MC Bowls Archive

MID CHESHIRE LADIES

Mid Cheshire Ladies Competitions

1993

Northwich Chronicle, 29th September.

Cindie McLean, who helped Winnington B to the 2nd division title, won the Mid Cheshire Ladies bowls league's Presidents cup trophy at Hartford on Sunday.

McLean beat Allison Gregory (Good Companions) 21-8 in the semi final before being stretched by Ruth Wheeldon (Haslington) in an exciting final.

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1997

Northwich Guardian, September 10th.

Mid Cheshire Ladies bowls Pairs competition saw S. Hough and P. Nield beat P. Kennedy and M. Washburn 21-16 in the final at Owley Wood.

Hough and Nield beat W. Allen and G. Burgess 21-11 in the semi final while Kennedy and Wasburn overcome R. Voinus and B. Massam 21-16.

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1999

Northwich Guardian, Thursday 24th June.

Winnington Park bowlers Sue Stokes and Jean Starkey collected the Mid Cheshire ladies pairs title after beating Eileen Bostock and Gill tench of Winsford Ladies.

they took the match 21-6 at Owley Wood on Sunday to win the title.

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2002

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Winsford Guardian, Wednesday 31st July.

Mid Cheshire ladies bowed out of the British County championships on Sunday. They edged out previously unbeaten Staffordshire by just one point in their final game of the season.

at the Beech Tree, the home leg brought eight Mid Cheshire winners, including a 21-6 for Norley's Joan Nicholas and a 21-7 from Julia Hayes on her own green. The total was 232-201, just enough to give overall victory as the away side lost 224-194.

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2003

Northwich Chronicle, 3rd September

LADIES KNOCKOUT

Slow & Easy were anything but in the Mid Cheshire Ladies league knockout final. They beat Coppenhall 209-164 at the Farmers Arms, Rudheath to collect the trophy, and this after conceding a 23 chalks start.

PAIRS TITLE

Ann Nield and Jackie Ollier defended the league pairs title at Owley Wood when they beat Joan Jackson and Sue Worrall (Winsford Ladies) 21-15.

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2008

LYN SCOOPS VETS PRIZE

Northwich Guardian, Wednesday 6th August.

Castle Private B's Lyn Rotherham won the veterans merit at Hartford last week. She defeated clubmate Margaret Summerfield 21-18 in a close final after edging a similary close encounter in the final four against Beech Tree's Julia Hayes. Pam plant (Castle Private) lost to Summerfield in the other semi final.

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2008

Mid Cheshire Chronicle, 17th September

Nicola Boulton who earlier this season became the first woman to win the Roberts bakery handicap cup scored a double triumph at Blackpool at the weekend.

On Saturday she won the Womens Talbot trophy at Raikes Hall beating Alyson Evans (Bedworth) 21-6 in the final, and topped that performance by beating Lynn Pritchatt (Chadmoor) 21-18 to win the Ladies Waterloo.

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2010

BACK TO BOWLING AS A CUP FINAL VICTOR

The Guardian, Wednesday 23rd June.

LADIES INDIVIDUAL MERIT.

A bowler has been crowned best in the league on her return to the sport after almost two decades away.

Underdog Lisa Kerford defied expectations to win the Mid Cheshire ladies leagues Individual merit after beating four top tier regulars at Moulton RBL.

She surprised even herself.

‘I went along for extra practice really’ said the Rudheath Private bowler. ‘I entered just for the experience as this is my first season back playing bowls for about 15 years. I never expected it to go so well’.

Kerford knocked out a trio of Beech Tree bowlers- Julia Hayes, Julie Green and Val Dale- on her way to the final, where she met Tamsin Birkett (Wharton Cons). There she built up a lead large enough to not have to worry about her opponent’s revival.

‘My approach to every game is the same- take whatever happens as it comes,’ said Kerford.

‘I knew I was playing well, so I just started each round with a clear head and took it from there. Even when Tamsin started to fight back I just stayed calm and refocused. It seemed to work’.

Her reward is to represent the league at the British Crown green ladies bowling association’s champion of champion’s tournament at Blackpool’s Waterloo Hotel in September.

Kerford added,’ I can’t wait; not everyone gets the chance to play there so I want to make the most of it’.

Had it not been a chance trip to Northwich to watch a fried play in a pool match at the Middlewich Road venue earlier in the year, then her story may have been different.

‘I’m here purely by chance’, she laughed. ‘I spotted the bowling green when I came over and was just in time to sign up for the start of the season. I was ready to start playing again so thought ‘why not? I’ll give it a go. Her team mates are glad she did’.

Rudheath top division three after six matches and Kerford has won every block she has played to date.

She added ‘I’m just happy to be out there playing again’.

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2010

CLOSE CONTEST

Northwich Guardian, Wednesday 25th august.

Winnington pair Jean Starkey and Jackie Ollier edged a close final at Owley Wood on Sunday to clinch the pairs title.

Their narrow 21-20 success against Beech tree's Val Dale and Julie Green was a fitting finale. Hazel Lightfoot and Angela Forster (Lady Owls) plus Pat Kennedy and Gill Tench (Wharton Cons) reached the semi finals.

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2010

LADIES SUFFER

Northwich Guardian, Wednesday 22nd September.

Mid Cheshire ladies missed out on making their Waterloo cup dream a reality as they lost out to South Yorkshire on a rainy Saturday in Blackpool.

 Their opponents victory m,argin was 91 chalks.

'There was good bowling on the day from both teams', said Lyn Rankin.

'Unfortunately the rainfall that started halfway through the match helped them, not us, and we just couldn't make up the difference.'

Joan Nicholas (Norley) filled in for Ellie Winnington.

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2012

CONS REACH SEMIS

Northwich Guardian, Wednesday 25th April.

Wharton Cons reached the last four of Sunday's British crown green ladies bowling association club championships.

The Mid Cheshire ladies league champions bowed out against eventual champions Haunchwood, from North Warwickshire, after topping the table in the group stages at Shrewsbury.

Wins against Wrockwardine Wood and Villacroft secured the Winsford team's spot in the semi final of the competition.

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2012

NORLEY DUO WINS

Northwich Guardian, Wednesday 29th August.

Cindie McLean and Rose walker emerged victorious at the end of Sunday's Charity pairs competition. The Norley duo defeated kathy Chadwick and Annie Jones, from Castle Private, in the final at the Beech Tree, Barnton.

They proved too strong for another Castle duo, Helen Goadby and Ellie Winnington in the last four.

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2012

EMMA RETAINS THE PRESIDENTS CUP

Northwich Guardian, Wednesday 26th September.

Champion Emma Earlam successfully defended her presidents cup title at Hartford on Sunday. The Castle private regular proved too strong for opponent Pat Kennedy (Wharton Cons) in the showpiece, easing to a 21-6 win to get her hands on the silverware for a second time.

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2013

NEWHOUSE RINGS IN THE CHANGE

Northwich Guardian, Wednesday 21st August.

There is a new name on the Mid Cheshire Ladies league veterans merit trophy after norley's Pat Newhouse edged out clubmate Cindie McLean in Thursday's final. She ran out a 21-15 victor at Barnton's Beech Tree.

Viv raddy, from Castle Private, and Barnton's Joan Bradshaw completed the semi final line up.

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2014

FOUR IN A ROW

Northwich Guardian, Wednesday 3rd September.

Wharton Cons won the Mid Cheshire Ladies team knockout for the fourth successive season on Sunday.

The Winsford outfit, currently on course to finish first in division one, beat Norley 200-137 at Mere in Knutsford

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2014

JACKSON AGAIN

Northwich Guardian, Wednesday 10th September.

Wharton Cons Joan Jackson and Hazel Williams emerged as victors of the Mid Cheshire Ladies league Pairs on Sunday.

They defeated clubmates Tamsin Birkett and Pat Kennedy in the final at Owley wood. It marks the second time Jackson has won the pairs title after she teamed up with Mary pritchard in 2008.

Sue Bellamy and Pam Naughton from Castle private B, and Castle Private a's Ellie Winnington and Emma Earlam exited at the semi final stage.

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2014

EARLAM JOY

Northwich Guardian, Wednesday 1st October.

Castle private's Emma Earlam captured the Mid Cheshire Ladies league's President cup for the third time on Sunday.

She defeated Cindie McLean, of Norley, on her own green to get her hands on a title she has now won in three of the last four years. Earlam had defeated Lady Owls Angela Forster in the semi finals.

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2015

Northwich Guardian, Wednesday 2nd September

MOULTON'S DAY

Moulton prevented Wharton Cons from claiming a fifth successive victory in the Mid Cheshire Ladies leagues team knockout on Sunday.

The division two underdogs were crowned as victors for the first time, making the most of a 90 chalk handicap to win by 17 points.

Margaret Burmah, with a 21-10 card, was their star turn, ending Cons hopes of a league and cup double.