Team Selection - 1st August 2007

Gt Ecc V Belmont (Home) 

Ron Senior
John Quinney
Gary Brash
David Bilsborrow 
Alan Steele
Jimmy McNight
Johnny Miller
Peter Holden

RES: Bert Fletcher 
 

Fixtures Fylde Division 2

Great Eccleston V Belmont (Home) 1st August, 2007

Great Eccleston v Saint George (Away)

David Bilsborrow   11  Denis Taylor    21
Alan Steele         9  Bill Blower     21
John Quinney       21  Jim Potts        9
Johnny Miller      21  Martin Robert   16
Ron Senior         13  John Austin     21
Peter Holden       21  Bill Hibberson  10
David Thornton     17  Dave Billington 21 
Gary Brash         21  Mel Cainer      16
  
Result: 4 - 7 

Captain's Log

"Great Ecc fire extinguished by St George"

Just as we hit the top two for the first time this season our fire was put out by a fighting St George's team. Two chalks cost us 3 valuable points. Disapointing performances from Alan and myself didn't help our cause, but a spirited performance from Peter and John ensured it all hinged on the the last game. Unfortunately Dave was beaten 21-7 which resulted in an home win. As a result of this win we await the result of our rivals ICI to see if they took advantage in their away game. Meanwhile Layton also had the opportunity to close the 6 point gap.

Great Eccleston v Land Registry (Home)

 Alan Steele        21  Peter Findlow          13  
 John Quinney       21  Allen Jones            10
 Graham Trott       21  Simon Phumphrey        20
 Ron Senior         21  Tony Lyons             15 
 Johnny Miller      21  Phil Elliot            13
 David Thornton     16  Martin Illingworth     21
 David Bilsborrow   21  Graham Warrington      16
 Jimmy McNight      21  Carl Martin            14
    
 Res 9 - 1
 

Great Eccleston v Layton Institute (Away)

 David Thornton     15   Karl Beddington   21
 Gary Brash         19   Stuart Walker     21
 Bert Fletcher       9   Dennis Foxton     21
 Johnny Miller      15   Geoff Brayshaw    21
 Ron Senior         21   Brian Fleet       20
 Peter Holden        7   Gordon Meakin     21
 Jimmy McNight      21   Fred Gill         15
 David Bilsborrow   21   Geoff Barnes      16

 Result: 3 - 7
 

Captain's Log

LAYTON LAY IT ON THICK

Well it had to happen the winning run was ended at Layton but under the circumstances 3 points was not a bad return considering the team was blitzed by late withdrawals from the squad. Alan, John and Graham were missing which resulted in a season debut for Bert Fletcher who got a late call up this morning. At the half way point things looked good as Jimmy McNight continued his excellent form with a good 21-15 win. Wins were also recorded by Ron Senior and myself. Unfortunately that is where the points stopped as both Peter and Bert were well beaten to single figures and two battling performances from both Gary and Dave resulted in no points being added.
This is a major set back on our promotion push but there is still time for us to charge up the table and make our assault on the leaders.

Fylde Division 2 League Table - Leaders

                       P    W    D   L   POINTS

    East End          14   11        3     99
    ICI               14   12    1   1     97
    GREAT ECCLESTON   14   11        3     93
    Layton Institute  14    8        6     82
    Norbreck          13    7    1   5     80
  
 

Captain's Log

ECCY BOYS FEND OFF CHEMICAL ATTACK

A must win victory over league leaders ICI reduced their lead on ourselves to 4 points. Things started slowly with both sides having to make changes to the order due to late arrivals. As a result Ron made a rare first half appearance against unbeaten Tony Emery who continued his unbeaten run by beating Ron to 12. Jimmy Mcnight held the first half together with a splendid 21-9 win. A narrow win for myself and a 1 point defeat for Peter ensured we had a 5 point half time lead. John Quinney increased this margin by winning 21-9 early in the second half. Defeats for Graham and Gary followed. As a result it was left to Dave to bring home the bacon and he obliged by winning the final game to 17 leaving us with a 6 chalk win. This win keeps us on track for a top two position but next weeks trip to Layton will be a real test of our credentials. Alan and Johnny return and Gary is rested.

Players blame work for late arrival !

Billy was not sure whether some of his players were late for the match because they had other things on their minds...

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Great Eccleston v ICI (Home)

                      
David Thornton      21  Ken Drury         17
David Bilsborrow    21  Geoff Sigworth    18
John Quinney        21  B.Farmer           9
Jimmy McNight       21  Alan Hardie        9
Ron Senior          12  Tony Emery         21
Gary Brash          13  Geoff Lloyd        21
Peter Holden        20  Eric Johnston      21
Graham Trott        14  Frank Williamson   21 

Result 6-4 
 

Team Selection

Gt Eccleston V Layton (Away)
Wednesday 11th July, 2007

Ron Senior
John Quinney
Jimmy McNight
David Bilsborrow
Alan Steele
David Thornton
Johnny Miller
Peter Holden

RES:
Gary Brash 

Team Selection

 Great Eccleston V ICI (HOME)
 Away 
      Ron Senior
      John Quinney
      Jimmy McNight
      David Bilsborrow 
      Gary Brash
      David Thornton
      Graham Trott
      Peter Holden

 RES: Alan Steele
      Johnny Miller 

 

Who shall I pick?

Billy was not taking this lightly...he needed to pick the team...but who could he leave out? They were all chomping at the bit. But the question still needed to be answered...and quick!

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