Seniors


Keith Hartley, President, and Eric Weightman Vice-President with Northern Counties Trophy 2008

Seniors Over 60 Inter County Competitions


Durham County IBA enters teams in the following:-

1. Midlands Counties League for the Midlands League Trophy (8 rinks of four players)

2. Northern League for the B H Crosby and N Pratt Trophy (8 rinks of four players)

3. Over 60 Inter-County League (6 rinks of four players) - a new national competition starting 2008-9

(see Rules and Draw)

The Over 60 Inter-County League is a new national competition introduced by the EIBA for the 2008-9 Season. Initially all the 17 participating Counties will be split into four geographical groups to play in preliminary mini-leagues on a round robin basis (3 rinks home and 3 rinks away). Each group winner will then go forward to compete in the knock-out stage of the competition.

Durham County have been members of the Midlands Seniors League with Yorkshire, Leicestershire, Lancashire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire for five seasons and have had to play all their matches away. However, despite this disadvantage they have been very successful. In their first season 2004 they were runners-up and for the following three seasons won the competition.

In 1998 Dave Morgan,Durham County IBA Secretary, together with past Presidents, Ben Crosby and Neil Pratt were instrumental in setting up the Northern Counties Seniors League which originally comprised of five counties, Durham, Cumbria, Northumberland, Lancashire and Yorkshire.

During the 11 years of its existence Durham have won the competition eight times and finished runners-up on the other three occasions. This is a proud record. The winners receive the Neil Pratt and Ben Crosby Trophy donated by two past Presidents of the Association. Cumbria and Northumberland have since withdrawn from the Northern Counties League which leaves Yorkshire, Lancashire and Durham taking part.

Durham Seniors squad members 2007 - 8 are set out in the table below. Fixtures for the Midlands Counties League and the Northern Counties League are set out below

Seniors Fixtures 2008/9
Date
Opponents
Venue
League
Start
Team
Result
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
   
   

Seniors Squad 2007 - 2008
Name
Club
Name
Club
Armstrong R Consett
Jopling T
Sunderland
Baines M Darlington
Lamb K
Darlington
Barnes T Hartlepool
Layfield J
Durham
Bearpark G Darlington
McCain C
Sunderland
Bell W Stanley
McCamley C
Stanley
Brown G Sunderland
McIver D
Hartlepool
Callaghan D Stanley
Parkin J
Stanley
Cooper A Gt Aycliffe
Peacock G
Darlington
Dews G Stanley
Quinn P
Hartlepool
Dougherty Hartlepool
Ramsdale E
Darlington
Duffy T Stanley Ridley K Stanley
Duffy W Gt Aycliffe Roberts D Gt Aycliffe
Edwards F Gt Aycliffe Robson B Durham
Ferguson A Sunderland Robson V Gt Aycliffe
Flett J Sunderland Robinson H Darlington
Gibson J Hartlepool Rollason R Houghton
Grayson j Darlington Shaw T Gt Aycliffe
Haikney R Stanley Shield W Stanley
Hartley K Stanley Slinn B Durham
Hayes T Houghton Stephenson A Darlington
Herne W Sunderland Taylor A Hartlepool
Hind W Gateshead Weightman E Houghton
Hutchinson B * Shildon    

Past Winners
Northern Counties Seniors League
1998 Winners Durham CIBA
1999 Runners-up Durham CIBA
2000 Winners Durham CIBA
2001 Winners Durham CIBA
2002 Winners Durham CIBA
2003 Winners Durham CIBA
2004 Winners Durham CIBA
2005 Runners-up Durham CIBA
2006 Runners-up Durham CIBA
2007 Winners Durham CIBA
2008 Winners Durham CIBA
Midland Counties Seniors League
2004 Runners-up Durham CIBA
2005 Winners Durham CIBA
2006 Winners Durham CIBA
2007 Winners Durham CIBA