Chilvers and Malone win Open Doubles Merit at Robin Hood's Bay

in the first game Alan Landers & Ian Richardson won 21-9 against home pairing James Arnold & Peter Fewster to set up a game against David Muir & Ashley Brunton-Douglas who had a 21-15 win against Ian & Peter Harland (Whitby).

Stuart Thompson & Andy Webb destroyed Hunmanby’s Phil Todd & Geoff Oldham 21-6 while Geoff Coleman & Kenny Rodgers (Whitby) eased past Larry Dixon & Tony Bland 21-17.

Adam Chilvers & Callum Malone were not troubled in a 21-7 win against Rita Bland & Brian Dalby (Borough) for a game against Jim & Lill Barr who beat their Borough clubmates Ronnie Noble & Pauli Allison 21-11.

Emmo & Josh Emmerson (Whitby) progressed with a 2115 win against Jo & Lynn Gates (Borough) and Gary Thornton & Tim Purcell won 21-17 against Chris & Denise Dobson.

North Cliff’s Danny Cooper & Scott Wardman won 21-11 against Dave Moment & Alan Boland (Whitby) to face home pair Ross & Yvonne Daniel who had a 21-15 win against Pam & Lisa Watson.

Paul Morgan & Kevin Gates won 21-9 win against Sue Holdsworth & David Birch (Hunmanby) but faced a tough game against David Walker (Scholes) & Tony Throup (Cleckheaton) who crushed Jo Leeman & Ian Hadden 21-5.

Sue Purcell & Allison Roe won 21-14, against Peter Harvey (Whitby) & Andrew Walker for a game against Robert Child & Billy Holdsworth who beat Geoff Watson & Steve Dover (Whitby) 21-11.

Sue Emmerson (Whitby) & Kenny Wale won 21-17 against home pair Ann Warnes & Trish Fewster to face Joyce Harland & Tommy Roberts (Whitby) who eliminated Mo & Tony Chambers 21-19.

In the second round Landers & Richardson won 21-10 against Muir & Brunton-Douglas while Thompson & Webb were even more decisive in beating Coleman & Rodgers 21-6.

Chilvers & Malone also had a relatively easy 21-12 win over the Barrs to face Thornton & Tim Purcell who brushed the Emmersons aside 21-9.

Cooper & Wardman also had a big win, 21-8 against the Damiels but the game between Gates & Morgan and Walker & Throup went to the wire, Gates & Morgan prevailing 21-19.

Child & Billy Holdsworth won 21-15 against Sue Purcell & Roe and Joyce Harland & Roberts had another good win beating Sue Emmerson & Wale 21-18.

Thompson & Webb just got through the first quarter-final 21-20 against Landers & Richardson to face Chilvers & Malone who cruised through 21-9 against Thornton & Purcell.

Morgan & Gates won comfortably against Cooper & Wardman 21-14 for a semi-final against Child & Holdsworth.

In the first semi-final Chilvers & Malone won 21-15 against Thompson & Webb while in the other Child & Holdsworth just made into the final 21-20 against Morgan & Gates.

The final was, overall, a close affair but with more than a few swings. After 5 ends Child & Holdsworth were just ahead 9-8 only for Chilvers & Malone to win the next 2 ends to lead 12-9.

Child & Holdsworth won 4 ends to regain the lead at 16-12 only for Chilvers & Malone to take the next 3 ends for a 19-16 lead.

The next 4 ends were shared, each pair scoring singles for Chilvers & Malone to win 21-18.

There were only three, rearranged, matches in Division 1 of the Evening Singles League.

In the first North Cliff A won 162—119 (6-2) at home to Dukes Park A while Bourgh had two wins against Whitby.

Their A team beat Whitby A 147-143 (4-4) away while their B team beat Whitby B 144-130 (6-2) at home.

In the Wednesday Over-60s League Division 2 Westgate B played Robin Hood’s Bay at home in a re-arranged match and lost 11-4 (110-82).

In the Evening Doubles League on Thursday there was another rearranged match between Borough C and Bridlington Bay which the home team won 79-48 (3-1).

In the Saturday League Division 1 Whitby won 8-5 at Dukes Park A but, although they lost 7-5 at North Cliff A, Hunmanby A secured the Division 1 title.

In Division 2 Eastfield made their promotion place look better with a 10-2 (202-143) home win against Westgate B.

On Sunday there is an Open Singles at North Cliff. Entries in advance for the latter to the Merit Secretary.