A superb days bowling was had on Sunday for the Chairman’s Cup.  Unusually warm mid October weather meant that everyone was in their tee-shirts and there was a good turn out of 8 pairs.

The first round was round robin.  Group A saw Peter Ashcroft and Kevin Wilcox come top with three wins.  Strongly fancied pair, Steve James & Peter Bailey came second, with Chris Butler & Martin Roberts in 3rd.  Pauline was so desperate for a wooden spoon for her kitchen that she engineered a last place berth with her partner Ted Baker!

Group B saw Dave Ball & Mike Fagan run away with top spot with Ian Gill & Nick Slater finishing in second.  Third spot went to Les Farrell & Rylan Irwin, with the wooden spoon in this group to Dean Simmonds & Ed Stockley.

So to the semi finals and Peter & Kevin soon saw off Ian & Nick 11-5.  The other semi was a closer affair with our Chairman Steve desperate to do well in his own trophy and win a pairs comp for the first ever time.  The game was nip and tuck throughout until the last end where Dave & Mike pulled away to take the match 11-8 to shatter Steve’s long held dream (some might say a fantasy?).

The final was a cracking match and once again it was close throughout.  The consistency of Dave & Mike just won out though and they took the trophy 11-8.

Big thanks to Steve James our Chairman who supplied all the food and drinks for the day.  All in all a fantastic afternoon’s bowling and some pics are set out below.