Paul Morgan defeats Kevin Gates in Dukes Park Open Singles final

In the first round Alan Lee fought out another hard-won game, this time against David Knights (Sheffield) by 21-18 to face Allison Roe (North Cliff) who beat her friend Sue Purcell 21-11.

Geoff Watson had a very comfortable win, 21-8, against Ashley Brunton-Douglas to set up a game against Whitby clubmate Paul Morgan who went one better by winning 21-7 against Mike Scott ((Dukes Park).

Geoff Oldham (Hunmanby) beat Larry Dixon (Westgate) 21-12 while Ronnie Noble was pushed by Scott Wardman (North Cliff) but eventually won 21-18.

Alan Landers was not troubled by Bernard Chalk (Bridlington Bay) in a 21-6 win but Tim Purcell had a harder task in a 21-19 win over Tony Chambers (Castleford).

Denise Dobson (Dukes Park) had a fine 21-15 win against Callum Malone (North Cliff) to set up a game against Mo Chambers (Castleford) who was not really troubled by Mary Kenworthy (Brid Bay) winning 21-12.

Barrie Watson scored a first ever win, 21-15, over Geoff Price (Dukes Park) while in a Gates family clash Kevin won 21-12 against daughter Katie (both Dukes Park).

This was also the score when Mally Kay registered his first merit win against Dave Wright (Westgate) while Chris Dobson (Dukes Park) won 21-13 against last week’s winner Ian Richardson.

David Muir nearly pulled of a big upset but eventually 21-19 to Stuart Thompson (Pontefract) while Adam Chilvers registered another 21-12 win against Albert Beggs (Brid Bay).

This was once again the score when Roe won the first second round game against her clubmate Lee only to have the “reward” of a game against Morgan who won the Whitby derby 21-14.

Oldham went through 21-17 against Noble while Landers just held on against Tim Purcell who staged a big comeback before going down 21-18.

Denise Dobson won 21-15 against Mo Chambers to set up an all-Dukes Park quarter-final against Kevin Gates who beat Barrie Watson 21-14. Chris Dobson ended Kay’s hopes with a 21-11 win and Chilvers scored the sixth 21-12 win of the day against Thompson.

Almost inevitably this was also the score when Morgan eliminated Roe to face Oldham who won 21-16 against the in-form Landers. Kevin Gates proved to be too much of a challenge for Denise Dobson winning 21-13 but Chris Dobson was taken all the way by Chilvers before edging through 21-20.

Morgan crushed Oldham 21-8 in the first semi-final and Kevin Gates was almost as ruthless in a 21-11 win against Chris Dobson.

The final was rather one-sided as Morgan won the first 2 ends and Kevin Gates replied by winning the next 2 to leave Morgan 6-5 up.

Morgan then went 10-5 up after 7 ends but Gates pulled 2 back in the next 2 ends only for Morgan to restore the five-point margin at 12-7 after 7 ends. Gates then scored another 2 only for Morgan to score 3 in the next 2 ends.

A single for Gates made it 15-10 after 14 ends but Morgan then took the game by scruff of its neck and scored 6 in the next 4 ends to win 21-10.

In the T&B final Sue Purcell & Albert Beggs beat home duo Geoff Price & Mike Scott 21-18.