Phil Todd homes in on Hunmanby Over-60s Singles Merit win
The Over-60s merit was a singles at Hunmanby on Friday.
In the first round Robert Child (North Cliff) won 21-16 against Tommy Roberts (Whitby) and Alan Landers won an all-Cliff game against Dave Moment 21-11.
Jo Leeman beat Whitby clubmate Tim Purcell 21-14 to face home bowler Ralph Myers, who won 21-18 against Ian Richardson (North Cliff).
Sue Purcell (Whitby) had a 21-16 win against Pam Moment (North Cliff) for a game against clubmate Geoff Watson who beat Tony Bland (Borough) 21-15.
Richard Garth (Ilkley) cruised through 21-7 against home bowler Malcom Dobson while Ray Leeman (Whitby) was pressed by Albert Beggs (Brid Bay) before progressing 21-18.
Pauline Allison (Borough) beat another Brid Bay player, Ian Winning, 21-15 and Caroline Watson won an all-Borough game against Brian Dalby 21-14.
Home bowler Alan Horton had the late bye only to face clubmate Billy Holdsworth who crushed Barrie Watson (Borough) 21-5.
Steve Dover (Whitby) won easily, 21-11, against Tony Foster (Ilkley) but Jennie Allen had to make a big comeback to beat her Hunmanby clubmate Sue Holdsworth 21-20.
David Muir won 21-18 against Tony Allen (Hunmanby) only to face Nigel Trotter (North Cliff) who beat home bowler Michelle Chamberlain, 21-15.
In the second round Mally Kay (North Cliff) was pressed by Ashley Brunton-Douglas but eventually went through 21-18 to face his clubmate Ed McCormack who won 21-16 against Dave Wright (Bridlington Bay).
Geoff Oldham (Hunmanby) was not troubled in a 21-8 win against David Hill (North Cliff) while Phil Todd had a surprisingly big win, 21-9, win against his Hunmanby clubmate Pam Watson.
There was another big win, 21-8, when Ronnie Noble eliminated Ian MacGregor (Brid Bay) to face Rita Bland (Borough) who had a good 21-16 win against Joyce Harland (Whitby).
Home bowler Jack Richardson won 21-12 against Larry Dixon (Westgate) and Judith Andrews pulling of a big surprise by beating Harry Old 21-15 on his home green.
Child beat Landers 21-17 and Jo Leeman won 21-14 against Myers. Geoff Watson beat Sue Purcell 21-16 and Garth had a 21-11 win over Ray Leeman.
Caroline Watson progressed with a 21-15 win against Allison to face Billy Holdsworth who won the all-Hunmanby game against Horton 21-11. Dover then beat Jennie Allen 21-12 and Trotter disposed of Muir 21-8.
McCormack had an easy 21-10 win against Kay in the third round for a game against Todd who won 21-12 against Oldham.
Noble beat Rita Bland 21-16 to face Jack Richardson who won 21-13 against Andrews. Jo Leeman had a big win, 21-11 against Child but Garth was pressed by Geoff Watson before going through 21-19.
The quarter-final line-up was completed when Billy Holdsworth won 21-13 against Caroline Watson and Trotter beat Dover 21-15.
In the first quarter-final Todd went through 21-17 against McCormack while his clubmate Richardson had a 21-12 win against Noble. Garth had a big 21-10 win against Jo Leeman but Trotter was pressed by Holdsworth before winning 21-19.
Richardson had to pull out for personal reasons giving Todd a clear passage to the final.
Trotter won the other semi-final against Garth 21-20.
The final started evenly with Todd being just in front, 7-6, after 7 ends.
He then extended this to lead 17-11. At this point Trotter conceded the game due to exhaustion in the heat.
On Saturday Dukes Park faced North Cliff in the quarter-finals of the Derrick Radley Cup at Whitkirk (Leeds District).
The match was enjoyable but one-sided as Park were missing a number of key players.
Cliff eventually won 244-120 (9-3). Nigel Trotter beat Dave Clarke 21-4 before Park got wins with Geoff Price beating Adam Chilvers 21-18 and Kevin Gates winning 21-17 against Tim Coyne.
Joyce Ellis then won 21-13 against Sue Gormley, Allison Roe beat Phil Lucas 21-5 and Ed McCormack scored a 21-16 win over Nadine Smyth.
Robert Child then destroyed Keith Davis 21-2 before Alan Bambrook secured Park’s third win, beating Scott Wardman 21-20.
Paul Morgan then won 21-1 against Ian Collis-Scurll and Danny Cooper repeated that score against Malcolm Drysdale.
Callum Malone won 21-5 against Tony Buckley and Alan Landers finished things off with a 21-10 win against Sue O’Neill.
Cliff now face Littlemoor (Bradford District) at a venue to be decided.