Mike Stephenson wins the Resdev Senior Tour Bromborough Stop

Mike Stephenson took the Bromborugh stop in his first showing on tour this year to take the maximum 100 points. Second was Ken Burton and third went to Gary Barlow.

Currently leading the rankings after five stops is UK Tenpin Hall of Famer Ron Oldfield with 230 Pts with Frank Lindsay second on 215 pts. The top 24 landing on Al turner with 112 pts.

With a few notable absentees due to a clash with the Irish Senior Open, 32 bowlers took to the lanes at the ever popular Bromborough bowl efficiently run as always by our host Trevor Green, only 9 bowlers in the morning squad would try to overcome a challenging lane condition. Starting well would be Chesterfield stop winner Brian Sempers with 237 scr, just being shaded by Trevor Green 238scr, Mike Halliwell 223scr and Nev Robinson 221scr, these would all be trying for the leading qualifying spot and a bye into round 4 or a top 13 place to round 2.

Scoring on this condition proved tricky with good games mixed in with not so good ones. At the end of the first squad Brian would lead with 1308 inc bonus, followed by Trevor 1270, Mike 1251 and Nev 1217, we would now see if these would be good enough as the 2nd squad tried to overhaul these scores.

As with the first squad lots of variation in the scoring, starting well Mansfield stop winner Alan Keddie with 720scr for the 1st 3 games but only ending up with 1283 inc bonus. After a sketchy start Gary Barlow with 702scr for his final 3 would just edge out Alan with 1289, another bowler finishing well would be Mark Fullbrook with 483 scr over his last 2 games to post 1309 but eclipsing all of the squad would be veteran Yorkshire senior Alan Jenkins with a 258scr last game helping him to post 1346 with bonus and the bye into round 4.

Other notable performances Kevin Lamb with 1275, Mo Singleton 1265, Norwich bowler Mike Stephenson 1249, England senior lady Angie Brown 1248 and Ken Burton 1248. The cut for round 2 fell at 1224 Suren Johannsen. Round 2 would be a 2 game matchplay decided by a random lane draw. Only one close game in this round as Gary overcame a low 157 first game to edge out Kevin 402-384, other winners Mo beating Angie 414-371, Mike H 400-344 over Suren, Ken 440-348 over Trevor, Mike S 407-344 over Brian and Mark 403-354 over Alan.

Round 3 and the same again a random lane draw to decide opponents. Again only one close match as Ken just overcame Mark 421-411 in a last frame thriller. Other winners were Mike S easily overcoming Mo 420-361 and Gary 436-392 over Mike H. Round 4 and leading qualifier Al J would join the 3 round 3 winners again by random lane draw to play for aplace in the final. Both these games would be nailbiters with Mike S just edging out Al 385-372 thanks to a solid 211 2nd game and Ken would get the better of Gary in another 10th frame thriller 422-411. So to the final and whoever won would be yet another first time winner on the tour. Mike starting with a solid 203 scr to Ken’s 181 scr, could Ken stage a fightback?

No would be the answer as another solid 205scr to Ken’s 188 gave Mike a comfortable 438-399 win and a first title. So congratulations to Mike who made the long journey from Norwich worthwhile with the £300 1st Prize. Commiserations to Ken another long traveller.

So the last stop on the tour was done and now onto the season ending Masters at Mansfield Superbowl on 1st October. My thanks as ever to Trevor and all his staff for the excellent day we had. Jack G Smith.

Final

LANE NAME 1 2 BONUS X 2 TOTAL  
13 KEN BURTON 181 188 30 399 2ND
14 MIKE STEPHENSON 203 205 30 438 1ST
0

Round 4

LANE NAME 1 2 BONUS X 2 TOTAL  
11 GARY BARLOW 189 212 10 411 3RD
12 KEN BURTON 212 180 30 422
0
15 AL JENKINS 168 174 30 372 4TH
16 MIKE STEPHENSON 144 211 30 385
0

Round 3

LANE NAME 1 2 BONUS X 2 TOTAL  
11 MO SINGLETON 151 190 20 361 7
12 MIKE STEPHENSON 183 207 30 420
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13 KEN BURTON 188 203 30 421
14 MARK FULLBROOK 213 188 10 411 5
14 0
15 MIKE HALLIWELL 162 210 20 392 6
16 GARY BARLOW 182 244 10 436
0

Round 2

LANE NAME 1 2 BONUS X 2 TOTAL  
5 MO SINGLETON 234 160 20 414
6 ANGIE BROWN 152 179 40 371 9
0
7 MIKE HALLIWELL 170 210 20 400
8 SUREN JOHANNSEN 159 175 10 344 11
0
9 TREVOR GREEN 176 144 20 340 13
10 KEN BURTON 217 201 30 448
0
11 GARY BARLOW 157 235 10 402
12 KEVIN LAMB 184 180 20 384 8
0
13 MIKE STEPHENSON 169 208 30 407
14 BRIAN SEMPERS 151 173 20 344 12
0
15 ALAN KEDDIE 168 186 0 354 10
16 MARK FULLBROOK 195 198 10 403
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Qualifying

  NAME BONUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 BONUS X 6 TOTAL
1 AL JENKINS 15 211 193 211 174 209 258 90 1346
2 MARK FULLBROOK 5 199 226 205 167 224 258 30 1309
3 BRIAN SEMPERS 10 237 199 232 178 185 217 60 1308
4 GARY BARLOW 5 174 205 178 202 234 266 30 1289
5 ALAN KEDDIE 0 250 213 257 192 155 216 0 1283
6 KEVIN LAMB 10 173 191 196 172 257 226 60 1275
7 TREVOR GREEN 10 238 159 235 172 214 192 60 1270
8 MO SINGLETON 10 179 202 219 216 168 221 60 1265
9 MIKE HALLIWELL 10 223 169 226 196 166 211 60 1251
10 MIKE STEPHENSON 15 179 196 188 234 185 177 90 1249
11 ANGIE BROWN 20 169 159 254 208 164 174 120 1248
12 KEN BURTON 15 184 211 183 190 162 228 90 1248
13 SUREN JOHANNSEN 5 224 183 141 231 208 207 30 1224
14 NEV ROBINSON 10 221 177 165 211 204 179 60 1217
15 TREVOR LAMPRELL 10 203 188 193 200 176 194 60 1214
16 PAUL NEWTON 15 190 228 166 162 230 146 90 1212
17 RAY LAY 10 182 215 187 202 183 182 60 1211
18 LES TAYLOR 20 174 192 202 181 170 164 120 1203
19 PHILLIPE IVES 15 193 194 196 193 183 153 90 1202
20 FRANK LINDSAY 10 166 164 203 225 200 182 60 1200
21 ANDY CLOUGH 10 194 125 206 169 210 224 60 1188
22 GARETH ROBERTS 0 214 183 208 213 208 156 0 1182
23 CARL TAYLOR 0 163 138 246 210 195 225 0 1177
24 PAULINE MCDONALD 30 180 151 143 181 171 168 180 1174
25 RON DEACON 15 170 171 157 176 205 188 90 1157
26 JULIE JOHANNSEN 25 226 191 128 166 153 139 150 1153
27 JEFF TAYLOR 5 187 201 189 192 171 181 30 1151
28 IAN MCDONALD 20 132 156 189 198 169 184 120 1148
29 DOUG SINCLAIR 15 167 153 195 180 168 192 90 1145
30 STEVE COATES 5 171 184 145 161 233 209 30 1133
31 DAVE BROOMFIELD 5 139 149 197 218 156 190 30 1079
32 RUTH RATHBONE 20 139 159 146 106 142 135 120 947

Rankings

      RANKINGS  LIST
  NAME SHIPLEY SCUN MANSFIELD CH/FIELD BRMBORO TOTAL BEST 3
1 RON OLDFIELD 90 80 60 60 290 230
2 FRANK LINDSAY 65 65 90 32 30 282 220
3 GEOFF BROWN 80 55 80 215 215
4 GARY BARLOW 70 29 36 65 80 280 215
5 BRIAN SEMPERS 16 70 31 100 38 255 208
6 MO SINGLETON 100 32 24 45 55 256 200
7 ALAN KEDDIE 50 100 40 40 230 190
8 MARK FULLBROOK 14 90 25 35 65 229 190
9 AL JENKINS 32 45 30 70 70 247 185
10 KEN BURTON 35 36 50 17 90 228 176
11 TREVOR LAMPRELL 60 27 80 10 35 212 175
12 MICK INCE 39 33 33 90 195 162
13 CARL TAYLOR 15 100 18 27 160 145
14 JEFF TAYLOR 45 70 29 23 167 144
15 MIKE HALLIWELL 31 31 45 39 60 206 144
16 TREVOR GREEN 28 40 55 38 161 133
17 NEV ROBINSON 24 39 26 50 36 175 125
18 RAY LAY 25 23 65 20 33 166 118
19 ALAN BENNETT 38 40 29 34 141 112
20 LES GRANT 37 37 35 9 118 109
21 JOHN STRETTLE 55 34 16 105 105
22 DAVE BROOMFIELD 34 17 39 30 19 139 103
23 SUREN JOHANNSEN 22 38 15 13 39 127 99
24 AL TURNER 40 19 16 37 112 96
25 LES TAYLOR 30 34 3 32 99 96
26 DOUG SINCLAIR 19 35 38 7 21 120 94
27 ANDY CLOUGH 36 25 17 24 29 131 90
28 NICK WRIGHT 30 18 32 80 80
29 IAN KENNEDY 50 28 0 78 78
30 RUTH RATHBONE 21 37 8 18 84 76
31 PHILLIP IVES 13 22 22 1 31 89 75
32 STEVE COATES 12 24 20 5 20 81 64
33 CAROLE ORANGE 21 21 15 57 57
34 ROB KAY 20 55 75
35 ANDY GILLESPIE 60 26 86
36 JOHN LAWLESS 29 19 48
37 TONY IMREN 33 22 55
38 MIKE BERGQUIST 28 19 47
39 MIKE TAYLOR 27 2 29
40 STEVE BOSE 27 12 39
41 GREG BELTON 26 26
42 KEN WRAY 26 26
43 DAVE BIRDSALL 23 33 56
44 MARK S SMITH 23 28 51
45 GLORIA CARNEY 20 31 51
46 STEVE SKILLICORN 18 4 22
47 IAN BUCKLAND 17 17
48 MIKE MILLS 11 11
49 KEVIN LAMB 38 50 88
50 ALAN HANAFIN 36 36
51 GARRY COOPER 27 27
52 PAUL NELLIGAN 25 25
53 PAUL NEWTON 23 34 57
54 JULIE JOHANNSEN 21 24 45
55 RON DEACON 18 25 43
56 PAULINE MCDONALD 14 26 40
57 IAN MCDONALD 11 22 33
58 JOHN BROADHURST 6 6
59 MIKE STEPHENSON 100 100
60 ANGIE BROWN 45 45
61 GARETH ROBERTS 28 28