Northern Counties League
2011/2012 Season

Game 1 Result Shots For Shots Agst Points Sunderland 244 145 40 Durham 218 162 30 Northumberland 209 204 22 North Tyneside 152 231 14 South Tyneside 163 244 14

A resounding win by Sunderland puts them in a good position after the first fixture.

Game 2 Result Shots For Shots Agst Points Durham 245 144 39 Sunderland 222 158 28 Northumberland 183 197 20 South Tyneside 170 228 19 North Tyneside 159 252 14

A great comeback by Durham to win the day. Sunderland under par by their standards. Durham take a one point lead into the next fixture.

Game 3 Result Shots For Shots Agst Points Sunderland 240 168 33 Durham 216 155 31 Northumberland 177 186 24 South Tyneside 182 209 18 North Tyneside 146 243 14

A close run thing between Sunderland and Durham. Sunderland win the day and take a one point lead into the final fixture.

Game 4 Result Shots For Shots Agst Points Sunderland 216 105 30 Durham 161 145 20 Northumberland 155 130 18 South Tyneside 81 233 4 North Tyneside 0 0 0

Reduced format as North Tyneside drop out of the last fixture. Sunderland too strong for Durham and are clear winners of the last fixture.

Overall Result Shots For Shots Agst Points Sunderland 922 576 131 Durham 840 606 120 Northumberland 724 717 84 South Tyneside 596 914 55 North Tyneside 457 726 42

Sunderland deserved winners but a good showing from Durham. Northumberland held onto third place. South Tyneside showed promise until the last fixture but were weakened by absent players.

It was sad that North Tyneside were unable to field a team for the last fixture unfortunately it looks likely that they may disband as a county. This would be a great loss to carpet bowls in the Northern region and to the ECBA.

Congratulations to Sunderland a team that has come a long way in a relatively short time they will compete in the North v South match in October a Potters.

Report courtesy of Tony Cuthbert
8th March 2012

Game 1 Result Shots For Shots Agst Points Northumberland 240 168 25 Durham 215 178 27 North Tyneside 137 278 10 South Tyneside 151 256 14 Sunderland 265 128 44

An outstanding performance from Sunderland, only dropping 4 points gave them a resounding victory on the day, and a lead that would be very difficult to claw back.

Game 2 Result Shots For Shots Agst Points Northumberland 175 184 21 Durham 212 179 33 North Tyneside 182 188 23 South Tyneside 143 238 14 Sunderland 230 158 29

This was to be Durham's day, although not by a large margin. The were the winners on the day and clawed back 4 points on Sunderland.

Game 3 Result Shots For Shots Agst Points Northumberland 200 198 22 Durham 216 180 33 North Tyneside 147 254 14 South Tyneside 159 214 14 Sunderland 256 132 37

Sunderland once again won the day and regained the 4 points lost against Durham. Although so far only two countied have been mentioned, the other three counties were having an impact on the outcome of the results.

Game 4 Result Shots For Shots Agst Points Northumberland 213 176 29 Durham 189 193 26 North Tyneside 129 248 4 South Tyneside 189 198 24 Sunderland 244 149 37

Sunderland were once again the winners, but this time it was Northumberland who ran them closest on the day.

Overall Result Shots For Shots Agst Points Sunderland 995 567 147 Durham 832 730 119 Northumberland 828 726 97 South Tyneside 642 906 66 North Tyneside 595 968 51

As the table shows, Sunderland were the deserved winners, they showed great consistency throughout the four matches and we wish them luck when they play Suffolk in November.

It is worth mentioning that we adopted the substitution rule this year, and that helped to keep two counties competing. This game isn't all about winning, being able to take part means more than that to most players.

Report courtesy of Tony Cuthbert
18th April 2011

This was a very close finish and Durham did well to claw back an eight point deficit to finish one point ahead of Northumberland and push them into second place.

Northumberland were obviously extremely disappointed having won three of the four fixtures but can take heart at a much improved overall performance than the one last year.

Sunderland had some problems for two of the fixtures which resulted in them losing a number of points but it is important to note they were still able to compete and finished in a very creditable third place.

North and South Tyneside played a major part in all of the fixtures by taking crucial points from all of the counties that finished above them, sometimes scores and points do not reflect the actual play and this was the case in quite a few of their games. Both of these counties have had to struggle with changes within their structure and have proved to be both resilient and competitive, they remain very important members of the Northern league and the ECBA.

We all wish Durham well in the Friday night fixture at Blackpool and once again say well done for winning the Northern league.

Northern League Winners - Durham

Report courtesy of Tony Cuthbert
6th March 2009