Home pair Alan Lee and Dave Moment earn North Cliff Over-60s Merit glory

On Friday there was an Over-60s Doubles Merit at North Cliff, sponsored by club member Greg Long, which attracted 38 bowlers on a sunny but breezy day.

The green was running quickly from the start which made bowling challenging, writes David Muir.

Initial games were played off scratch with later games being played with 3 on the card as the fast green inevitably led to long games.

In the preliminary round Ronnie Noble & Pauline Allison (both Borough) had a comfortable 21-13 win over the home pair of Pat Germaine & David Hill.

Another all-North Cliff Pair, Alan Lee & Dave Moment had a crushing 21-7 win against the strong Hunmanby pairing of Silly & Sue Holdsworth while Robert Child & Ian Richardson won an all-North Cliff game against Judith Andrews & Ed McCormack 21-9.

In the first round home pair Dave Moment & Alan Lee won 21-9 against Borough duo Pauline Allison & Ronnie Noble while Nigel Trotter (North Cliff) & Harry Old (Hunmanby) went one better beating home pair Robert Child & Ian Richardson 21-8.

Chris Dobson (Dukes Park) & Gary Thornton (Borough) fought out a 21-19 win against Whitby duo Geoff Watson & Steve Dover to face Eastfield duo David Muir & Ashley Brunton-Douglas who beat another Whitby pair Geoff Coleman & Kenny Rodgers, 21-14.

Hunmanby’s Phil Todd & Geoff Oldham scored another big win beating Sue Purcell & Alan Boland (both Whitby) 21-4 while Whitby pair Tim Purcell & Ian Hadden won 21-16 against Pam Moment (North Cliff) & Roz Bland (Sheffield).

Tony Bland (Borough) & Larry Dixon (Westgate) won 21-18 against Jo & Ray Leeman (Whitby) while Borough’s Barrie Watson & Dave Pryce had a crushing 21-4 win against Deborah Thornton (Eastfield) and Rita Bland (Borough).

In the quarter-finals Lee & Moment had a 21-18 win against Trotter & Old to face Dobson & Thornton who eliminated Muir & Brunton-Douglas 21-13. Todd & Oldham won 21-6 against Purcell & Hadden to face Watson & Pryce who beat Bland & Dixon 21-10.

In the first semi Lee & Moment won 21-14 against Dobson & Thornton while the Borough pair beat the Hunmanby pair 21-17.

The final was one-sided as Lee & Moment ran out to win 21-9.

The prizes were presented by North Cliff president David Hill.