Richard Jackson wins Sunday Open Singles Merit at North Cliff

In the first round home bowler, Dave Moment, went through 21-16 against Jo Gates (Borough) while Larry Dixon (Westgate) crushed Ian Winning (Bridlington Bay) 21-6.

Tim Purcell also had a big win, 21-9, against Malcolm Naylor (North Cliff) to face Robert Child who won another all-Cliff game against a young player, Connor, 21-15.

Richard Jackson (Thongsbridge) also won 21-15 against Paul Morgan and Lynn Gates (Borough) beat Sue Purcell (Whitby) 21-14.

Another Whitby player, Geoff Watson, went through 21-11 against Ashley Brunton-Douglas (Eastfield) for a game against another Eastfield player, David Muir, who just made it through against a relatively new home bowler Jasmine Chilvers.

Alan Lee (North Cliff) had a big, 21-5, win over Tony Bland (Borough) to face Callum Malone who won an all-Cliff game against Adam Chilvers.

Another homester, Judith Andrews, progressed 21-19 against Ronnie Noble (Borough) for a game against Steve Dover (Whitby) who won 21-15 against Pauline Allison (Borough).

Mally Kay (North Cliff) beat Rita Bland (Borough) 21-9 to set up another all-Cliff game against David Hill who beat clubmate Greg Long 21-16.

The round concluded with Tony Flynn winning yet another all-Cliff clash against Pat Germaine 21-6 and Ed McCormack (North Cliff) crushing Ian MacGregor (Brid Bay) 21-3.

In the second round Dave Moment had a big 21-8 win against Dixon while Tim Purcell did almost as well winning 21-11 against Child.

Jackson was pressed by Lynn Gates but came through 21-17 while Muir also came close against Watson before losing 21-19.

Malone came back from 15-5 down to win 21-17 against Lee and this score was repeated when Dover beat Andrews.

Kay won 21-12 against Hill for a game against Flynn who won against his clubmate McCormack 21-12.

In the first quarter-final Purcell ended Moment’s challenge with a 21-18 win to face Jackson who won 21-16 against Watson.

Malone also won 21-16 against Dover and Flynn won 21-19 against Kay.

The semi-finals both finished 21-14 with Jackson beating Purcell and Malone putting Kay out.

The final was a close contest.

Jackson edged ahead in the early stages leading 10-7 after 6 ends before Malone pulled back to level at 11-11 after 10 ends.

Jackson then pulled away to a 16-12 lead after 16 ends only for Malone to level again at 16-16 after 19 ends.

Jackson took the next 3 ends to lie “all but” on 20-16 but a 2 from Malone made it 20-18.

Jackson made no mistake winning the next end to win 21-18 and qualify for the Mick Jessop Cup, The East Coast of Yorkshire’s Champion of Champions. Prizes were presented by North Cliff President Greg Long.

Next week is relatively quiet with the last few Evening Singles League matches and the Association Rosebowl Doubles at Bridlington Bay on Sunday.

This was the penultimate week of the Evening Singles League.

On Monday in Division 2 Borough D had a 146-132 (5-3) home win against Bridlington Bay B and Westgate A confirmed their promotion with a 165-80 win at home to Eastfield B.

Dukes Park B are also promoted and can take the Division 2 title after a 153-131 (6-2) home win against North Cliff C.

In Division 1 North Cliff A took the title despite losing 149-142 (4-4) away to Borough A.

Hunmanby A kept their runners up hopes alive with a 166-90 (6-2) home win against Bridlington Bay A and only need to score 72 in their final match at Borough C to secure second place.

In the other matches Borough B won 162-113 (7-1) away to Eastfield A, North Cliff B won 146-119 (6-2) at home to Borough C and Dukes Park A won 146-140 (5-3) at home to Whitby A.

In the Wednesday Over-60s League Division Borough A took the title from Hunmanby A even though they lost away in the match between the two clubs 8-6 (112-104).

In Division 2 Westgate A confirmed their title with a 14-0 (15769) home win against Dukes Park C.

Borough C joined them in Division 1 next year even after losing 10-4 (134-72) away to Dukes Park B and in the final match Westgate B won 9-6 (95-99) away to Robin Hood’s Bay.

In the Evening Doubles League on Thursday Whitby took the title winning 84-37 (4-0) at home to Dukes Park.

Borough A also had a clean sweep, 84-52) at home to Bridlington Bay to take second place.

In the final match in Saturday League Division1 North Cliff A beat North Cliff B 8-4 (157-143) at “home”.