Jackson beats Morgan in Summer Championship final at Westgate

This is a competition for the bowlers who have accumulated the most points in Open Singles merits and the Association Singles competitions in the summer.

There was also a Tea & Biscuits (T&B) consolation competition for bowlers who did not qualify for the main competition.

Bridlington Bay’s Andrew Walker got off to a flying start in the final winning 4 ends for a lead of 14-7 before Hunmanby’s Alan Kynaston won an end.

The next 5 ends saw Kynaston pull back a little to 16-11 down only for Walker to win 2 of the next 3 ends for a 19-12 lead.

Kynaston then did stage a real comeback winning 3 ends to trail 19-17 before Walker scored 2 singles to win 21-17.

There were 19 qualifiers for the main competition which started after the weather had improved to make it a sunny day.

There were three preliminary round games which had to be managed in such a way that the seeded players did not face one of the winners who would have already played a full game.

In these Kenny Wale (Whitby) beat Association merit winner Lisa Watson (Hunmanby) 21-8, Stuart Thompson (Pontefract) won 21-18 against Geoff Price (Dukes Park) and Richard Jackson (Thongsbridge) went through 21-16 against Ian Richardson (Robin Hood’s Bay).

In the first round top seed Paul Morgan (North Cliff) won 21-16 against Tim Purcell (Whitby) and Chris Dobson (Dukes Park) beat Barrie Watson (Borough).

Jo Leeman (Whitby) just won a very close game against Jo Gates (Borough) 21-20 to face fourth seed Kevin Gates (Dukes Park) who cruised through 21-11 against Adam Chilvers (North Cliff).

Third seed Callum Malone won an all-Cliff game against Robert Child 21-17 to face Thompson who crushed Wale 21-8.

The round concluded with Jackson beating Steve Dover (Whitby) 21-11 and second seed Alan Landers (North Cliff) survived a late comeback by Gary Thornton (Borough) to win 21-19.

Morgan won the first quarter-final against Dobson 21-18 to face Kevin Gates who had a big 21-7 win over Leeman.

The other quarter-finals were close affairs with Thompson going through 21-20 against Malone and Jackson winning 21-19 against Landers.

The semi-finals were also close-fought affairs with both finishing 21-20, Morgan beating Gates and Jackson eliminating Thompson.

The final was not quite as tight but was a hard fought affair.

The first 4 ends were shared with the score being 3-3.

Morgan then scored a single before Jackson won 7 of the next 8 ends to lead 11-4 after 13 ends. Morgan then scored three 2s to pull back to 11-10 down after 16 ends.

Jackson then won 3 of the next 4 ends to lead 15-11 after 19 ends.

The next 4 ends were shared making it 17-13 before Jackson won 2 ends to stand 1 point from victory on 20-13.

That final point proved difficult to score and Morgan won 2 ends to make it 20-16 only for Jackson to ease over the line for a 21-16 win.

The President’s Trophy and the prizes were presented by Association President Emmo Emmerson.