19th August 2009 - West Midlands Herald New National Champion, Detective Constable Graham Hussey (Solihull)
West Midlands police have a New National Champion in Crown green bowls. Graham Hussey a Detective based at Solihull became the UK police sport National champion. The event which was hosted by Cheshire police on 19th August, saw 40 qualifiers from five regions compete for the title . West Midlands police were particularly well represented having seen a record number of entrants qualifying for this event.
Graham in winning the title saw off some tough opposition, defeating two previous national champions en route, Andy Hinton (WMP ) 21-18 in the quarter final and Glynn Fern (Derbyshire ) 21 -12. However, his best performance was no doubt in the final it self , defeating the defending champion Peter Cookson (also WMP) . Peter and Graham are both established county players and in Peter's case he has not lost a game in UK police sport for three years. It certainly lived up to its billing and was a very close affair going right to the wire. On the last end, the game stood level at 20 points each. Peter bowled two excellent woods on a difficult mark leaving himself lying on to win the game, however Graham with his final bowl pulled one out of the bag , delivering it inches from the jack and nestling between Pete's bowls to take the title. In bowls terms this for Pete was a real "sick bucket job", but fair play to Graham he held his nerve and took the title with an outstanding performance and a worthy winner on the day.
Speaking after wards Graham said " I knew it was going to be tough and was honestly just glad to be competing let alone win the event. I am very proud both for my self and West Midland police . "It was also a very good days bowling and socialising which is what the game is all about really"
Another notable West Midlands performance came from Steve Rogers based Force RPU Park lane. Steve reached the semi final eventually succumbing to Pete Cookson 21-15 .
Andy Hinton the current captain of the West midlands' police bowling section said. "The Force bowls section is blessed with a host of top quality players and this has been reflected in our performances in recent years. I am not surprised Graham won this event. He is player out of the top drawer who performed brilliantly on the day . I am very proud of his achievement ."
Andy Hinton (Captain)
15th July 2009
The regional went very well.
11 players turned up.
The 10 qualifiers are as follows:
Peter Cookson
Dave Scriven
Graham Hussey
Dave King
Nick Ellison
Lol Ellison
Steve Tate
Steve Rogers
Johnny Brookes
Andy Hinton
In view of the lack of outside Force entrants , the Chief Constables cup was played for at the same time.
Once again Dave Scriven won it for a record 7th time . He looks pretty unbeatable at the moment especially on Tally Ho . He beat Graham Hussey in the final 21 -15. Although his hardest game was against Johnny Brookes in the prelim, Narrowly beating him 21- 19.
Andy Hinton
Dear All (2nd July 2009)
So far 16 persons have indicated that they wish to be selected to play in this years UK National Individual Competition (this includes Staffs, Warwickshire and West Mercia). Unfortunately there are only 10 places available.
In view of this a Regional qualifying event has been arranged and this will take place on Wednesday 15th July at 10.00am.
The Venue will be Cannon Hill Park , Edgbaston. Lunch time Buffet will be provided at Tally Ho.
If you wish to play in the National you must enter the regional and qualify.
I would hope that we will be able to complete this by lunch time and I look forward to seeing you on the day.
Andy Hinton
For the Information of All Players
As the Warwick and Worcester Team have now given themselves a life line to stay in Division 4, I am abandoning the policy of dropping the lowest scoring player from week to week and will from now on play what I think is the strongest team available.
This will be down to my personal judgement, sink or swim.
John Brookes
Team Captain
CLUB CHAMPS 2009
The above event will take place at Tally Ho on Saturday 25th July beginning at 2pm prompt.
Look forward to meeting up with you on that day, having some excellent bowling and some fun!!
followed by a buffet at about 6.30pm.
Please let me know if you are able to attend, either by e-mail or by appending your name to the poster in the pavilion.
Please confirm by Wednesday 22nd July for catering arrangements.
We would like to donate any funds generated at the Club Champs to the Acorns Children's Hospice.
This will provide a nucleus for an exciting, major fund raising event, organised by the Bowling Section,
which will take place later in the year.
Details to follow
With Best Regards
Dick Conway
The following dates have been organised for the cup comps:
Arthur Mitchell (4 Home / 4 Away) Fri 29/05/09 7pm start v Moseley.
Warwick & Worcester Cup (8 Players) Fri 22/05/09 7pm start v Olton Tavern @ Moseley.
Please can you put these dates in your diaries. John Brookes will inform all those selected.
