Colin Foster, Kevin Fitzgerald and Paul Whellams beat a strong triple from Elm Park.
Men’s County Semi-Finals Woes
Central’s excellent run the the singles, triples and fours county competitions came to a shuddering halt at the semi-finals day held at Essex County BC.
In the morning Kevin Fitzgerald played the perfect game for three quarters of his game against Peter Ayling. However, in the last quarter, with Kevin only needing a few shots for victory, Ayling dragged himself back from 8 shots down to take the lead and ultimately run out the winner.
Also in the morning Central’s triple of Keith Lloyd, Mick Bird and Len Welton were always behind and didn’t threaten the Larsen team’s early lead.
Then in the afternoon the four of Colin Jones, Dave Waters, Paul Woodford and Mitch Brenner out played their opponents from Bocking Alliance for most of the game but were undone on a single end when they dropped a seven. That allowed Bocking to leap into the lead and despite Central’s good play in the last few ends they lost by a single shot.
Three Men And A Bowl
Keith, Mick and Len win their County Triples Quarter Final
Elementary, My Dear Fitzgerald
Kevin Fitzgerald progresses in the singles, sweeping aside Mark Wilson 21-4
Joyce Hosts Her President’s Day
The summer finally arrived just in time for a “drive” of 18 ends followed by an American Tea
Unbadged Players Progress in Ivan Fennell Double Fours
Central eased past South Woodford in the Group 5 unbadged competition. The teams finished prey level away, but a resounding victory at home, including some excellent woods from stalwarts Henry Seabrook and Peter Norgate, took us through.
A Big Week In The Men’s County Comps – Part 4
An all Central tie meant that there would be guaranteed representation in the quarter final of the County Fours.
Things were pretty level until the last third of the match, when a 3 for Mitch’s team swung the game in their favour, giving them a lead they managed to hang on to until the end of the game
A Big Week In The Men’s County Comps – Part 3
Len “Up To Three Times A Day” Welton, Keith Lloyd and Mick Bird beat a trio from Fords to progress to the Quarter Finals of the County Triples, helped in no small part by Len’s consistently brilliant play.
A Big Week In The Men’s County Comps – Part 2
Another tight game, but the Paul and Kevin always seemed to be playing catch up to the pair from Wivenhoe who progress to the next round.
A Big Week In The Men’s County Comps – Part 1
Central’s Kevin Fitzgerald won through the latest round of the County singles, beating Falcon BC’s Andrew Squire 21-20 in a tense match on Monday that lasted over two hours.
Squire, one of the County’s foremost bowlers, took an early lead in the first few ends, but Kevin clawed this back, and for the middle section of the game the scores were pretty level. It wasn’t until the 18th end that there was decisive swing in the Central player’s favour. Three shots on that end gave him a 18-15 lead. Squire countered with two shots on the next, then they traded singles in the next few ends. At 19-18 Squire upped the pressure and was on at least one occasion holding game, but a few key woods from Fitzgerald and couple of occasions where woods fell in his favour meant that the game went down to the wire at 20 all.
On what was to be the final end Squire again put the pressure on straight from his first bowl which finished little more than a foot directly in front of the jack. Another tight head ensued with Squire making Fitzgerald’s job more difficult with more well placed short woods. Then Squire’s final wood of the end made the jack visible again. This spurred Fitzgerald into playing a little weight and he managed to find a way through two short woods to trail the jack and count the single he needed to win the game.
Fitzgerald continues Central’s good form in the County singles over the last few years, and goes on to play Mark Wilson of local rivals Ilford in the quarter finals of the competition.
