Resdev Senior Tour – Mansfield Stop – Alan Keddie wins

Due to a tournament in France on the original date for this stop, it now took place on 2nd July at the ever popular Mansfield Superbowl and once again we were not let down as the scoring pattern was good and the double round robin format provided plenty of exciting matches. As with the previous week at Scunthorpe clashes with other events cost us a few entries so 35 bowlers in the 2 squads took to the lanes. As this was the double round robin format, bowlers were aiming for a top 12 qualifying place.
These 12 would then be split into two 6 person round robins decided by finishing positions, 1,3,5,7,9 and 11 in one round robin and 2,4,6,8,10 and 12 in the other. The morning squad of 13 bowlers started off to try and make the top 12 and setting the early pace was Shipley owner Jeff Taylor with an opening 239 scr game and following that up with further games of 220, 244 and 250 in game 4, 5 and 6 for a total plus bonus of 1389, however Frank Lindsay recovering from a first game 159 sorted himself a shot on the lanes and bounced back with 252,269,212 and 258 scr for the next 4 and eventually topped the leaderboard with 1403 inc bonus, hot on their heels was the ever dangerous Ron Oldfield firing 247,225 and 223 scr in games 2,3 and 4 for a 1363 total inc bonus, these 3 were a long way clear of Gary Barlow 1268 inc 268 in game 3 and Les Grant 1267.
Would they make the cut with these scores? It would prove to be very close as the 2nd squad took to the lanes looking for that top 12 place. Showing a welcome return to form was London leftie Ray Lay, with 6 solid games and a 1398 total inc bonus, this would prove to be the best from squad 2 but he was closely followed by another solid performance from Geoff Brown on 1384, close behind would be Alan Keddie on 1361 who with no bonus and shooting 739 for his last 3, good scoring from Ken Burton with 1335 and Mike Halliwell 1317 inc a 246 last game also Doug Sinclair on 1313 another man having recovered from a 159 first game. The question now was what would the cut be for the top 12? The answer would be 1272 Dave Broomfield who also started with a 159 first game and a 157 2nd game but recovering brilliantly with 225,225,258 and 218 to just edge out top lady bowler Ruth Rathbone on 1269 and Gary Barlow 1268 and Les Grant 1267. So on to the round robins and in round robin 1 would be Frank Lindsay, Jeff Taylor, Ron Odfield, Ken Burton, Trevor Green and Doug Sinclair. In round robin 2 would be Ray Lay, Geoff Brown, Alan Keddie, Mike Halliwell, Trevor Lamprell and Dave Broomfield. These bowlers would be looking to finish in the top 4 in their respective round robins to go into a 2 game matchplay against their opposite finishers i.e the first place bowlers in each round robin would shoot out for 1st and 2nd place prize money, 2nd place bowlers for 3rd and 4th, 3rd place bowlers for 5th and 6th and 4th place bowlers for 7th and 8th and there would also be a 9th place prize for the highest scoring bowler from the 2 round robins kindly donated by the Manager of Mansfield Superbowl Dan Stanhope due to some slight technical issues with the scoring system.
In the first round robin Jeff Taylor started quickly with games of 252,219 and 269 and 3 wins to lead, closely followed by Frank 226,238 and 227 to stay in touch, these 2 pulling away from the rest of the field by some way, a 178 in game 4 and a loss to Ken cost Jeff dearly as Frank with a solid 255 and win over Trevor gave Frank the advantage going in to the last game against Jeff and despite a spirited effort by Jeff with 208 it was not enough as Frank with 198 meant he stayed top by 18 pins 1264 to 1246 inc win bonuses  and would shoot out with the other round robin winner for the title. A good last 3 games by Ron saw him claim 3rd  on 1130 just ahead of  Ken who with 5 solid games but only 2 wins on 1123  in 4th. The second round robin was completely dominated by Alan Keddie bowling  games of 237,258,238,220 and 276 to be a long way clear on 1319 inc win bonuses but who would fill the minor places 2nd place would go to Trevor on 1178 and 3rd would be extremely close with Ray just edging out Geoff 1155 to 1153 with Mike on 1151. Consolation for Mike by taking the extra prize in 9th.
The matchplay round now for the title and Alan continued his fine scoring with a 280 first game and he overwhelmed Frank for the title ending up the winner 466 to 364, 3rd place shootout was a close run thing with Trevor striking out in the 10th frame of the 2nd game for a 418 to 402 victory over Jeff, the final two matches for 5th and 6th and 7th and 8th ended up being one sided affairs with Ray overcoming Ron 512 to 384 and Geoff similarly the same 525 to 441 over Ken. So there you have it another new winner for his first stop win Alan Keddie who averaged 235 for the whole day to also follow up last week’s youngest winner by being the first bowler with no bonus to win a stop since the tour started. So 3 stops done and 3 different winners. Now on to Chesterfield on 30th July.
Already the entry for this is going to outstrip what we have had so far as up to now I have 49 confirmed entries and others on waiting list for the last squad which is totally full and only a handful of spaces left in the 9.30am squad, so if you are thinking of entering please do so asap so as not to be disappointed. As ever many thanks to Dan and all his staff at Mansfield Superbowl for the excellent way they assisted myself and the bowlers all day, it is really appreciated.  If you want any info re Chesterfield stop or the final stop at Bromborough on 10th September please contact me on either jgs833@outlook.com or 07905 163353. Jack G Smith.

Results

Final

NAME BONUS 1 2 BONUS X3 TOTAL
ALAN KEDDIE 0 280 186 0 466 1ST
FRANK LINDAY 10 189 155 20 364 2ND
JEFF TAYLOR 5 193 199 10 402 4TH
TREVOR LAMPRELL 5 198 210 10 418 3RD
RON OLDFIELD 10 207 157 20 384 6TH
RAY LAY 10 258 234 20 512 5TH
0 0
KEN BURTON 15 201 210 30 441 8TH
GEOFF BROWN 10 248 257 20 525 7TH

Round Robin 2

NAME BONUS 1 BONUS + W/L 2 BONUS + W/L 3 BONUS + W/L 4 BONUS + W/L 5 BONUS + W/L TOTAL
ALAN KEDDIE 0 237 30 258 30 238 0 220 0 276 30 1319
TREVOR LAMPRELL 5 271 30 194 0 242 30 154 0 227 30 1178
RAY LAY 10 184 0 243 30 215 0 214 30 209 30 1155
GEOFF BROWN 10 246 0 211 15 210 30 207 0 234 0 1153
MIKE HALLIWELL 5 217 0 211 15 224 30 231 30 193 0 1151
DAVE BROOMFIELD 5 228 30 199 0 190 0 197 30 208 0 1082

Round Robin 1

NAME BONUS 1 BONUS + W/L 2 BONUS + W/L 3 BONUS + W/L 4 BONUS + W/L 5 BONUS + W/L TOTAL
FRANK LINDSAY 10 226 30 238 30 227 30 255 30 198 0 1264
JEFF TAYLOR 5 252 30 219 30 269 30 178 0 208 30 1246
RON OLDFIELD 10 193 30 201 0 221 0 242 30 213 0 1130
KEN BURTON 15 208 0 200 0 218 0 221 30 216 30 1123
TREVOR GREEN 10 182 0 201 0 220 30 194 0 226 30 1083
DOUG SINCLAIR 20 185 0 219 30 210 0 192 0 195 0 1031

Qualifying

NAME BONUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 SCR TOTAL BONUS X6 TOTAL
1 FRANK LINDSAY 10 159 252 269 212 258 193 1343 60 1403
2 RAY LAY 10 225 196 245 212 223 237 1338 60 1398
3 JEFF TAYLOR 5 239 186 220 220 244 250 1359 30 1389
4 GEOFF BROWN 10 200 230 218 246 214 216 1324 60 1384
5 RON OLDFIELD 10 192 247 225 223 206 210 1303 60 1363
6 ALAN KEDDIE 0 226 213 183 279 233 227 1361 0 1361
7 KEN BURTON 15 158 201 213 239 238 196 1245 90 1335
8 MIKE HALLIWELL 5 222 214 210 195 200 246 1287 30 1317
9 DOUG SINCLAIR 20 159 200 213 234 185 202 1193 120 1313
10 TREVOR LAMPRELL 5 210 181 247 212 213 194 1257 30 1287
11 TREVOR GREEN 10 185 210 216 224 195 186 1216 60 1276
12 DAVE BROOMFIELD 5 159 157 225 225 258 218 1242 30 1272
13 RUTH RATHBONE 20 182 190 181 228 183 185 1149 120 1269
14 GARY BARLOW 5 182 191 268 226 177 194 1238 30 1268
15 LES GRANT 15 209 191 157 228 171 221 1177 90 1267
16 LES TAYLOR 20 235 161 151 226 171 188 1132 120 1252
17 MICK INCE 15 201 160 170 234 198 197 1160 90 1250
18 NICK WRIGHT 10 190 216 207 203 201 162 1179 60 1239
19 BRIAN SEMPERS 10 225 153 191 204 196 205 1174 60 1234
20 AL JENKINS 15 180 209 189 241 179 144 1142 90 1232
21 AL BENNETT 15 165 170 169 221 200 210 1135 90 1225
22 IAN KENNEDY 15 232 147 192 151 187 226 1135 90 1225
23 STEVE BOSE 0 199 231 257 201 161 173 1222 0 1222
24 NEV ROBINSON 10 173 175 149 212 247 193 1149 60 1209
25 MARK FULLBROOK 5 201 205 195 131 215 210 1157 30 1187
26 MO SINGLETON 10 146 172 169 238 193 206 1124 60 1184
27 MARK S SMITH 10 216 144 158 177 223 203 1121 60 1181
28 PHILLIP IVES 15 173 177 162 192 170 181 1055 90 1145
29 CAROLE ORANGE 20 158 221 175 141 171 152 1018 120 1138
30 STEVE COATES 5 156 148 177 205 181 233 1100 30 1130
31 JOHN LAWLESS 15 157 172 179 168 187 176 1039 90 1129
32 CARL TAYLOR 5 148 190 169 199 205 183 1094 30 1124
33 ANDY CLOUGH 10 171 172 174 198 181 166 1062 60 1122
34 AL TURNER 15 170 157 156 163 175 208 1029 90 1119
35 SUREN JOHANNSEN 5 183 145 193 211 148 172 1052 30 1082