and with Dick Peake and Bob Jones posting 21-18 wins the Vics had done enough to triumph by 36 shots. Billy Atkinson was so confused by suffering another rare defeat, he managed to go home without his woods!! Good job Peter Dodd doesn’t leave his woods behind after a defeat, he might be bankrupt by now.!!

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16/07/2005 by admin.

With hopes high of a win and the extra point, the Vics afternoon “B” managed only the win at the end of the day against R.N.A. on Wednesday afternoon. The Vics, fielding a side without some of their regular players, managed a 23 shot victory but lost the aggregate by 9 shots. Club Chairman, Dave Bosworth impressed with a good 21-11 win that was closely followed by C.K.Pau winning 21-12. Eddie Dodd, stepping up this week, produced a fine 21-16 winning performance followed by a pair of 21-17 winners in Lawrie Blackburn and Paul Lomax. The Ibbotson brothers, Brian and Don, were both involved in very tight matches before triumphing 21-19 and the aggregate point was within reach for the Vics but unfortunately 3 losing cards were just too many to overcome. Skipper Don Ibbotson should however not be too disappointed as his side has performed well against the top two sides in recent weeks which augurs well for the back half of the season.

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16/07/2005 by admin.

The afternoon “A” team lost to Upton Victory Hall on Wednesday in a disappointing display that seriously damages their title hopes. On a patchy Upton green which was very fast in places, the Vics only managed 2 winning cards out of the 10 and there was even the shock sight of skipper Billy Atkinson losing his 1st League game this season. Mally Johnson once again impressed, when continuing his winning run for Vics sides, with an emphatic 21-06 win. Eddie Clayburn displayed his full range of skills when easily winning 21-09 but this was it for the Vics and displays like this are not good enough when they are pushing for the title. Elwyn Williams 16-21 and Peter Walker 18-21 fought hard in their games and with the shock of seeing Billy Atkinson losing, even though he pushed his opponent to 19-21, this was an afternoon to forget for the Vics. The only consolation was the 36 shot defeat saw the Vics claim the aggregate point.

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16/07/2005 by admin.

The Vics Wallasey League side produced another convincing performance to remain unbeaten in the League this season, when winning away at Quarry Vikings on Thursday night. Skipper Mally Johnson, in the enviable position of having plenty of players to choose from for this fixture, with the return of the previous night’s unavailable players, saw his side stride to a 72 shot win. With 11 winners out of 12 on the small Quarry green, the Vics were never in any danger of a surprise result being recorded. Crusher Sherbrooke, on one of his favourite greens, started the Vics wagon rolling with a 21-07 win followed closely by Anthony Thompson producing a 21-08 victory to leave everyone wondering how he managed to lose to Mally Johnson last week. Matty Gilmore, proving that he is hungry for the Vics to win this title again, had an easy 21-10 win and Eddie Clayburn continued to shine for the Vics with a 21-12 success. Robby Hall and Billy Atkinson posted a couple of 21-14 wins and Dave Gilmore and Ian Sherbrooke came through their games 21-15. Neil Sherbrooke and Robby Franklin were made to struggle a bit before both came out 21-16 winners. Skipper Mally Johnson continued his fine recent run of success with another win, this time 21-19 although he did throw away an 18-05 lead at one stage. Bernie Owen was the unfortunate loser for the Vics this time when he came up against another “Mustard ” bowler for the umpteenth time in his career. It is to be hoped Bernie never plays any one named Coleman as he will beaten before the game starts. Next up for the Vics a tough encounter in the Presidents Cup against Harrison Park when the handicappers will no doubt be giving them another another huge deficit to pull back.

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16/07/2005 by admin.

The Vics Wallasey League side had no difficulty in defeating nine man Marine Park at West Kirby on Wednesday night with all nine winners in the games played. The Vics, fielding a different side themselves for this game because of unavailable players, strolled through the match with Bernie Owen leading the way with a very easy 21-04 win. Mally Johnson cruised to an equally easy 21-06 victory and with Bob Jones winning 21-10 the writing was on the wall for Marine Park very early on. Ian Sherbrooke 21-12 was hardly troubled in his game and Eddie Clayburn came through a slightly harder encounter 21-14. There were a couple of tighter games where Elwyn Williams and Neil Sherbrooke had to stretch themselves, before both came out on top 21-15. It was left to Robby Franklin and Peter Walker to provide some excitement in this dreary match, when both had to overcome spirited challengers in very close 21-19 wins. With an overall winning margin of 137 shots and seemingly on their way to a fifth consecutive title the Vics will need tougher opposition to keep them tuned up for the vital return match against Queens Royal in 4 weeks time.

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