The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
Talented Spalding Indoor Bowls Club ace Jordan Philpott has retained the Spalding Junior Open singles title – and banked the £350 prize money to boot.
With 24 of some of the best young players in the country in action, a round robin format of Premier Three style matches determined final group standings, with the top two in each pool qualifying for the quarter finals.
The last eight saw Tom Hall beat Jack Wells 2-0, Chelsea Tomlin see off Ben Wilson 2-1, Kieran Crane dispatch Connor Cinato 2-0 and Philpott knock out Rhys Hill.
The open draw for the semis saw Hall pitched against Crane and an all Spalding tie, with Philpott playing Tomlin. Both matches were hard fought, but both were settled in straight sets, with Philpott and Hall victorious.
With the title up for grabs, a nip and tuck match was again settled in straight sets, with Philpott retaining his title.
The tournament was generously sponsored by Stonehaven Care Home and was played at the Castle Sports Complex.
- Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s friendly bowlers defeated a team comprising of the Lincolnshire Vice Presidents 138-74 in a recent home match.
All of the rinks were fiercely contested early on, but the home side gradually edged ahead from the fifth rink onwards.
Spalding won on four of the rinks, with the best one being a 39-8 triumph from Sue Maltby, Grace Scott, Ken Challans and skip Roger Perkins, who was also captain for the day.
- Spalding IBC’s ladies lost to a strong York team in the quarter-finals of the National Club Knockout Competition in a match played at Newark.
- Spalding IBC’s ladies also lost their latest county match 100-96 at Skegness, taking four of the 12 match points on offer. Best winning rink for Spalding comprised of J Patterson, V Elms, M Wheatley and Barbara Hurst.
