The county Middleton Cup team are due to play their third and final match in this years series.
The match will be played against Buckinghamshire and will be played at Cove Bowling Club in Hampshire.
Following our disappointing start to this years competition, one or two changes have been made to the squad:
Adam Clark, Bertie Everson (both Cowes Medina) Paul Barker (Plessey) and Paul Dickinson(Cowes Medina) John Pearce (Plessey) Steve Crockett (Totland Bay), Ian Morey (Shanklin) and Phil Turner (Ventnor) Derek Deacon (Shanklin) Fred Rylands,CVhris New and Peter Furmidge (Cowes Medina) Ryan Trigg, Robbi Hayes, Keith Beckett and Richard Jeffrey (all Shanklin) Sam Lines Ventnor), Chris Noble (Warner), Paul Attrill (Westland) and Alan Best (Ventnor) Simon New (Cowes Medina), Travis Meller (Shanklin), John Crews (Plessey) and Darren Grifith (Cowes Medina) Reserves: Martin Butchers (Plessey) and Jack Berry (Shanklin)
NATIONAL COMPETIONS
The National Competitions are now coning to a conclusion, we are fortunate to have severalm players and clubs still involved
Men’s 0ver 55 singles
John Pearce (Plessey) 21 v Peter Knight (Plessey) 4
John now goes on to play Micheal Beales of Knyverton Park B C in Bournemouth
Men’s over 55 Pairs
Barry Simpson and Ron Sleep (Ventnor) 24 v David Jones and Fred Rylands 14
Barry & Ron now go forward to play Jim Heard of Fleming Park B C in Eastleigh
Club Two Fours
Cowes Medina A 46 Shanklin A 26
Cowes now play Bournemouth B C in the next Round
Top Club
Ventnor A 3 Plessey B 2 Ventnor went on to play Atherley B C of Southampton and unfortunately lost by 5 – 0
COUNTY COMPETITIONS
All of the Men’s County Competitionas have reached the semi-final stages. The semi finalists are:
Singles
Myles Farrington (Plessey v John Marsh (Shanklin)
Simon New (Cowes Medina) v Travis meller (Shanklin)
Pairs
John Crews & Martin Butchers (Plessey) v Adam Clark & Paul Dickinson (Cowes medina)
Phil Brooks & Alan Bell (Shanklin) v Barry Bridgeman & Phil Turner (Ventnor)
Triples
Guiseppi Cretella, David Fredericks & Alan Coleman (Ryde Marina) v Jack Berry, Ian Morey & Bruce Marks (Shanklin)
Adam Clark, Paul Dickinson & Darren Griffith (Cowes Medina) v Tony Partridge, Chris new & Peter Furmidge (Cowes Medina)
Fours
Travis Meller, David Jones, Keith Becjkett & Richard Jeffery (Shanklin) v Simon New, Ben mackett, Chris New & Peter Furmidge (Cowes Medina)
Andrew Nightingale, Tony Augustus, Fred Rylands & Dave Gustar (Cowes Medina) v John Wilkins, Jack Berry, Phil Brooks & Robbi Hayes (Shanklin)
Under 25 singles
Robbi Hayes (Shanklin) v Travis Meller (Shanklin)
Adam Clark (Cowes Medina) v Jack Berry (Shanklin)
