06/08/2005 by admin.

The Vics Birkenhead League side slaughtered Albany tonight with a crushing 91 shot victory to gain the aggregate point and wonder how, for the 2nd season in succession, they managed to lose the away fixture against these opponents. There were 6 “Crushers” on display with Ian Sherbrooke and Robby Franklin leading the way with emphatic 21-03 wins. Peter Dodd showed glimpses of the form he can produce at times, with an equally impressive 21-05 win. The original “Crusher” himself, Karl Sherbrooke, had an easy 21-07 win as did Dick Peake in another fine performance. Growler Saville didn’t have to utter much of his unique vocabulary in a quick fire 21-09 win to complete six single figure winners for the Vics on the night. Neil Sherbrooke was made to look ordinary tonight, this time only winning 21-10 and Bernie Owen gained revenge for his humiliation on Monday, with an aggressive 21-11 winning card. Albany produced a revival towards the end when they had 4 winners out of the last 5 cards, to keep the final tally down to 91 shots.

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06/08/2005 by admin.

Mally Johnson’s Wallasey league team returned to winning ways, after their Cup disappointment on Tuesday, with an easy 83 shot home win against Manor Road “B” last night. On a wet night at West Kirby, Neil Sherbrooke continued his unbelievable run this season with an extraordinary 21-01 win against the only player he has lost to this season. Matty Gilmore, displaying his hunger to win every game as quickly as possible, had an equally emphatic 21-03 win. Anthony Thompson, having to forget about any possible sweep after just one end, had a reasonably easy 21-07 victory and Robby Franklin, in winning 21-09, was back to his best at last after a few rocky performances. Billy Atkinson, having been up and down to the top park on errands for the skipper, showed no ill effects from all his running about, to post a fine 21-10 win. Trevor Rodgers, pushing for selection for the big Queens Royal fixture next Thursday, had a comfortable 21-11 win and Bernie Owen won his first game of the week in a good 21-14 display. Eddie Clayburn, punished by the skipper for turning up late, and thrown on at number 12 in the rain, still managed to overcome a difficult opponent in a 21-16 winning performance. It was a good job Eddie won because he had so many excuses for only winning 21-16, if he had lost, I would have had to write a book about his game. Ian Sherbrooke had to come through a tough match before winning 21-17 and Dave Gilmore came from 14-17 down to eventually win 21-19 in the closest game of the night. Dave Bosworth, turning out at the last minute because of a lack of players, performed creditably to only go down 16-21 in the end. Next up for the Vics is the title deciding showdown with Queens Royal on Thursday at Harrison Park. There will be no hiding place on the green and Mally will be expecting big performances from his top players to avoid any chance of losing a 62 shot lead.

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06/08/2005 by admin.

The afternoon “C” team put up a decent performance away to Manor Road “C” this afternoon before eventually losing by 19 shots. Chris Williams gave a superb display on the two paced Wallasey green to record a fine 21-07 victory. Reg Armitage, unders orders not to lose from his wife watching on the sidelines, duly obliged with a good 21-14 win. BerNARD Davies, as he now likes to be addressed, struggled to find a consistant pace but still came out on top with a hard earned 21-17 triumph. “Come along” Bill Powell was the constant shout from the secretary and Bill didn’t let me down by producing another “roll back the years performance” in a great 21-18 win. Bill Tottey and Tony Ryding put in decent away green performances in a pair of 16-21 defeats and Stan Evans once again defied the years with a spirited 17-21 showing after being 0-09 down. This was not a bad display from a much changed side yet again and a good home win next week should see the Vics take the extra point.

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