Finals (1)
Boor & Wainwright Shield Final: 30th August 2025
Blackstones D, from Division1, faced Market Deeping Regals, from Division 2, in the final of the Boor & Wainwright Shield competition this afternoon, played at Blackstones Bowls Club. Blackstones D had the home advantage, but Market Deeping Regals had the benefit of a handicap of 12 shots - 4 shots per rink. Blackstones D made steady inroads into this handicap, catching and overtaking Regals by the 7th end, with a score of 25 - 22 overall. Regals managed to equalise at 25 - 25 in the next end but, after that, the Blackstones team gradually pulled ahead, to finish with a final total score of 63 to Regals' 46.
Regals did not go down without a fight, holding Blackstones to very close results on two of the rinks. On rink 3, Regals were ahead for the first 8 ends, then managed a recovery after falling 5 shots behind by the 17th end. On rink 4, Regals led for the whole game until Blackstones equalised at 18 - 18 in the 20th end and then snatched victory by a single shot in the final end. Rink 2 was Regals' undoing, with Blackstones winning 14 of the 21 ends after preventing Regals from scoring on 7 consecutive ends.
Rink 2: Mal Mitchell, Darren Russell and Jon Earl - 26; Chris Bines, Malcolm Matthews and David Roberts - 12.
Rink 3: Rita Downs, Terry Smith and Darren Middleton - 18; Michael Smith, Paul Gillender and Trevor Cummins - 16.
Rink 4: Wayne Morris, Dusty Miller and Sam Downs - 19; Viv Evans, David Wilkinson and Julie Nolan - 18.
Blackstones teams listed first.
