Robert Child claims thrilling victory on final day of festival

The Powerplay format is where the score on every fifth played end is doubled so a player can lose the first 4 ends to singles but level the score by winning the Powerplay end by 2.

The preliminary round saw Kevin Gates win 21-7 against Rob Lloyd (Castleford), Chris Dobson beat Mo Chambers 21-10 to face Mark Harrap who beat Andrew Walker 21-17.

Robert Child also won 21-17 against Ashley Brunton-Douglas and Barrie Watson eliminated Kenny Wale 21-18. Lisa Watson (Hunmanby) had a 21-12 win against Jim Barr while Mike Carter edged past Sue Purcell (Whitby) 21-20. Tony Chambers won 21-18 against Mally Kay and Billy Holdsworth won by the same score against Jo Leemsn.

In the first round Tony Bland won 21-8 against David Wright while Callum Malone won 21-9 against Rita Bland. Adam Chilvers also won 21-9 against John Burton for a game against Sue Holdsworth who beat Albert Beggs 21-16.

Gary Thornton progressed with a 21-14 win over Ian Richardson to face Alan Landers who won against Larry Dixon. Denise Dobson won 21-13 against Lill Barr and Katie Gates finished the top half of the draw with a 21-14 win against David Muir.

Eileen Greenwood had a 21-12 win against Tim Purcell (Whitby) her reward being a game against Stuart Thompson who beat Geoff Watson 21-7. Shaughan Temple won 21-7 against Ian MacGregor (Bridlington Bay) while Kevin Gates won 21-13 against Ian Hadden.

Chris Dobson had a 21-12 win against Harrap and Child destroyed Barrie Watson 21-4. Carter won 21-11 against Lisa Watson and Billy Holdsworth went through 21-18 against Tony Chambers.

Malone won the opening game of the third round 21-6 against Tony Bland and Sue Holdsworth beat Chilvers 21-8.

Landers beat Thornton 21-16 to face Katie Gates who just made it through, 21-19, against Denise Dobson.

In the other half of the draw Thompson had a 21-5 win against Greenwood and Kevin Gates had another, 21-9, against Temple.

Child put Chris Dobson out 21-16 and Billy Holdsworth ended the round with a 21-13 win over Carter.

Malone beat Sue Holdsworth 21-13 in the first quarter-final for a semi-final against Katie Gates who had a fine 21-18 win against Landers. Thompson beat Kevin Gates 21-12 while Billy Holdsworth put Child out 21-16.

Malone only just won the first semi-final 21-20 against Katie Gates but Thompson had an easier time with a 21-14 win over Billy Holdsworth.

Malone dominated the final for a fine 21-13 win over Thompson.

The weather took something of a turn for the worse on Thursday for the 22 pairs with a cloudy start begore heavy rain fell during the final.

The preliminary round started with an upset when Deb Stallard & Pam Watson (Hunmanby) won 21-12 against Sue Emmerson (Whitby) & Kenny Wale to face more Whitby opposition in Jo Leeman & Ian Hadden who won 21-15 against Shaughan Temple & Robert Chold. Rita & Tony Bland won an all-Borough game against Jim & Lill Barr 21-14. Albert Beggs & David Wright also won 21-14 against James & Jake Temple (Borough).

Mo & Tony Chambers won 21-15 against Eileen Greenwood & Andy Tomlinson (Eastfield) and Mark Harrap & Andrew Walker putting out Gary Thornton & Allison Roe (North Cliff) 21-20.

Kevin Gates & Stuart Thompson opened the first round with a 21-14 win against Mike Carter & John Burton and Alan Landers & Ian Richardson had a 21-19 win against Adam Chilvers & Callum Malone.

Geoff Watson & Andy Webb made short work of Ashley Brunton-Douglas & David Muir wining 21-7 while Chris & Denise Dobson won 21-6 against Barrie & Caroline Watson.

Billy & Sue Holdsworth beat Katie Gates & Mally Kay 21-6 for a game against Stallard & Pam Watson who scraped through 21-20 against Leeman & Hadden.

The Blands progressed with a 21-16 win against Beggs & Wright, and the round was completed wit a 21-16 win for Harrap & Walker against the Chambers.

Landers & Richardson had a comfortable 21-14 win in the first quarter-final against Kevin Gates & Thompson but Geoff Watson & Webb had an even better win, 21-10, against the Dobsons.

The Holdsworths had a close 21-19 win against their Hunmanby clubmates Stallard & Pam Watson but Harrap & Walker had a far easier passage beating the Blands 21-13.

Geoff Watson & Webb had a comprehensive 21-10 win against Landers & Richardson and Harrap & Walker were not far behind beating the Holdsworths 21-13.

Sadly the final was determined by the weather as heavy rain started to fall early, Watson & Webb coped with the conditions far better than Harrap & Walker and won 21-7.

The weather on the final day varied between sunny spells and nearby thunder and lightning.

In the preliminary round of the singles Katie Gates won the opening game 21-18 against Andrew Walker.

Mark Harrap had a fine 21-16 win over Andy Webb to face Geoff Watson who also won 21-16 against Barrie Watson. Albert Beggs pulled off a surprise 21-12 win against Adam Chilvers and Ian Richardson had a 21-11 win over Larry Dixon.

The round finished with Gary Thornton beating Chris Dobson 21-19 to face Jo Leeman who won 21-17 against Ashley Brunton-Douglas. Two 21-7 wins followed with

In the first round proper Kevin Gates had a 21-11 win over Sue Holdsworth for a game against Kenny Wale who beat Denise Dobson 21-16.

Allison Roe went through 21-18 against Tony Bland to face Paul Morgan who cruised through 21-9 against Rita Bland.

Stuart Thompson scraped through 21-20 against Ian Hadden while Alan Landers posted another 21-11 win against Shaughan Temple.

Two 21-7 wins followed to close the top half of the draw, Tim Purcell beating Caroline Watson and Billy Hodsworth winning against Lill Barr.

Jim Barr had a good 21-15 win against Tony Chambers and this also the score when Robert Child eliminated Mo Chambers.

Colin Scorah (Woodlands Park) beat Mally Kay 21-10 to set up a game against Callum Malone who eased through 21-12 against David Muir.

Another 21-12 win saw Katie Gates progress against Eileen Greenwood to face Geoff Watson who ended Harrap’s hopes with a 21-16 win.

Beggs had another good win, 21-18, against Richardson and Jo Leeman concluded the round with a 21-11 win over Thornton.

Kevin Gates beat Wale 21-15 and Morgan won 21-13 against Roe to open the second round.

Landers had a 21-10 win against Thompson while Purcell pushed Billy Holdsworth harder before losing 21-18. Child eliminated Jim Barr 21-11 and set up a game against clubmate Malone.

The quarter-final line-up was decided when Katie Gates beat Geoff Watson 21-16 and Leeman won 21-15 against Beggs.

Kevin Gates progressed to the semi-finals with a 21-7 win against Morgan to face Landers who beat Holdsworth 21-16.

The two bottom half games both ended 21-20, Child winning against Malone and Leeman going through against Katie Gates.

This win also gave Leeman the Ladies Prize for the best performance by a lady bowler on the final day, sponsored by The Farrier, Cayton.

Landers won 21-15 against Kevin Gates and was joined in the final by Child who beat Leeman 21-10.

The final got under way in reasonable conditions but descended into near farce as a torrential downpour created pools of standing water on the green. To their credit the players continued, Childs holding off a late Landers fightback to win a thriller 21-20.

Prizes were presented by Association President Emmo Emmerson and the trophy by its donor, Colin Scorah.