Whitby’s Paul Morgan earns victory at Bridlington Bay
After several days of rain the elements relented to an extent on Sunday as it was mainly fine at Bridlington Bay although rather chilly.
In the first round Denise Dobson (Dukes Park) eliminated Larry Dixon 21-15 her dubious reward being a game against Paul Morgan (Whitby) who won 21-13 against Daphne Fewster (Robin Hood’s Bay). Tony Allen (Hunmanby) also won 21-13 against Mel Dale (Bridlington Bay) and Ian Fewster (RHB) just scraped through 21-19 against Bernard Chalk.
Two more close games saw Kevin Gates (Dukes Park) win 21-18 against Barrie Watson and David Muir beating David Hill 21-17.
Caroline Watson had an excellent 21-15 win against Geoff Price (Dukes Park) and Alan Lee (North Cliff) beat Mary Kenworthy 21-13.
Alan Landers won a tough game against Stuart Thompson (Pontefract) 21-13 to face Tony Chambers (Castleford) who won 21-15 against Judith Andrews.
Chris Dobson (Dukes Park) had a big, 21-9, win against Matthew Fewster (RHB) and Ian Richardson beat Andrew Walker (Brid Bay) 21-14.
Scott Wardman (North Cliff) also won 21-14 against Brian Dalby (Borough) while home bowler David Hensby had a good 21-12 win against Mo Chambers (Castleford).
The second round line-up was completed when Alverthorpe’s Webb beat Knights (Sheffield) 21-14 and Ronnie Noble won 21-17 against Peter Fewster (RHB).
In the second round Morgan had a comfortable 21-13 win against Denise Dobson while Allen was pressed by Ian Fewster before winning 21-18.
Gates won 21-16 against Muir after the Eastfield player staged a strong comeback to face Lee who proved too big a hurdle for Caroline Watson. Tony Chambers had a fine 21-12 win against Landers to face Richardson who won 21-11 against Chris Dobson.
This round concluded with Hensby having another good win, 21-18 against Wardman and Webb beating Noble 21-13.
In the first quarter-final Morgan annihilated Allen 21-4 while Lee won 21-14 against Gates. Richardson was taken all the way by Tony Chambers before coming through 21-20 to face Webb who ended Hensby’s run with a 21-16 win.
Morgan was pushed by Lee in the first semi-final but prevailed by 21-18 to face Richardson who eliminated Webb by 21-15.
The final started out evenly with Morgan leading 8-7 after 4 ends.
He then extended this slender advantage by winning 4 of the next 5 ends to lead 14-8.
Richardson pulled 1 back only for Morgan to take 2 of the next 4 ends to lead 16-9. Richardson won 4 of the next 6 ends, all singles, to trail 18-13 before Morgan clinched the win with a 2 and a 1 to win 21-13.
After three ends of the T&B final Larry Dixon & Connor Chilvers (North Cliff) led 12-11 but then Mo Chambers and Bernard Chalk took the next 7 ends to win 21-12.
Congratulations also go to Geoff Watson & Jo Leeman (both Whitby) who won the pairs competition in a bowls festival at Alvor in Portugal.
Friday sees the second Winter Over-60s Merit, a singles at Dukes Park while on Sunday Whitby host an Open Singles.
Entry for both is on the day with the draw being made at 9am.
There will also be Drawn Pairs T&Bs for first game losers and “late arrivals” provided the weather and light permit.
To ensure entry for these it is advisable to arrive no later than 11 am.