Ten Pin Bowling Sports Section
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Ten-Pin Bowling Sports Section
By Secretary Mrs Carol Barter
Police Sport UK National Event - May 2009
As I came second last year after winning the title in the two previous years, I was determined not to let my concentration slip this time.
We, that is my husband John and myself, left Blackpool at 08.00 on the morning of Tuesday 5th May and headed for Norfolk. The sat-nav took us on what it ‘thought’ was the quickest route, via the M62 and the A1. It took us about seven and a half hours due to all the traffic jams and the inevitable road works. I then discovered I was due to bowl at five, so we checked into our room and I grabbed a quick shower.
I managed a 200 for the first game, following it with a 176 and a 215 and the resulting total put me 107 pins ahead of my nearest competitor. This was no reason to relax as Jo Green, the 2008 champion was watching me like a hawk and seemed to be quite determined to retain her title.
Dinner was up to the usual high Potters standard, then we headed for an early night as the long drive had taken it’s toll.
After a light breakfast, I was back on the lanes for the second session at 09.00 and this time I opened with a 220 and managed to push my lead over the pack to 210 pins.
As there was nothing planned for the afternoon, we wandered downstairs and went in for a general knowledge quiz, winning a bottle of bubbly for our efforts. (It went down well with a litre of fresh orange juice)
The third round was on Thursday morning and I managed to hold my position at the top of the table. Jo green had hurt her middle finger, but it didn’t stop her bowling. Gutsy woman that one.
The step-ladder final commenced at 14.00 hrs so I was confined to the role of spectator as the right to play in the final was contested by those in positions 2 to 5.
The actual final was between Donna Stundon from the Cambridgeshire force and myself and although it was not a particularly high scoring game, it was quite even until the last frame where I managed to put in a strike whilst Donna ‘pulled’ the shot and left a very awkward split that she failed to convert, so I won by a score of 162 to 132, taking the trophy for the third time in four years. (Phew!)
The presentation was held before dinner that evening and the trophy was presented to me by Norfolk’s Chief Constable Ian McPherson.
Once again a thoroughly enjoyable experience and I would like to thank Steve Broadbent for all his help, and also the Sports and Social Club at Hutton for their generous assistance with my chosen sport.
We are looking for new competitors from the Club to take part in the 2010 Championships held in early May. Please contact me if you are interested.
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Ten-Pin Bowling Sports Section
By Secretary Mrs Carol Barter
Carol Barter was runner up in the Police Sport UK National Championships event in Norfolk in May 2008. Having won the title in 2007 she hopes to regain it again in May 2009.
Carol also gained the order of merit from the British police tenpin bowling association for the year of 2008.
Lancashire Constabulary’s Volleyball Section have once again competed in the Lancashire Volleyball League and the PSUK Volleyball Championships. Here is a short summary of how the season took shape.
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By Secretary Mrs Carol Barter
For the first tournament of the year was run by the West Midlands Police and was held in Tamworth on March 8th, we entered a full team. This consisted of: Brian Gowrie, George Flanagan, P.S. Brian Stanley and myself, with George and I entering the singles events. Tamworth is only 125 miles away and we all went in the same car. I made it to the semi-final, but that was the best we could do on the day.
The next event we competed in was the Police Sports UK at Potters in Norfolk. This was a three-day event contested between the 8th and 10th of May. The venue is in a remote spot and it’s a 552 mile round trip, but we arrived on the Tuesday in good time to compete in the first rounds. We used my car, with my husband doing the driving.
Brian Gowrie and I competed in both the singles and doubles events and I managed to retain the Ladies title for Lancashire, beating Julia Thomas of the Derbyshire Constabulary in the final.
There was a second tournament held in Great Yarmouth on the 11th of May, only a few miles from Potters, so Brian and I arrived there at 09.15 to compete. This proved to be a reversal of the Potters result, with Julia Thomas beating me to the title by a single pin.
In June there was a tournament in Dunstable, but as no-one else was available to bowl from Lancashire, I entered on my own.
The final contest of the year was in Leeds and PC Ben Porter and I entered in both the doubles and the singles events, but I’m afraid the best we could do was that I came second in the: All Events.
There were several other Police Tournaments during the year, but as all the Lancashire bowlers had other commitments and they were not contested by us.
Sadly, apart from Potters, Lancashire will not be contesting any of the Police tournaments out of the North-West area in 2008, as sponsorship has been withdrawn in order to reduce our ‘Carbon Footprint’.
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By Secretary Mrs Carol Barter
May 3rd 2006
For me, the year started when Steve Broadbent booked me into the PSUK 3-day event at Potters in Norfolk. This event was quite difficult as I did not know what to expect and the meals, which were at set times, often seemed to coincide with the times the bowling was set for. However, a diet of sandwiches seemed to do me the world of good, as I won the Ladies singles event, a substantial trophy for which resides in a cabinet on the eighth floor of the Central Police Station in Blackpool. I hope that I can defend this championship in 2007.
Potters was the start of my assault on the trail of the British Police Tenpin Association League of tournaments, the lone Lancashire Constabulary bowler.
July 2006
The next tournament was in Hertfordshire, a 1-day event contested over nine games, in which I came 2nd in the Female – All-events section.
Sept 2006
The Northants competition and once again I came 2nd in the all events.
Oct 2006
Tunbridge Wells for the National Singles event. I made the semi-finals in this one.
Worthing was next for the Sussex round and once again I was placed second in the female all events.
Nov. 2006
Leeds in West Yorkshire.
For the first time I managed to get a 4 man team together to represent Lancashire. PC Ben Porter and I won the doubles event, and once again I came 2nd in the female all events to the same Yorkshire policewoman. Hopefully I’ll beat her more than once next year.
The camaraderie amongst all the teams contesting the police championships is fantastic. My husband is a tenpin bowling coach who normally teaches in Blackpool and he has been training our team in his spare time. I have at least another three people interested in joining the Lancashire police team, so I hope that next year we can really make our presence felt in both the police tenpin bowling and the PSUK events.
I would like to add that all the tournaments are on a weekday. All of the team have taken own leave .
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By Secretary PC Jeanette Wilson
I have just taken over as secretary of the section and hope to compete in the PSUK Table Tennis Championships in Norfolk in May 2006.
I am looking for new members to compete in the various indoor games disciplines in 2006 / 2007. These include table tennis, darts, pool, billiards and ten-pin bowling.
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There has been no activity during 2004 mainly due to Dave Newton retiring. We are currently trying to re-kindle the section and are looking for a new secretary.
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By Secretary PS Dave Newton
PS Newton retired from the force during 2003 and no one has taken up his post as secretary.
There are a number of Police Sport UK indoor games competitions including table tennis, snooker and darts. Anyone who may be interested in taking up the role as secretary with a view to re-kindling interest in the force should come forward.
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By Secretary PS Dave Newton
During the last year the Indoor Games Section has had a limited involvement in competitions.
PS David Newton lost in both the (Table Tennis) Men's Singles and Veteran Singles semi-finals of the PAA National Championships held at Potters Leisure Resort, Norfolk March 2002 (home of the World Indoor Bowls Champs). This was
his last championship as a serving officer retired 31.3.02. However he intends to continue playing in the retired singles event.
He has won the Men's Singles event once, Men's Doubles once and the Veterans Singles event 3 times over the years. He also represented the Great Britain team against a very strong Sweden side (former European team champions) in March, winning 2 out of 4 matches.
David has just been selected as coach to the Great Britain team at the forthcoming Europeans Police Table Tennis Championships being held in Lille, France in June 2003.
During recent years there has been a decided decline in members of the force wishing to take part in Snooker, Darts or Billiards, can a item be placed on orders for any member who wishes to take part in any future events to contact myself via Steven Broadbent.
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By Secretary PS Dave Newton
PS Dave Newton competed in both the PAA and 5 Nations' table tennis scoring well in both veterans' events.
