Richard Jackson and Phil Todd win North Cliff Over & Under-67s Pairs merit
On Sunday North Cliff staged their Over & Under-67 Pairs on a sunny but cool day.
The competition was sponsored in part by Marlene Swift in memory of her late husband Derrick, a long-time North Cliff stalwart, and in part by Stuart Neilson of the North Riding Brew Pub.
The opening game of the first round was close with Peter Harvey (Whitby) & Rita Bland edging Emmo Emmerson & Larry Dixon 21-20 while Kenny Wale & Steve Dover beat Whitby clubmates Jo Leeman & Ian Hadden 21-11.
Andy Deighton (Dukes Park) & Billy Holdsworth won 21-11 against Eastfield’s Eileen Greenwood & Andy Tomlinson to face Alan Landers & Ian Richardson who beat Borough’s Barrie Watson & Shaughan Temple 21-13.
Lynn Gates (Borough) & Judith Andrews went down 21-16 to Tony Flynn (North Cliff) & Steve Watson (Hunmanby) and Stuart Thompson & Linda Armstrong (both Pontefract) scraped through 21-20 against another Whitby pair, Alan Boland & Craig Hoos.
There was an emphatic 21-4 win for Paul Morgan (North Cliff) & Geoff Oldham over Sue Emmerson (Whitby) & Pat Germaine (North Cliff) and Andy Webb (Alverthorpe) & Alan Box (Rothwell) beating Cliff pairing Greg Long & Pam Moment.
Hunmanby’s Pam & Lisa Watson had a 21-16 win against North Cliff duo Nigel Trotter & Mally Kay to face Kevin Gates (Dukes Park) & Geoff Watson who beat Danny Cooper (North Cliff) & Jack Richardson 21-18.
Cliff’s Callum Malone & Colin Leadill eliminated Sue Purcell & Allison Roe (North Cliff) 21-12 and Cliff duo Scott Wardman & Ed McCormack cruised through 21-5 against Connor Chilvers (North Cliff) & David Muir.
Borough’s Dave Pryce & Gary Thornton won 21-6 against Whitby pair of Joyce & Peter Harland but Borough’s Jo Gates & Pauline Allison pushed home pair Adam Chilvers & John Cooper before succumbing 21-17.
The round was completed by Richard Jackson (Thongsbridge) & Phil Todd winning 21-12 against the home pairing of Alan Lee & Dave Moment and Hunmanby duo Dave Birch & Sue Holdsworth beating Josh Emmerson & Tim Purcell 21-9.
In the second round Wale & Dover just made it through 21-20 against Harvey & Rita Bland to set up a game against Deighton & Billy Holdsworth who had a surprisingly big 21-13 win against Landers & Ian Richardson.
Thompson & Armstrong had another 21-20 win, this time against Flynn & Steve Watson while Webb & Box also won 21-20 against Morgan & Oldham.
Pam & Lisa Watson beat Gates & Geoff Watson 21-19 to face Malone & Leadill who had a 21-14 win over Wardman & McCormack. Pryce & Thornton also won 21-14 against Adam Chilvers & John Cooper and Jackson & Todd beat Birch & Sue Holdsworth 21-11.
Wale & Dover’s hopes were ended by Deighton & Billy Holdsworth who won 21-12 with Webb & Box winning 21-14 against Thompson & Armstrong.
Malone & Leadill just made it through 21-20 against Pam & Lisa Watson and Jackson & Todd completed the semi-final line up with a 21-16 win against Pryce & Thornton.
Deighton & Billy Holdsworth made easy work of the first semi-final with a 21-12 win against Webb & Box but Jackson & Todd went one better winning 21-11 against Malone & Leadill.
Jackson & Todd took an early grip on the final racing into a 14-8 lead, eventually winning 21-14 against Deighton & Holdsworth.
The prizes were presented by Cliff President Greg Long and Neilson.
On Friday there is an Over-60s singles at Eastfield while on Sunday Bridlington Bay stage the first Open Singles of the summer, both starting at 9.30am.
Entries in advance to the relevant Merit Secretaries.