Match Report: we 27/07/25
Added: Monday 28th July 2025 9:32 am
Match Reports
Competing in the latter stages of the County competition the Herne Bay triple of Chris Dawson, Joe Kelly and Grant Allen won their quarter final against VCD but lost the semi final to Appleyard. Bay were confirmed winners of the Forest of Blean league with one game remaining winning all of the 6 triples played against Faversham. Bay managed to win the overall score against Thanet in the East Kent Mixed Triples league by 8 shots. Ray Chipperfield, Lyn Phillips and Bill Robb were losing 4-15 after 11 ends but staged a remarkable recovery to win 22-16. There were big wins for Jacqui Cooper, Peter Bampton, John Holland 22-11 and Peter Mann, Ronnie Phillips, Tony Bishop 24-10 giving Bay 5 of the 8 points available.
Herne Bay 128 Faversham 77 ( Forest of Blean League)
Dave Harris, Tony Knibbs, Brian Bridges 25-9 Dave Knight, Bob Day, Scott Whiting 16-14 Russell Cooper, Bob Baldwin, Bill Robb 25-14 Dave McNeely, John Toms, Eddie Allen 25-12 Peter Hogston, Mo Tipper, Jim Watson 21-15 Ged Higgins, Stuart Emert, Chris Dawson 16-13
Herne Bay 101 Thanet 93 (East Kent Mixed Triples League)
Ray Chipperfield, Lyn Phillips, Bill Robb 22-16 Dave Knight, Anita Harding, Tony Knibbs 10-16 Jacqui Cooper, Peter Bampton, John Holland 22-11 Peter Mann, Ronnie Phillips, Tony Bishop 24-10 Edie Nicholls, Paul Evans, Russell Cooper 11-15 Peter Hogston, Marianne Offer, Brian Bridges 12-25
Birchington 111 Herne Bay 104 (Catherine Wheeler League)
Shaun Green, Pam Head, John Offer 12-28 Pat Knight, Paul Evans, Jim Watson 14-21 Dave Knight, John Toms, Lyn Phillips 20-14 Peter Hogston, Marianne Offer, Russell Cooper 17-17 Mary Watson, Stuart Emert, Bill Robb 20-18 Anita Harding, John Locke, John Holland 21-13
Herne Bay 118 Kingfisher 110 (Mixed match)
Pat Pout, Denise Whybrow, Peter Nash, Tony Bishop 17-10 Richie Callanan, Dave Stuart, Dave Parker, Dawn Harris 16-21 Shaun Green, George Johnson, Ronnie Phillips, Brian Gisby 25-10 L Brown, Pauline Hougham, Alan Jordan, Jeff Graham 19-19 Jan Starkey, Tony Ackland, Sheila McDowell, John Offer 13-25 Pat Knight, Sue Grogan, Alan Kent, Jim Watson 14-13 John Grogan, Gill Baker, Dave Brice, Derek Judd 14-12
Herne Bay 106 Woodlands Park 80 (Mixed match)
John Grogan, Peter Nash, Marianne Offer 13-16 John Dryland, Ronnie Phillips, Mike Head 17-18 Edie Nicholls, Alan Kent, Jim Watson 20-9 Alan Jordan, Joyce Whitlock, John Offer 23-5 Sue Grogan, Gill Baker, Tony Rowson 16-19 Pat Knight, Dave Brice, Tony Knibbs 17-13