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New blood from Mary and experience from Maurice, make a winning partnership for this year’s outdoor captains.The 2011 outdoor season marks a change of captaincy at Desborough Bowls Club and the


10:30 Fri 24 Sep 2010
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Maidenhead Town Bowls Club held their finals over the last weekend with Kim Eales and Mark Goodchild winning the respective championship titles.For a full list of results, see this week's Advertiser.

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17:11 Thu 21 Jan 2010
Stavrou

Debbie Stavrou won the Potters World Indoor Bowls Ladies Matchplay this afternoon, taking the crown for the second year running. The Desborough Bowls Club member beat Guernsey’s Alison Merrien

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13:55 Wed 03 Jun 2009

Desborough Bowls Club\'s latest star recruit Mark Bantock has been chosen to captain England in the British Isles International Series at Belmont BC, Belfast on June 27 and 28.Bantock, who has had

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09:16 Thu 28 Jan 2010
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Debbie Stavrou has set her sights on becoming the first woman to win three World Bowls Matchplay Championships in a row after successfully defending her crown last week.The 36-year-old, who plays out

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10:30 Wed 26 Aug 2009

Mark Bantock, Ryan Buckett and Andrew Knapper from Desborough BC are the 2009 Men’s Berkshire Triples champions after defeating Rex Moore, John Heapy and Paul Ryman from Hagbourne 29-10 in the

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16:40 Wed 06 May 2009
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Twyford travelled to Maidenhead to play their first league fixture of the season. Resplendent in their new league shirts, Twyford went down by 85 shots to 75. Barry Carter had a resounding win on

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13:30 Thu 17 May 2012
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Warmer days, cooler nights and, thankfully, a little bit less of the wet stuff, helped local angling prospects a little last week and although catches are still well below par for the time of year

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13:30 Thu 10 May 2012
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It has been yet another dour week on the local angling scene with the weather more reminiscent of October than May and the fishing correspondingly patchy at best. Tench, the species that typifies

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15:00 Thu 03 May 2012
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Few sports are as impacted by the weather as much as angling and, despite the drought declaration, April is looking to break all records for rainfall. The consequence has been a somewhat soggy and

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15:16 Fri 18 May 2012
Sophie

A junior tennis player has been put through her paces after reaching the finals of a Lawn Tennis Association talent identification event in London. Sophie Drakeford-Lewis, 13, from Sonning, was one of 20 young players from across the country invited to train at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, after progressing through regional 'talent ID' days. Sophie, who trains at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, was able to showcase her ability.

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12:12 Thu 17 May 2012
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A feisty female racing driver is giving the boys a run for their money in a motorsport competition. Racing instructor Jade Edwards is battling it out in the Ma5da MX5 Championship 2012, which sees her compete at race tracks across the country. The 22-year-old from Maidenhead made a positive start in the first round at Silverstone last month. "I got a fifth and a third - a podium finish," she said.

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09:00 Thu 17 May 2012
Dan Williams

Maidenhead boxing sensation Dan Williams was crowned national champion after stopping Idries Hussain in the ABAE National Junior Championships at the weekend. Williams took just two rounds to win the

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