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15th July 2026:
Northants Bowling Federation Championships
Ketton bowler Elaine Upton faces a hectic weekend at the Northants Bowling Federation championships taking place at the Parkway Club over Saturday and Sunday.
Recently retired from her job as an assistant at the village Primary School, she features in four finals for a chance to qualify for the English Women’s Bowling Federation national championship at Skegness in August.
In 1986 she won the national under 25 women’s singles.
At Parkway on Saturday she takes on talented junior Caitlin Dalliday in the two-bowl singles and a few hours later joins Ketton clubmate John Suffling in the two-bowl Senior Mixed pairs in a bid to win at the third attempt - this time against Blackstones’ Sam and Rita Downs.
On Sunday she joins Helen Tilley in the Senior women’s pairs against a Crowland combination and later contests the Senior women’s two-bowl singles against Northants Federation vice president Rita Downs.
SATURDAY 18th JULY
10.00am – Men’s 2b singles: Neil Wright (Parkway) v Adam Warrington (Blackstones); Women’s 2b singles – Caitlin Dalliday (Parkway) v Elaine Upton (Ketton); Men’s secretary singles: Melvyn Beck (Whittlesey Manor) v Ally McNaughton (Wittering); Men’s senior pairs: Dave Corney & Phil Symonds (Whittlesey Manor) v Alec Emery & Roger Martin (Whittlesey Manor)
12.15pm – Men’s pairs: Stephen Harris & John Earl (Blackstones) v Paul Dalliday & Simon Law (Parkway); Women’s pairs: Mitch Willoughby & Hannah Nicolich Willoughby (Wittering) v Angela Cox & Caroline Brace (Crowland); Women’s 2b triples: Sally Albany, Jan McDougall, Chris Ryan (Crowland) v Rhona Morrell, Marlene Osborne, Jenny Mosley (Yaxley); Women’s secretary singles: Linda Toms (Conservative) v Susan Seed (Stamford)
2.30pm – Senior mixed pairs: John Suffling & Elaine Upton (Ketton) v Rita & Brian Downs (Blackstones); Women’s under 25 singles: Caitlin Dalliday (Parkway) v Peyton Harford (Parkway); Women’s Champion of Champions singles: Sophie Morton (Parkway) v Julie O’Neill (Yaxley).
SUNDAY 19th JULY
10.00am – Men’s veterans singles: Martyn Dolby (Blackstones) v Stuart Agger (Whittlesey Manor); Women’s senior pairs: Helen Tilley & Elaine Upton (Ketton) v Jan McDougall & Chris Ryan (Crowland); Men’s 4b singles: Neil Wright (Parkway) v Stephen Harris (Blackstones); Women’s 4b singles: Caitlin Dalliday (Parkway) v Angela Cox (Crowland); Men’s Champion of Champions singles: Dave Corney (Whittlesey Manor) v Gavin Jinks (City of Peterborough); Men’s under 25 singles: Ollie Jeapes (Parkway) v Owen Aspinall (Blackstones).
12.15pm – Mixed pairs: John Earl (Blackstones) & Karen Mercer (Whittlesey Manor) v Sophie Morton & Simon Law (Parkway); Men’s 2b triples: Steve Lander, Tom Newman-Borrett, Peter Brown (Whittlesey Manor) v Stuart Agger, Zack Brown, Steven Shaw (Whittlesey Manor); Mixed triples: Mike Gordon, Jenny Mosley, Peter Marchant (Yaxley) v Paul Dalliday, Michelle Coleman, James Harford (Parkway).
2.30pm – Men’s 3b triples: Steve Lander, Tom Newman-Borrett, Peter Brown (Whittlesey Manor) v Wayne Morris, Dusty Miller, Darren Middleton (Blackstones); Women’s 3b triples: Sally Albany, Jan McDougall, Chris Ryan (Crowland) v Carol Grief, Angela Cox, Caroline Bruce (Crowland); Under 25 open pairs: William Marchant (Yaxley) & Luke Murray (Whittlesey Manor) v Ollie Jeapes (Parkway) & Owen Aspinall (Blackstones); Women’s senior singles: Rita Downs (Blackstones) v Elaine Upton (Ketton)
