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In the quarter-finals Ryan Fox beat Hevingham’s David Sharpe by 12-7. Robert Howlett
31 beat Halvergate’s Jason Woods 10-9, Howlett had trailed throughout and went into the
last end 9-7 down but drew in three lovely woods on the last end to reach the semi-finals.
Halvergate’s Robbie Lamb beat East Tuddenham’s Melvin Woods by 10-7 and Heving-
ham’s Steve Hall beat Halvergate’s David Lamb 9-6. David Lamb’s run of reaching four succes-
sive Bure Singles Finals came to an end as he failed to find the weight of the mat playing too
many short bowls. In the semi-finals Ryan Fox proved too hot for Steve Hall to handle as he
reached the final with a 14-8 win. Robert Howlett beat Robbie Lamb in the other semi-final beat-
ing Robbie Lamb 12-5 with an end to spare.

Based on UK Government policy and NHS guidance the ESMBA
Management Committee has decided to postpone all forthcoming events
until further notice starting with the ICC semi-finals on 14/15 March. The
ESMBA Management Committee has also taken into account the ageing
player population and that the events will be held indoors in a close de-
fined area.
The current thinking is to re-arrange the diary for September 2020
(hopefully), and play the ICC and National Championships in the first two weeks of September.
Great Houghton
Great Houghton
News - 2019
News - 2019
Was Great
Was Great
During the Summer when the
Sun comes out and the days
are longer some Short Mat
Bowlers decide to go & play
outside, BUT not at Great
Houghton we play Short Mat all
the year round!
So, when the NSMBA
(Northants) ask for entries for
the 2019 Summer League,
Great Houghton sign up imme-
diately! There were 5 Teams
entered, but at least that’s 8 matches instead of “Rolling Up” all the Summer!
The format was Singles and Fours before the break, then Pairs & Triples after the
break, with 2 points awarded for each mat win and then 2 bonus points for the Team with
most cumulative points. So, after a number of years playing in this Summer league Great
Houghton went and WON IT! A fantastic achievement, with all the Players making a pos-
itive contribution!
Then every year the NSMBA put on a Fours Tournament for the Age UK Charity and
the Winners receive the Earl Spencer Memorial Cup. Great Houghton usually put a Team
into this Tournament, but this year (2019) the Team of Andy Odell, Sally Canavan, Mark
Canavan, & Margaret Jones won all four of their matches and had a shot difference of
over +40, which meant they were the Team with the best record & consequently won The
Cup! Overall, the Day was a great success with £450 being raised for Age UK!
This win meant that Great Houghton won 4 Trophies in total over the year 2019! An
unprecedented achievement in the Club’s history, which will be very hard to repeat but
we are up for the challenge! Finally, a couple noteworthy points – In July The Team played
in the ESMBA Top Team qualifier at Solihull Bowls Club and went and qualified for the
Top Team Tournament at the Toorak Hotel, date to be arranged.