BOWLS Devon win Middleton Cup
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- Last Updated on Monday, 03 August 2015 18:54
- Published on Saturday, 01 August 2015 17:47
Devon have won the England Bowls men's county Middleton Cup, supported by the Friends of English Bowling, for the first time since 2011.
Devon beat Cumbria 125-113 in the Middleton Cup final at Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa after beating Kent in the first of the morning's semi-finals.
MIDDLETON CUP fixtures, results & updates
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- Last Updated on Sunday, 02 August 2015 09:40
- Published on Saturday, 04 July 2015 20:20
Saturday June 20, 2015
1400 start unless stated - click on team names for team news
WEST section B
Somerset 106 Dorset 130 at Victoria BC Weston-super-Mare
Wiltshire 128 Worcestershire 109 at Wootton Bassett BC
Saturday July 4, 2015
WEST section A
Cornwall 106 Devon 127
Gloucestershire 116 Herefordshire 92
WEST section B
Worcestershire vs Warwickshire
Wiltshire vs Somerset
DREAM BOWLS WIN FOR EXONIA'S PAXTON
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- Last Updated on Monday, 14 November 2011 08:09
- Published on Monday, 14 November 2011 08:09
Devon's Robert Paxton is the new Scottish International Open bowls champion.
Paxton - from Exonia Bowling Club - etched his name into the bowls record books at Dewars Centre in Perth when he beat world number two Greg Harlow 2-11, 10-2, 2-0 to become the first qualifier to win the established World Bowls Tour title.
PAXTON IN SEVENTH HEAVEN
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- Last Updated on Friday, 18 November 2011 07:25
- Published on Friday, 18 November 2011 07:20
Devonian Robert Paxton, the first qualifier ever to reach the Scottish International Open final, leaps to a career-high No7 in the first provisional World Bowls Tour world rankings for next season.
It was from a position of 18 in the current rankings that the 33-year-old from Exeter was forced to qualify for the established WBT event in Scotland.
DEVONIAN PAXTON IN SCOTTISH OPEN FINAL
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- Last Updated on Saturday, 12 November 2011 08:00
- Published on Saturday, 12 November 2011 08:00
Devon’s Robert Paxton will compete in the final of a World Bowls Tour event for the first time today at 1400.
The Exonia star continued his stunning run in the Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish International Open when he defeated defending champion Mervyn King in straight sets at Dewars Centre in Perth.
2012 Provisional World Bowls Tour rankings
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- Last Updated on Friday, 18 November 2011 07:13
- Published on Friday, 18 November 2011 07:08
Prov. Rank (Current) Points
1 (2) Greg Harlow ENG 132
2 (1) Paul Foster SCO 131
3 (3) Darren Burnett SCO 100
4 (5) Mervyn King ENG 97
5 (12) Stewart Anderson WAL 84
6 (4) Mark Royal ENG 82
7 (18) Robert Paxton ENG 80
8 (6) Simon Skelton ENG 75
9 (8) David Gourlay SCO 73
10 (7) Alex Marshall SCO 72
11 (9) Jonathan Ross SCO 69
12 (11) Robert Weale WAL 65
13 (10) Andy Thomson ENG 63
14 (16) John Price WAL 53
15 (17) Ian Bond ENG 50
16 (15) Nick Brett ENG 49
17 (13) Jason Greenslade WAL 46
18 (20) Tim Stone ENG 44
19 (14) Billy Jackson ENG 41
20 (24) Brett Arkley ENG 39
21= (21) Brett Wilkie AUS 20
21= (27) Neil Furman USA 20
23 (19) Kelvin Kerkow AUS 18
24 (28) Ben Twist AUS 17
BOND IS BACK! SPOTLIGHT ON BOWLS
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 November 2011 12:00
- Published on Sunday, 06 November 2011 18:49
In his first season out of the World Bowls Tour world top 16 for more than a decade, Devon's Ian Bond struck back in the opening round of the Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish International Open at Dewars Centre in Perth to upset fellow Englishman Mark Royal, the world No4.
Now ranked 17 in the world, England's Bond took full advantage of the wild card he was given to compete in the WBT event for which the top 16 have automatic entry.
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