Jo and Tony earn Over-60s merit glory at Westgate
The Over-60s merit this week was a Drawn Pairs at Westgate on a day that started cloudy but cleared and became reasonably sunny just as the competition started.
There were 44 entrants when the draw was made but 2 of these withdrew, fortunately both had been drawn in the preliminary round, and so two “lucky losers” from the first four games got a second chance in a random draw.
In the preliminary round Jack Richardson & Tim Purcell (Whitby) had a big 21-4 win against Jim Barr (Borough) & Alan Lee (North Cliff) while Jackie Turner (Bridlington Bay) & Peter van de Gevel (Dukes Park) won 21-11 against home bowler David Dexter & Mike Scott (Dukes Park).
Ashley Brunton-Douglas (Eastfield) & Harry Old had a 21-17 win against David Muir (Eastfield) & Denise Dobson (Dukes Park) and Geoff Price (Dukes Park) won a tight game against Geoff Watson (Whitby) & Alan Landers 21-20.
In the games involving the “lucky losers” Geoff Watson & Chris Dobson (Dukes Park beat Jim Barr (Borough) & Dave Moment 21-7 and Brian Dalby (Borough) & Robert Child won 21-17 against Pam Moment (North Cliff) & Denise Dobson.
The first round started with Les Boyles & Nadine Smyth (Dukes Park) beating Ian Richardson (Robin Hoods Bay) & Rita Bland (Borough) 2115 to face a Bridlington Bay pairing of David Wright & Albert Beggs who won 21-16 against Ronnie Noble (Borough) & David Hill (North Cliff).
Judith Andrews (North Cliff) & Ian Winning (Bridlington Bay) also won 21-16 against Steve Dover (Whitby) & Chris Kelly (Westgate) while Jo Leeman (Whitby) & Tony Bland (Borough) just made it through to the second round with a 21-19 win against Pauline Allison (Borough) & Larry Dixon (Westgate).
Mally Kay (North Cliff) & Sue Purcell (Whitby) beat Ed McCormack (North Cliff) & Keith Davis (Dukes Park) 21-12 for a game against Jack Richardson & Tim Purcell who put Geoff Watson & Chris Dobson out 21-15.
Brunton-Douglas & Old had a comfortable 21-10 win against Turner & van de Gevel to face Price & Lambert who won 21-18 against Dalby & Child.
Wright & Beggs won the first quarter final against Boyles & Smyth 21-15 to set up a semi against Leeman & Bland who beat Andrews & Winning 21-14.
In the bottom half of the draw Jack Richardson & Tim Purcell progressed with a 21-14 win against Kay & Sue Purcell to face Brunton-Douglas & Old who beat Price & Lambert 21-16.
Both semi-finals were close with Leeman & Bland winning 21-19 against Wright & Beggs and Brunton-Douglas & Old shading Richardson & Purcell 21-20.
The final was a close affair for much of the game.
After five ends the scores were level at 8-8.
Leeman & Bland then opened up a 12-8 lead after eight ends only for Brunton-Douglas & Old to pull back to 12-12 after 11 ends and them go 14-12 ahead after 13 ends.
Two 3s then restored the lead for Leeman & Bland and although Brunton-Douglas & Old scored teo singles another three gave Leeman & Bland the win by 21-16.
On Friday there is an Over-60s Doubles Merit at Eastfield and on Sunday Borough have their Tyne Cup Open Singles.
Entries in advance to the relevant Merit Secretaries.
On Monday in Division 2 of the Evening Singles League, Whitby C won 143-127 (5-3) at Dukes Park C while Dukes Park B won 155-93 (6-2) at Hunmanby B.
Westgate A had a 148-121 (5-3) home win against Borough D, Bridlington Bay B had a big, 167-96 (7-1), home win against Westgate B.
In Division 1 Borough C were at home to North Cliff A on Monday and lost 154-99 (6-2).
On Tuesday Hunmanby A won 145-101 (6-2) against Dukes Park A and Borough A visited Whitby B and came away with a 143-110 (6-2) win.
North Cliff B had a big 163-86 (7-1) home win against Eastfield A and Borough B had an even better 197-82 (7-1) home win over Bridlington Bay A.
In the Evening Doubles League on Thursday Eastfield won 83-68 (3-1) at Hunmanby while North Cliff A also lost at home, 71-63 (3-1) to Whitby.
Dukes Park won 83-59 (3-1) at home to North Cliff B and Borough B also only dropped one game winning 81-56 (3-1) at home to Bridlington Bay.
In the Saturday League Division 1 Borough A won 6 games but, because of two heavy game losses. lost their home match against North Cliff A 6-7 (180-178).
Hunmanby A thrashed Whitby 11-1 (202156) at home while Dukes Park A win 10-2 (201-128) at home to Bridlington Bay A.
In Division 2 Westgate A had a big, 10-2 (194-117) win over Borough C while Bridlington Bay B won 8-4 (181-156) at home to Eastfield.
Westgate B also won by having better wins away to Robin Hood’s Bay the result being 7-6 (185-177).