Kevin Gates and Pam Watson win Bridlington Bay Mixed Doubles title
Sunday started warm and sunny for Bridlington Bay’s Mixed Doubles but clouded over and cooled in the early afternoon.
The competition was sponsored by Taylor Made Double Glazing of Bridlington.
The very first game produced something of a surprise with Lynn Gates (Borough) & David Muir winning 21-17 against Chris & Denise Dobson (Dukes Park) to face Dennie Thornton (Eastfield) & Gary Thornton who won 21-16 against Derek & Mel Dale (Bridlington Bay).
Kenny Wale & Sue Emmerson (Whitby) beat Sue Wilkinson (Borough) & Robert Child 21-12 and Ian Hadden & Jo Leeman (Whitby) had a 21-13 win over the home pair of Ian Carter & Julie Dale. Eileen Greenwood (Eastfield) & Ashley Brunton-Douglas beat Alix Stallard (Hunmanby) & Ray Leeman (Whitby) 21-19 to face a tough game against Kevin Gates (Dukes Park) & Pam Watson (Hunmanby) who won 21-15 against Steve Dover (Whitby) & Lil Barr (Borough).
Geoff Watson (Whitby) & Jackie Turner (Bridlington Bay) beat Stuart Thompson & Linda Armstrong (Pontefract) 21-17 and Barrie & Caroline Watson had a good 21-12 win over Alan Landers & Allison Roe (North Cliff).
Tim & Sue Purcell won 21-18 against Tony & Mo Chambers (Castleford) and Ronnie Noble & Pauline Allison (Borough) beat Tom & Kath Muckley 21-13.
The home pair of Andrew Walker & Lynne Humpleby gad a good 21-18 win against Billy & Sue Holdsworth (Hunmanby) to face Joyce Ellis (North Cliff) & Nigel Trotter who cruised through 21-10 against Tony & Rita Bland (Borough).
Andy Deighton & Katie Gates beat Dukes Park clubmates Peter van de Gevel & Amandaa Scholey 21-11 for a game against another Park pair Geoff Price & Nadine Smyth who won 21-12 against Emmo Emmerson (Whitby) & Sheila Dyson (Westgate).
Scott Wardman (North Cliff) & Jo Gates (Borough) beat Adam & Jasmine Chilvers 21-15 and Tony & Jenny Allen (Hunmanby) have a fine 21-14 win against Danny Cooper (North Cliff) & Lisa Watson (Hunmanby).
In the second round Lynn Gates & Muir went down 21-11 to the Thorntons while Wale & Sue Emmerson won the all-Whitby clash against Hadden & Jo Leeman 21-19.
Brunton-Douglas & Greenwood did well but just fell short going down 21-19 to Kevin Gates & Pam Watson while Geoff Watson & Turner beat Barrie & Caroline Watson 21-15.
Noble & Allison just made it through 21-19 against the Purcells to face Walker & Humpleby, who had another good win beating Trotter & Ellis 21-13. Deighton & Katie Gates beat Dukes Park clubmates Price & Smyth 21-15 and Wardman & Jo Gates won 21-14 against the Allens.
Wale & Sue Emmerson won 21-15 against the Thorntons to set up a semi-final against Kevin Gates & Pam Watson who beat Geoff Watson & Turner.
Noble & Allison crushed Walker & Humpleby 21-7 to face Deighton & Katie Gates in the second semi-final after they beat Wardman & Jo Gates 21-15.
The first semi-final was close with Kevin Gates & Pam Watson going through 21-17 against Wale & Emmerson to face Deighton & Katie Gates who had a big 21-5 win against Noble & Allison.
The final swung one way and then another.
Kevin Gates & Watson took an early lead of 8-6 only for Deighton and Kevin’s daughter Katie take a 13-8 lead but Kevin Gates & Watson then pulled back to 13-12 down after 10 ends and, after losing the 11th end followed this up by going into a 17-14 lead after 14 ends.
Two 2s put Deighton & Katie Gates back in front 18-17 but that was as good as it got as Kevin Gates & Watson scored a 3 and a 1 to win 21-18.
On Friday there is an Over-60s Singles at Bridlington Bay and on Sunday there is an Open Singles at Westgate. Entries in advance to the relevant Merit Secretaries.