At last the format, dates and venues for the 2003/4 Trials has been decided.
Anyone NOT wishing to be considered for either adult squad will bowl 6 games at Burnley on the 12th 19th or 26th October.

All bowlers of any age group who DO wish to trial for the adult squads will bowl 8 games at Burnley on one of the above dates plus 8 games at Worsley on the 23rd or 30th November.

Anyone who enters the adult section who is also in another section (YAC junior or senior) will pay the adult entry fee only with the first 6 games at Burnley being taken for their "age group" trials scores and all 16 for the adult squad.

Closing date for entries will be midnight on 9th of October for all squads - NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR ANY REASON.

Entry forms will be available shortly and it is hoped to have a "downloadable" entry form on the forum site. No on line entries can be accepted as entry fee MUST be sent with entries.

Each adult squad will be the top 15 scores over the total of 16 games bowled at the two centres - There will be no wild cards.

Edited by author 09-13-2003 06:42 PM
 CONGRATULATIONS to ZARA in becoming a world champion .
 Well done to Chris for the 300 game.


 Phil A . Could you give me a break down to the cost of the trials.

The cost of the trials will depend on which section you are entering.

Juniors, Yacs, and Seniors will pay £18.00 (6 games)
Adults will pay £40.00 (16 games) Any bowler who enters the Adult Section will pay this price, but if they are eligible for another section, the first 6 games will count as their score in that section. They will pay the Adult charge and nothing else.

I hope this is clear.

Can someone explain why we have a trial in October for a tournament that will be played 11 months later. If we had the trials next summer we would get a team that was on form plus bowling centres are usually empty in the summer so we might get cheaper linage and so lower the cost of entry.

Carl,

The reason the trials are held in October/November is because the County does not only enter teams in the Adult Division. There are people trialling for the Juniors, Seniors and YACs as well. The Junior County Championships range from Decembr this year to I think it is September next year. The YAC County Championships are held in February and the 1st round of the Seniors is held I think in June. The squads for the Adult Counties have to be with Bob Blaber by around 30th June, so trials held in the summer (I presume you mean around July) would not be much good, as the closing date for squad names has already passed.

I hope this answers your question.

CONGRATULATIONSonce again to Zara - DOUBLE WORLD CHAMPION.

Zara, together with Kirsten Penny have just won the Word Championship in the Doubles, bowling a staggering 2737.

Zara avraged 222 and Kirsten averaged 233.


They have also (as far as I can tell) broken 3 world records: The 1 game records - 513 (previously 504), the 3 game record (twice) - 1360, 1377 (previously 1337) and the 6 game record - 2737 (previously 2595). Their team average over the 6 games was 228!!!

Well done girls, keep it going.

just read about the trials. What happens if you dont get enough adult male or female bowlers trial because of the cost? will the teams then be made up of yac's and seniors as they have in the past.

Can the trails for the Adults and Seniors be held later, as we seem to be falling in with the youngsters because they bowl their county games earlier than us. As carl says 11 months is a long time, i was talking to Bob Blaber in Dublin at the weekend and he says there are lots of teams who dont play their trails till May and June..why cant we as we did before this year.

Karen, no we couldn't do that unfortunately, and it wouldn't be fair on those who had paid out for the full adult section if someone who had just paid for their age group was allowed to bowl in the team.
Mo - we cannot split the trials into two sections in that way (ICC rules) it all has to be done at the same time, and as all the other 10 teams need to trial earlier than the adults they really should (as the majority) take preference.
I will say that I would expect the top 15 to be the best bowlers in the county taken they are bowling on 2 days over 2 centres and a total of 16 games. With 15 to choose from, Chris and I should be able to find 7/8 on form bowlers from 15 without difficulty

Alan Ward

Congratulations Alan on your 300 well bowled, long time coming but worth the wait, now you can retire and let some of us others win something (LOL)

Well done mate!

Who was on the end of the thrashing by wardy?. Congrats Alan on your 1st perfect game.

Nice one Alan, that should keep your opposition from getting to carried away with his scores - hehehehe.
Your first but not last I am sure
WELL DONE!!!!

Slinky.

Alan lost his match 6-3.
Alan 187 300 236 = 723
Robin 256 267 265 = 788

well done wardy bout time to

Supermo,

I think your idea is great!!! Lets get the County to give individual trials to ALL the teams, say a choice of two weeks at each of two different centres, that should be ok, now lets see U14's, U16's, U18's, YAC's, Adults & Seniors, there you go it would only take 6 months of Sundays I'm sure the Committee have nothing better to do with their time.

After all the County is run for us !!!!!!!!!!

Time,

Thats not what Supermo is asking. you have to read the question. As he is eligable to bowl in the Adults & Seniors, he wants them combined so he wont have to bowl twice, and not with the kids, this way he gets the best of both worlds, at the least inconvenience to himself.