Jefferson wins Northern Grand Prix Stop 4

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Written by Edwin Whitehead Sunday, 17 January 2010

Northern Grand Prix – Stop 4
NST Revival Tournament

The fourth stop of the Northern Grand Prix ran on the old NST (Northern Scratch Tour) format to help celebrate 50 years of Tenpin Bowling in the UK. A good entry saw many old faces who had played in the NST all those years ago joined by some new faces.

The format was 5 game qualifier, cut to 12, bowl 3 more games and cut to a 6 man round robin final. Those who didn’t make the first cut entered a 1 game Mini Eliminator Knock Out event, the winner of which received their entry fee back.

Round 1

Scoring was not as high as usual but one or two bowlers really got to grips with the lanes with Lee Jefferson 1176, Mick Ince 1118 and Norman Hamed 1111 leading the way. In game 4 Lee nearly went all the way just missing out on a perfect game by a rocking 7 pin as he bowled the day’s high score of 299. The cut was made at 1009 with Mark Smith claiming the last spot.

Round 2

The top 12 now bowled a further 3 games with pinfall carried forward. The top 5, Lee Jefferson, Mick Ince, Norman Hamed, Wayne Greenall and Ron Oldfield all retained their position with Rick Froldi on 663 over his 3 games claiming the 6^th spot.

Mini Eliminator

Meanwhile the remaining 15 bowlers entered a 1 game knock out to see who could win their entry fee back. Mike Halliwell set the pace in game 1 with a 257 as he sailed past Nev Robinson. In the second round it was Michael Didur’s turn as he rolled a 266 to put out Tony Pridmore. In the semis Michael kept going with a 217 against Kevin Japp’s 197 as Frank Lindsay edged out Mike Halliwell in the best match of the Knock Out 245-234. It was 2 local bowlers in the final with Michael maintaining his form with a 209 to win the mini eliminator.

Round Robin

Norman posted his intensions with a 269 in game 1 to close up on Lee Jefferson. Game 2 saw Lee respond with a 288 to open up daylight at the top of the leader board. One of the best games of the day happened in game 3 with the 2 left handers Mick Ince and Lee Jefferson battling it out with Mick coming out on top 258-245. At this stage Lee was 164 pins ahead but bowled his worst game of the day a 155 as Norman hit a great 265 to close the gap to 100 pins. Lee still couldn’t get going in the last as Norman put in a great effort but lost to Ricky Froldi 257-235 to leave Lee deservedly top of the pile.

Future stops and dates

7^th March - AMF Bowling Wigan, Miry Lane, Wigan, WN3 4EA

13^th June - Bowlplex Blackburn, Peel Leisure & Retail Park, Lower Audley Road, Blackburn, BB1 1AU

11^th July - Grand Final - Go Bowling Shipley, Shipley Lanes, Market Street, Shipley, BD18 3QD
(Top 24 invited to play, over £1,000 prize fund, best 4 of 6 to count, must have bowled at least 2 stops to be eligible to play).

Round 1

	Name	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Total
1	Lee Jefferson	218	212	256	299	191	1176
2	Mick Ince	231	265	204	246	172	1118
3	Norman Hamed	173	237	225	258	218	1111
4	Ron Oldfield	226	206	244	223	191	1090
5	Wayne Greenall	193	238	219	222	193	1065
6	Tony Swallow	202	254	213	156	238	1063
7	Ken Wray	172	224	212	212	214	1034
8	Jack Smith	216	206	164	214	234	1034
9	Fred Lee	218	216	195	170	234	1033
10	Ricky Froldi	201	213	218	217	176	1025
11	Mo Singleton	197	202	195	244	174	1012
12	Mark Smith	217	207	209	178	198	1009
------ CUT ------ CUT ------ CUT ------ CUT ------ CUT ------
13	Trevor Green	248	159	213	182	196	998
14	Tony Pridmore	178	225	195	181	208	987
15	John Brownbridge	181	213	214	187	178	973
16	Alex Ward	215	254	157	189	158	973
17	Nev Robinson	211	183	194	201	178	967
18	John Wilkinson	177	165	224	208	191	965
19	John Lawless	155	201	170	202	235	963
20	Frank Lindsay	215	196	181	163	206	961
21	Dave Parker	185	202	225	193	154	959
22	Michael Didur	189	141	277	161	189	957
23	Kevin Japp	180	233	191	187	154	945
24	Mike Halliwell	216	172	202	182	167	939
25	Lindsay Pridmore	180	200	164	223	162	929
26	Craig Smith	233	173	150	165	169	890
27	Carl Hughes	155	212	134	143	206	850

Round 2

	Name	B/F	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Lee Jefferson	1176	257	212	190	1835
2	Ron Oldfield	1090	259	224	225	1798
3	Wayne Greenall	1065	216	225	259	1765
4	Mick Ince	1118	219	200	173	1710
5	Norman Hamed	1111	180	210	202	1703
6	Ricky Froldi	1025	216	265	182	1688
------ CUT ------ CUT ------ CUT ------ CUT ------
7	Jack Smith	1034	200	211	221	1666
8	Fred Lee	1033	179	234	213	1659
9	Tony Swallow	1063	203	192	173	1631
10	Ken Wray	1034	161	198	232	1625
11	Mark Smith	1009	196	213	202	1620
12	Mo Singleton	1012	224	171	181	1588

Mini Eliminator

Round 1	Score	Round 2	Score	Round 3	Score		Score
Trevor Green (1)	168	Trevor Green (1)	147	Frank Lindsay (1)	245	Frank Lindsay (1)	179
16	bye
Nev Robinson (5)	186	Frank Lindsay (8)	165
Mike Halliwell (12)	257
Frank Lindsay (8)	229	Mike Halliwell (12)	187	Mike Halliwell (4)	234
Dave Parker (9)	176
John Brownbridge (4)	177	Lidsay Pridmore (4)	155
Lindsey Pridmore (13)	193
Alex Ward (3)	176	Alex Ward (3)	144	Michael Didur (2)	216	Michael Didur (2)	209
Craig Smith (14)	161
John Lawless (7)	144	Kevin Japp (11)	152
Michael Didur (10)	187
John Wilkinson (6)	181	Michael Didur (7)	266	Kevin Japp (3)	197
Kevin Japp (11)	188
Carl Hughes (15)	149	Tony Pridmore (2)	157
Tony Pridmore (2)	172

Round Robin Final

	Pinfall b/f	Pins	Bonus	Total	Average
Lee Jefferson	1835	1069	40	2944	223
Norman Hamed	1703	1171	40	2914	221
Wayne Greenall	1765	1024	80	2869	214
Ron Oldfield	1798	990	80	2868	214
Ricky Froldi	1688	1060	40	2788	211
Mick Ince	1710	1058	20	2788	212

Order Of Merit

Top 24 at end of season invited to Grand Final with over £1,000 prize fund.
Best 4 out of 6 stops to count, bowlers must have played at least 2 stops to be eligible for final.

Pos	Player	Go Bowling Shipley	Amf Bowling Washington	Go Bowling Shipley 2	Go Bowling Shipley 3 17/01/10	Amf Bowling Wigan 07/03/10	Bowlplex Blackburn 13/06/10	Total	Final Total
1	Wayne Greenall	30	28	50	30			138	138
2	Mark Smith	30	40	30	22			122	122
3	Tony Swallow	25	35	28	24			112	112
4	Norman Hamed	26	18	23	40			107	107
5	John Lawless	50	15	24	14			103	103
6	Jack Smith	26	26	22	26			100	100
7	Lee Jefferson		23	25	50			98	98
8	John Brownbridge	40		26	18			84	84
9	Tony Pridmore	26	17	12	19			74	74
10	Lindsay Pridmore	24	22	15	8			69	69
11	Ron Oldfield			40	29			69	69
12	Barry Walker		26	30				56	56
13	Eddie Rowe	28		26				54	54
14	Ricky Froldi		26		28			54	54
15	Mick Ince			26	27			53	53
16	Adam Cairns		50					50	50
17	Frank Lindsay		19	17	13			49	49
18	Dan French		30	18				48	48
19	Mike Helliwell		25	14	9			48	48
20	Ian Hollands	28	16					44	44
21	Nev Robinson			28	16			44	44
22	Ken Wray			19	23			42	42
23	Jack Goult	22		16				38	38
24	John Wilkinson	23			15			38	38
---------- CUT ---------- CUT ---------- CUT ---------- CUT ---------- CUT ---------- CUT ----------
25	Alex Ward	20			17			37	37
26	Gemma Towers		21	13				34	34
27	Michael Didur	21			11			32	32
28	Matt Potter		28					28	28
29	Will Kenny	26						26	26
30	Jonny Herron		26					26	26
31	Andy Steel			26				26	26
32	Fred Lee				25			25	25
33	Craig Wilson		24					24	24
34	John Fitzsimmons			21				21	21
35	Mo Singleton				21			21	21
36	Adam Shrubb		20					20	20
37	Richard Gregson			20				20	20
38	Trevor Green				20			20	20
39	Dave Parker				12			12	12
40	Kevin Japp				10			10	10
41	Craig Smith				7			7	7
42	Carl Hughes				6			6	6