Kevin Gates and Alan Lee win Drawn Pairs Merit at Eastfield
Sunday’s weather was strange to say the least, it was always a cool day but it started sunny, clouded over and featured a hail shower in the early afternoon before reverting to sunny for the final stages of a Drawn Pairs merit at Eastfield sponsored by Carpet Station, Filey.
There was a full entry of 64 and so all games were played with 4 on the card.
In the first round most games were relatively one-sided and this helped the competition finish in reasonable time.
Josh Emmerson (Whitby) & Ian Winning (Bridlington Bay) won 21-16 against Scott Wardman (North Cliff) & Peter McCrory (Whitby) while the strong pairing of Tim Purcell (Whitby) & Stuart Thompson (Pontefract) crushed North Cliff pair Allison Roe & John Cooper 21-8.
Albert Beggs (Brid Bay) & Cliff’s Ian Richardson won 21-13 against Judith Andrews (North Cliff) & Rita Bland (Borough) to face Denise Dobson (Dukes Park) & Jackie Tyrner (Brid Bay) who eliminated Peter van de Gevel (Dukes Park) & Andrew Walker (Brid Bay) 21-11.
The strong all-Hunmanby duo of Lisa Watson & Phill Todd cruised through 21-11 against Cliff’s Robert Child & Mally Kay and Andy Deighton (Dukes Park) & Cliff’s Ed McCormack beat Borough pair Lynn Gates & Simon Walker 21-16.
Ashley Brunton-Douglas (Eastfield) & Tony Chambers (Castleford) won 32-24 against Mike Carter (Eastfield) & Tony Bland (Borough) while Jennie Allen (Hunmanby) & Graham Knott (Brid Bay) completed a 21-10 win against Bernard Chalk (Bridlington Bay) & Chris Dobson (Dukes Park).
Alan Landers (North Cliff) & Sue Holdsworth (Hunmanby) won 21-10 against Whitby’s Kenny Wale & Steve Dover but Kev Gates (Dukes Park) & Alan Lee (North Cliff) were pressed hard by David Muir (Eastfield) & Adam Chilvers (North Cliff) before going through 21-19.
Ronnie Noble (Borough) & Jo Leeman (Whitby) beat Tony Allen (Hunmanby) & Joyce Harland (Whitby) 21-14 to set up a game against Billy Holdsworth (Hunmanby) & Katie Gates (Dukes Park) who just beat Cliff pair, Danny Cooper & Dave Moment, 21-19.
Pam Watson (Hunmanby) & Caroline Watson (Borough) won 21-11, against Emmo Emmerson (Whitby) & Keith Davis (Dukes Park) while Barrie Watson (Borough) & Larry Dixon (Westgate) lost 21-17 to Whitby’s Tommy Roberts & Peter Harland having led 16-7. Mo Chambers (Castleford) & Gary Thornton (Borough) had a 21-16 win over Tony Flynn (North Cliff) & Ian Hadden (Whitby) to face Whitby pair Geoff Watson & Sue Purcell, who crushed Mary Kenworthy (Brid Bay) & Jo Gates (Borough) 21-6.
The second round opened with Tim Purcell & Thompson cruising through 21-12 against Josh Emmerson & Winning to set up a game against Denise Dobson & Turner who defeated Beggs & Richardson 21-16. Lisa Watson & Todd also won 21-16 against Deighton & McCormack to face Brunton-Douglas & Tony Chambers who beat Jennie Allen & Knott 21-17.
Gates & Lee had an emphatic 21-10 win against Landers & Sue Holdsworth and Billy Holdsworth & Katie Gates won 21-15 against Noble & Leeman. Pam & Caroline Wason destroyed Roberts & Peter Harland 21-8 and Mo Chambers & Thornton won 21-10 against Geoff Watson & Sue Purcell.
Tim Purcell & Thompson had a 21-9 quarter-final win over Denise Dobson & Turner but Lisa Watson & Todd were pressed hard by Brunton-Douglas & Chambers before winning 21-19.
Kevin Gates & Lee had a comfortable 21-12 win against Billy Holdsworth & Katie Gates but Mo Chambers & Thornton just scraped a 21-20 win against Pam & Caroline Watson.
Both semi-finals were one sided, Lisa Watson & Todd winning 21-9 against Purcell & Thompson and Gates & Lee beating Chambers & Thornton 21-10.
The final turned out to be a real contest.
Watson & Todd raced out at the start to lead 9-4 lead only for Gates & Lee to score a 4 and a 1 to level after 5 ends.
A single apiece in the next 2 ends was followed by a 3 for Gates & Lee for a 13-10 lead.
Watson & Todd pulled 2 back before two successive 3s put Gates & Lee at 19-12. Watson & Todd scored 6 in the next 5 ends to trail 19-18 only for Gates & Lee to score the 2 needed to lift the cup.
On Friday there is the first Summer Over-60s merit, a singles at Robin Hood’s Bay.
Next Sunday there will be North Cliff’s Over & Under 67 Pairs (revised from the previous Over & Under 65s), both starting at 9:30am. Entries in advance to the relevant Merit Secretaries.
In Division 2 of the Evening Singles League played on Monday Whitby C dropped just 3 points in a 165-120 (7-1) win at Borough D to go second behind Dukes Park B who had a clean sweep, 168-73, at home to Westgate B.
Westgate A had a 149-143 (4-4) home win against Robin Hood’s Bay while Hunmanby B won 139-98 (5-3) at home to Eastfield B. North Cliff C had a 140-111 (6-2) home win against Dukes Park C.
On Tuesday in Division 1 Borough A recovered from their poor start with a 163-97 (7-1) win at home to Brid Bay A while Eastfield A’s baptism of fire in Division 1 continued with a 156-99 (7-1) defeat by Dukes Park A.
Whitby A won 144-133 (4-4) at North Cliff B, Whitby B won 143-133 (4-4) at home to Borough C while North Cliff A won 150-142 (3-5) away to Hunmanby A, a match that showed the value of losing players scoring as many points as possible.
In the Thursday Evening Doubles League Borough C started the third week, playing at home on Wednesday, by winning 20-48 (3-1) against North Cliff B.
On Thursday Borough B won all four games against Westgate to win 84-32 while Eastfield lost 75-58 (3-1) at home to Borough A.
The other two matches were both clean sweeps and both 84-29 to the home team, Whitby against Brid Bay and North Cliff A against Dukes Park.
League tables can be found at bowlsnet.uk UNDER East Coast of Yorkshire.