Played at Hexthorpe Flatts on Sunday 19^th June.

With several competitions having to be cancelled due to lack of entries, the first Doncaster and District Bowling Association individual competition of the season was the Doncaster Doubles, and it was won for the first time by Maltby Bowling Club's Darren Stevenson and Ross Meese. After a relatively untroubled passage to the final, they faced last year's runners-up, Keith Ryde and John Richardson of Armthorpe Welfare, and they again set off quickly, scoring 7 points in the first three ends, and scoring two more trebles to lead 13-3 after 7 ends. The Armthorpe pair began their fightback, though, and winning the next five ends closed the deficit to a single point, trailing 12-13. Two ends later and they were in front 15-14, and though the next few ends were shared, at 19-16 up it looked like Ryde and Richardson would go one better than on 2010. But with his side lying two shots, Stevenson played up with his last bowl to knock in his partner's short wood, making a maximum four to go back in front at the right time, and another point at the next end saw the Maltby players win 21-19.

Results

Played at Denaby Welfare green, on Wednesday 6^th July 2011.

After defeats in four finals in various Doncaster individual competitions, Parklands' Alan Broughton finally got his hands on a trophy when winning the Pensioners (Over 65s) Merit. Winning his first two games 21-12 and 21-10, Broughton faced Bawtry's Margaret Smith in the final, and after the early exchanges were shared, from 4-3 down he won 6 ends without reply to lead 12-4. Smith then closed the gap to 12-9, before the Parklands man extended his lead to 16-9 and 19-10. His opponent won 3 ends to make things interesting at 15-19 down, but Broughton scored a 2 at the next end for a 21-15 win.

Holder Keith Bullock was defeated in the first round by clubmate Ted Owens, Bawtry providing four of the last eight, and three of the four semi-finalists.

Results:

First Round:

Keith Bullock (Bawtry) 16 Ted Owens (Bawtry) 21

John Laycock (Brodsworth Welfare) 14 Margaret Smith (Bawtry) 21

Brian Gee (Wickersley Social Club) 16 Reg Cuthbert (Bawtry) 21

Alan Broughton (Parklands) 21 Jack Richardson (Thorpe Marsh Bentley) 12

Semi-finals:

Ted Owens 8 Margaret Smith 21

Reg Cuthbert 10 Alan Broughton 21

Final:

Margaret Smith 15 Alan Broughton 21

Alan Broughton

Played at Brodsworth Welfare on Sunday 10^th July 2011.

Darren Stevenson of Maltby Bowling Club made it a 1-2-3 in Doncaster competitions when he added the 2011 Triples title to the 2010 Individual Merit and 2011 Doncaster Doubles, making him the first person to hold all three trophies at the same time. Partnered by Lee Davies and Steve Barker, they reached the final with two close wins and a comfortable second round game, before facing the Parklands team of Alan Broughton, Eamon Costello and Dave Downey, who had put out the holders 21-20 in the first round.

The Maltby bowlers won the first four ends, but only scored one each time, allowing their opponents to take a 6-5 lead after nine ends. The jack changed hands at each of the next five ends, leaving the scores tied at 9-all, before the Parklands players went 12-9 up, the furthest they had been in front to that point. A two and a three put their opponents ahead once more, before the Parklands trio replied with the same to lead 17-14. A single and a four from Stevenson's team put them back in front at 19-17, but two down the next end left the scores at 19-all. The Maltby bowlers kept their nerve and scored two for a 21-19 win.

Results:

Preliminary Round:

Rose Greaves / Brian Greaves / Eddie Birdsey, Sue Tetley / Irene Cartwright / Maureen Costello (Thorne Colliery) 21 (Parklands) 15

First Round:

Rose Greaves / Brian Greaves / Eddie Birdsey, Brian Nock / Jean Hopson / Brian Stubbs 5 (Adwick St Lawrence) 21

Terry Walton / Joe Walton / Billy Walton, Paddy Moyles / Margaret Smith / Barry Binks (Denaby Welfare) 21 (Bawtry) 10

Graham Garnett / Dave Rogers / Darren Rogers, Alan Broughton / Eamon Costello / Dave Downey (Westfield Park) 20 (Parklands) 21

Reg Cuthbert / Hazel Cuthbert / Barbara Binks, Janet Dodsworth / Martin Scott / Norman Whittaker (Bawtry) 4 (Denaby Welfare) 21

Darren Stevenson / Steve Barker / Lee Davies, Andy Pinder / Richard Brelsford / Katie Morgan (Maltby Bowling Club) 21 (Westfield Park) 17

Bill Fletcher / Ron Perry / Maurice Mortlock, Chris Anyon / Stewart Mather / Tony Francis (Adwick St Lawrence) 19 (Westfield Park) 21

Tommy Jones / Paul Lawrence / Mick Taylor, Eric Cullingworth / Glenyse Cullingworth / Lloyd Bunting (Denaby Welfare) 2 (Eden Grove-Peglers) 21

Mick Gilbert / Brian James / Matthew Griffiths, Brian Cuffling / Ken Ramsay / Janet Spruce (Bentley Colliery) 5 (Parklands) 21

Quarter-finals:

Brian Nock / Jean Hopson / Brian Stubbs 2 Terry Walton / Joe Walton / Billy Walton 21

Alan Broughton / Eamon Costello / Dave Downey 21 Janet Dodsworth / Martin Scott / Norman Whittaker 17

Darren Stevenson / Steve Barker / Lee Davies 21 Chris Anyon / Stewart Mather / Tony Francis 5

Eric Cullingworth / Glenyse Cullingworth / Lloyd Bunting 21 Brian Cuffling / Ken Ramsay / Janet Spruce 17

Semi-Finals:

Terry Walton / Joe Walton / Billy Walton 19 Alan Broughton / Eamon Costello / Dave Downey 21

Darren Stevenson / Steve Barker / Lee Davies 21 Eric Cullingworth / Glenyse Cullingworth / Lloyd Bunting 16

Final:

Alan Broughton / Eamon Costello / Dave Downey 19 Darren Stevenson / Steve Barker / Lee Davies 21

Played at Pilkingtons Pensioners on Monday 11^th July 2011.

After waiting so long for his first Doncaster trophy, like the proverbial London buses two came together for Alan Broughton of Parklands as he added the Doncaster Over 60s Merit to the Pensioners Merit he had won five days earlier. Broughton becomes only the second bowler to win both these trophies in the same season, after the legendary Bill Wardman of Armthorpe who achieved the feat three times - in 1992, 1994 and 2006.

Broughton was on fine form all day, defeating two bowlers who had both won the senior trophy twice - John Clewer of Armthorpe Welfare and Sid Price of Denaby Welfare - in his first two games, before facing Bawtry's Barry Binks in the final. Binks also won his first two games comfortably, and a fine final was in prospect.

Broughton was first out of the blocks, leading 5-1, before Binks edged back at him, taking the lead at 7-6 and 9-7. Broughton levelled at 9-all, and won five of the next seven ends (which were all singles) to lead 14-11. Two pairs from Binks put him back in front, only for the Parklands man to record three twos to stand 20-15 up. Binks again rallied, scoring three singles to trail 18-20, but Broughton was not to be denied, winning the next end for a 21-18 win.

Results:

Played at Hexthorpe Flatts Bowling Club on Sunday 14^th August 2011.

Woodlands Park's Andy McIntosh won the 2011 President's Shield competition, for bowlers with an individual handicap of 4 or more. McIntosh, who only took up bowls last year after a successful snooker career, won six games on the day to get his hands on the trophy in only his first attempt in Doncaster individual competitions.

In the final he played the much more experienced Brian Gee of Wickersley Social Club, and quickly extended his 7-6 handicap lead to 11-6 before Gee scored his first point. For the next eight ends neither played could retain the jack as the game see-sawed, and Gee trailed 13-17, before McIntosh went within a point of victory at 20-13. Gee won two more ends to make it 20-16, but the Woodlands player scored the winning point for a 21-16 win.

14 year old Natasha Jackson of Yorkshire Main surprised a lot of people on the day, reaching the semi-finals before losing out to Brian Gee, and two other juniors also took part. Holder Barbara Binks went out in her second game, as did 2008 winner Matt Holmes, while 2009 winner Martin Scott lost at the quarter-final stage.

Results (player handicaps in brackets):

Played at Adwick St Lawrence Bowling Club on Sunday 28^th August 2011.

The Allan Haries Trophy, for pairings consisting of one bowler over the age of 18 and one aged under 18, was won this year by the father and son team of Keith and Adam Dawson of Yorkshire Main. While Adam had already win the Doncaster Juvenile Handicap in 2010, it was Keith's first trophy win in 37 years of bowling.

Although they had beaten the fancied pairing of Graham Fox and Adam Jones of Woodlands Park in the semi-finals, the Dawsons started the final as second favourites against the Pilkingtons Recreation pairing of Craig Rumney and Hannah Brown, who had won their three previous games to 9, 7 and 3. But the Yorkshire Main players upset the form book again, taking a 7-0 lead before their opponents scored, and allowed them only one further point. Dawson senior was christened 'Awesome Dawson' by members of the watching crowd as he consistently backed up his son by producing winning bowls at nearly every end, winning the game 21-2 in just 16 ends.

Played at Adwick St Lawrence Bowling Club on Monday 29^th August 2011.

Andy McIntosh of Woodlands Park added the Doncaster Hospice Competition trophy to the President's Shield he won earlier on the month, defeating last year's runner-up Alan Broughton of Parklands in the final. Broughton has now lost three times in the final of this competition. McIntosh breezed through his first two games of the day, before being made to fight a little harder in his next two. But in the final, starting 7-3 up on handicap, he never looked in any danger, and although Broughton closed to 6-9, the Woodlands man won the next six ends to lead 19-6, and three ends later finished a 21-8 winner.

Results:

Preliminary Round (player handicaps in brackets):

Natasha Jackson (Yorkshire Main) (9) 18 Mick Poppleton (Eden Grove-Peglers) (4) 21

Paddy Moyles (Bawtry) (7) 21 Dave Rogers (Westfield Park) (3) 18

Thomas Colclough (unattached) (8) 18 Hazel Cuthbert (Bawtry) (4) 21

Dave Clarke (Thorpe Marsh Bentley) (2) 19 Ted Owens (Bawtry) (5) 21

Irene Cartwright (Parklands) (5) 17 Joan Gabbitus (Parklands) (7) 21

First Round:

Mick Poppleton (4) 17 Paddy Moyles (7) 21

Hazel Cuthbert (4) 17 Ted Owens (5) 21

Joan Gabbitus (7) 14 Sue Tetley (Parklands) (8) 21

Matthew Holmes (Yorkshire Main) (5) 21 Derek Cartwright (Parklands) (8) 18

John Laycock (Brodsworth Welfare) (3) 21 Ray Cibor (Rossington Welfare) (5) 20

Hilary Bennett (Yorkshire Main) (1) 21 Steve Shannon (UNISON) (1) 16

Alan Broughton (Parklands) (3) 21 Shawn Laycock (Woodlands Park) (1) 16

Graham Garnett (Westfield Park) (1) 21 Eric Royston (Parklands) (8) 13

Malcolm Tetley (Parklands) (8) 21 Susan Moyles (Bawtry) (7) 16

Reg Cuthbert (Bawtry) (5) 9 Andy McIntosh (Woodlands Park) (7) 21

Danny Hallas (Armthorpe Welfare) (1) 16 Eric Wright (Thorpe Marsh Bentley) (5) 21

Bob Jackson (Yorkshire Main) (5) 19 Eamon Costello (Parklands) (3) 21

Joe McIntosh (Woodlands Park) (10) 15 Barbara Binks (Bawtry) (6) 21

Derek Wykes (Bawtry) (5) 17 Liz Hall (Parklands) (4) 21

Bev Shannon (UNISON) (8) 14 Simon Hallas (Armthorpe Welfare) (4) 21

Barry Binks (Bawtry) (2) 17 Simon Pidgeon (unattached) (5) 21

Second Round:

Paddy Moyles (7) 21 Ted Owens (5) 10

Sue Tetley (8) 10 Matthew Holmes (5) 21

John Laycock (3) 10 Hilary Bennett (1) 21

Alan Broughton (3) 21 Graham Garnett (1) 16

Malcolm Tetley (8) 12 Andy McIntosh (7) 21

Eric Wright (5) 21 Eamon Costello (3) 5

Barbara Binks (6) 21 Liz Hall (4) 15

Simon Hallas (4) 10 Simon Pidgeon (5) 21

Quarter-finals:

Paddy Moyles (7) 21 Matthew Holmes (5) 18

Hilary Bennett (1) 18 Alan Broughton (3) 21

Andy McIntosh (7) 21 Eric Wright (5) 16

Barbara Binks (6) 20 Simon Pidgeon (5) 21

Semi-finals:

Paddy Moyles (7) 18 Alan Broughton (3) 21

Andy McIntosh (7) 21 Simon Pidgeon (5) 18

Final:

Alan Broughton (3) 8 Andy McIntosh (7) 21

Andy McIntosh

Played at Harvesters Bowling Club, Elmfield Park on Sunday 11^th September.

After losing out in the final of the Allan Haries Trophy, the Pilkingtons Recreation pairing of Craig Rumney and Hannah Brown made amends somewhat when winning the 2011 Doncaster Mixed Doubles competition. After two comfortable wins in their first two games, they had a slightly harder task in the semi-final before winning 21-13. In the final they played Hilary Bennett and Terry Mosley of Yorkshire Main, and after scoring a single at the first end, they found themselves 7-1 down. A run of four winning ends saw Rumney and Brown go 9-7 ahead before their opponents levelled at 9-all. Three ends later the score was 12-12, before a telling four and two gave the Pilkingtons pair an 18-12 lead. Mosley and Bennett could only score one more as their opponents finished 21-13 winners.

Holders Liz Hall and Danny Hallas went out in the first round as their opponents in last year's final, Denise Allin and Richard Curtis, exacted their revenge with a 21-19 win.

Results:

Preliminary Round:

Inez Willoughby / Alan Bell Rose Greaves / Brian Greaves

(Brodsworth Welfare) 16 (Thorne Colliery) 21

First Round:

Rose Greaves / Brian Greaves Sue Tetley / Malcolm Tetley

21 (Parklands) 15

Michelle Bowley / Martin Bowley Barbara Royston / Alan Broughton

(Yorkshire Main) 21 (Parklands) 20

Hannah Brown / Craig Rumney Margaret Smith / Ted Owens

(Pilkingtons Recreation) 21 (Bawtry) 4

Janet Spruce / Brian Cuffling Hazel Cuthbert / Reg Cuthbert

(Parklands) 12 (Bawtry) 21

Hilary Bennett / Terry Mosley Sarah Fox / Malcolm Fox

(Yorkshire Main) 21 (Woodlands Park) 20

Bev Shannon / Steve Shannon Irene Cartwright / Derek Cartwright

(UNISON) 21 (Parklands) 11

Denise Allin / Richard Curtis Liz Hall / Danny Hallas

(Bawtry / Tickhill) 21 (Parklands / Armthorpe Welfare) 19

Maureen Costello / Eamon Costello Katie Morgan / Dave Rogers

(Parklands) 12 (Westfield Park) 21

Quarter-finals:

Rose Greaves / Brian Greaves 11 Michelle Bowley / Martin Bowley 21

Hannah Brown / Craig Rumney 21 Hazel Cuthbert / Reg Cuthbert 8

Hilary Bennett / Terry Mosley 21 Bev Shannon / Steve Shannon 17

Denise Allin / Richard Curtis 10 Katie Morgan / Dave Rogers 21

Semi-finals:

Michelle Bowley / Martin Bowley 13 Hannah Brown / Craig Rumney 21

Hilary Bennett / Terry Mosley 21 Katie Morgan / Dave Rogers 15

Final:

Hannah Brown / Craig Rumney 21 Hilary Bennett / Terry Mosley 13

Hannah Brown (left) and Craig Rumney