Katie Gates and Josh Emmerson win North Cliff Drawn Pairs Merit
Sunday’s ECYCGBA merit was another Drawn Pairs at North Cliff, sponsored by Cliff President David Hill.
The first round opened with Chris Dobson (Dukes Park) & Hill winning 21-9 against Cliff duo Allison Roe & Joyce Elllis to face Peter McCrory (Whitby) & David Knights (Sheffield) who beat Ian Hadden (Whitby) & Dave Moment (North Cliff) 21-14.
Richard Jackson (Thongsbridge) & Mally Kay (North Cliff) just made it through with a 21-19 win against Sue Purcell (Whitby) & Brian Dalby (Borough) while Keith Davis (Dukes Park) & Adam Chilvers (North Cliff) won 21-16 against Nigel Trotter (North Cliff) & Emmo Emmerson (Whitby). Kevin Gates (Dukes Park) & Caroline Watson (Borough) edged through 21-19 against Andy Webb (Alverthorpe) & Sue Emmerson (Whitby) which was also the score when Geoff Watson (Whitby) & Ronnie Noble (Borough) beat fancied home pair Danny Cooper & Paul Morgan.
Home pair Tim Coyne & Leela Chilvers won 21-18 against Denise Dobson (Dukes Park) & Peter Harland (Whitby) and Simon Walker (Borough) & Ed McCormack (North Cliff) beating Larry Dixon (Westgate) & Ian Harland (Whitby) 21-13.
Alan Lee (North Cliff) & Tony Bland (Borough) had a 21-17 win against Rita Bland (Borough) & Sue Holdsworth (Hunmanby) while Josh Emmerson (Whitby) & Katir Gates (Dukes Park) beat Pam Watson (Hunmanby) & Scott Wardman (North Cliff) 21-12.
Phil Todd (Hunmanby) & Tony Chambers (Castleford) scraped through 21-19 against Cliff’s Connor Chilvers & Stuart Thompson (Pontefract) to face Judith Andrews (North Cliff) & Billy Holdsworth (Hunmanby) who had an easy 21-9 win against David Muir (Eastfield) and Pat Germaine (North Cliff).
Joyce Harland (Whitby) and home bowler Robert Child had a 21-12 win against Tommy Roberts (Whitby) & Pauline Allison (Borough) to set up a game against Kenny Wale (Whitby) & Barrie Watson (Borough) who beat Whitby pair Tim Purcell & Steve Dover 21-14.
Cliff’s Alan Landers & Andy Deighton (Dukes Park) won 21-18 against Cliff’s Ian Richardson & Ashley Brunton-Douglas (Eastfield) and Tony Flynn (North Cliff) & Lisa Watson (Hunmanby) eliminate Jo Leeman (Whitby) & Mo Chambers) Castleford) 21-12.
McCrory & Knights progressed to the quarters with a 21-10 win against Chris Dobson & Hill to play Davis & Adam Chilvers who won 21-20 against Jackson & Kay.
Kevin Gates & Caroline Watson beat Geoff Watson & Noble 21-10 to set up a game against Coyne & Leela Chilvers who beat Walker & McCormack 21-13.
Katie Gates & Josh Emmerson beat Lee & Bland 21-16 while Andrews & Billy Holdsworth eliminated Todd & Tony Chambers.
Joyce Harland & Child beat Wale & Barrie Watson while Flynn & Lisa Watson had a big 21-6 win against Landers & Deighton.
In the first quarter final McCroy & Knights ended the hopes of David & Adam Chilvers with a 21-11 win while Kevin Gates & Caroline Watson joined them in the semi-finals beating Coyne & Leela Chilvers 21-14.
Katie Gates & Josh Emmerson also won 21-14 against Andrews & Billy Holdsworth and Flynn & Lisa Watson beat Joyce Harland & Child 21-16.
The first semi saw McCrory & Knights beat Kevin Gates & Caroline Watson 21-11 and in the second Katie Gates & Josh Emmerson won 21-19 against Flynn & Lisa Watson.
Gates & Emmerson won the final by a 21-15 scoreline.
On Sunday Hunmanby host another Drawn Pairs starting at 9.30am.