Sue Holdsworth and Alan Landers win Dukes Park Drawn Pairs Merit

The weather varied from sunny but with a cool wind at the beginning to wet for the later stages. There were 55 entrants so one “lucky loser”, drawn at random from the losers in the first four games, got a second chance.

All games were played with 4 on the card.

In the first round Ashley Brunton-Douglas (Eastfield) & Mike Scott (Dukes Park) beat Judith Rose (Bridlington Bay) & Adam Chilvers (North Cliff) 21-11 while Pauline Allison (Borough) & Billy Holdsworth (Hunmanby) won 21-12 against the Whitby paring of Geoff Watson & Emmo Emmerson.

Judith Andrews (North Cliff) & David Knights (Sheffield) went through 21-16 against Simon Walker (Borough) & Denise Dobson (Dukes Park) to face the strong pairing of Sue Holdsworth (Hunmanby) & Alan Landers (North Cliff) who cruised through 21-9 against Sue Emmerson (Whitby) & Ian Winning (Dukes Park).

In the bottom half of the draw Paul Hallatt (Sheffield) & Geoff Price (Dukes Park) had a comfortable 21-12 win against David Muir (Eastfield) & Graham Knott (Bridlington Bay) while Bob Brindley (Dukes Park) & Lisa Watson (Hunmanby) were pressed by Tony Allen (Hunmanby) & Phil Lucas (Dukes Park) but prevailed 21-19.

Tony Bland (Borough) & Dave Birch (Hunmanby) also had a comfortable win, 21-10, against Albert Beggs (Bridlington Bay) & Brian Dalby (Borough) while Pete McCrory (Whitby) & Dave Moment (North Cliff) had a close game against Steve Dover (Whitby) & Dave Wright (Brid Bay) winning 21-18.

Rita Bland (Borough) & Keith Davis (Dukes Park) beat Bernard Chalk (Brid Bay) & Tony Flynn (North Cliff) 21-16 to face another strong pairing, Jo Leeman (Whitby) & Kevin Gates (Dukes Park) who won 21-17 against Ed McCormack (North Cliff) & Peter van de Gevel (Hunmanby).

The final two games of the round saw an all-Whitby pairing, Kenny Wale & Ian Hadden, win 21-12 against Chris Dobson (Dukes Park) & Jennie Allen (Hunmanby) and Les Boyles (Dukes Park) & Geoff Oldham (Hunmanby) beating a North Cliff duo, Mally Kay & Ian Richardson 21-19.

The second round opened with Larry Dixon (Westgate) & Andrew Walker (Brid Bay) winning 21-18 against Andy Deighton (Dukes Park) & Mary Kenworthy (Brid Bay) and Alan Lee (North Cliff) & Ronnie Noble (Borough) going through 21-10 against Pam Moment (North Cliff) & “lucky loser” Ian Winning.

Brunton-Douglas & Scott had a good 21-15 win against Billy Holdsworth & Allison to face Sue Holdsworth & Landers who won 21-19 against Knights & Andrews.

Hallatt & Price had a second 21-12 win, this time against Brindley & Lisa Watson, to set up a game against McCrory & Dave Moment who eliminated Tony Bland & Birch 21-13.

The quarter-final line-up was completed when Leeman & Gates won 21-19 against Rita Bland & Davis and Wale & Hadden beat Boyles & Oldham 21-14.

Lee & Noble crushed Dixon & Walker 21-6 in the first quarter-final while Sue Holdsworth & Landers had a comfortable 21-14 win against Brunton-Douglas & Scott.

Both bottom half games finished 21-9 with Hallatt & Price winning against McCrory & Moment and Wale & Hadden beating Leeman & Gates.

The first semi-final was fairly close with Holdsworth & Landers winning 21-16 against Lee & Noble but Wale & Hadden had an easier time beating Hallatt & Price 21-8.

The final was a very one-sided affair. Holdsworth & Landers won the first end but then Wale & Hadden won 9 successive ends for a 21-5 win.

On Sunday North Cliff host another Drawn Pairs starting at 9.30am.

Entries in advance to the Merit Secretary.