Glory for Lincolnshire in ten pin bowling
Lincolnshire's under-24 men's team ten pin bowling team struck gold at the Young Adults' Club Inter-County Championships in Peterborough.
The five-man team, managed by Gordon Machin, saw off the challenge of five other counties to win gold at the tournament for the very first time.
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The successful under-24 men's team.
Their female counterparts were also successful, winning the silver medal.
On the way to their wins, both teams broke the existing county record, for adults – the men racking up a huge 988 pins in a single game and the women, beating their previous best by 30 pins for a score of 860.
This was the first time that both teams had managed to win medals at the same time.
"There were some very strong teams in the competition," said the men's manager, Machin, whose hot-shots saw off Dorset, Lancashire, Middlesex, Norfolk and Surrey to win their prize.
"But we have a very good team as well, a team which includes internationals and they all played very well.
"The men's team achieved silver two years ago but to win the tournament for the first time is very special indeed."
Men's team: Jamie Cunningham, Arron Machin, David Jones (Captain), Gordon Machin (Team Manager), Scott Lowman, Glenn Robson, Tom Turner.
Women's team: Faye Elkington (Captain), Karen Kirkby, Kylie Bromley, Lauren Imms, Danni Hopcroft
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by Chris Duke, Newark
Friday, March 05 2010, 9:52PM
“Well done to the Young Adults for winning gold at Peterborough they are a part of a very strong bowling community in Lincolnshire which has won trophies at all levels recently which should be recognised.”
by Terry Jones, Lincoln
Friday, March 05 2010, 1:56PM
“It is about time that we had some news about tenpin bowling. Lincolnshire is currently strong at all levels, with many bowlers participating throughout the county.
Well done to all involved.”
by Wendy Payne, Scunthorpe
Friday, March 05 2010, 11:04AM
“Brilliant results for both Men and Ladies. Pleased to see something about Tenpin Bowling for a change. There are Thousands of us out here hungry for County news.”
by lou matthews, lincoln
Thursday, March 04 2010, 4:53PM
“its a fantastic result for lincolnshire , well done both teams, we have a few bowlers who have represented england a few times too, hope we here more about it.”
by Gill Hutchison, Lincoln
Wednesday, March 03 2010, 7:21PM
“Fantastic bowling as they had to make it through a very difficult qualifying round even to reach the final. Well done to bith teams.”