FINAL

Ian Gill 16 Aaron Backhouse 7

Semi Finals

Ian Gill 11 v Dave Hulse 10
Aaron Backhouse 15 v John Leadbetter 6

There was a superb afternoon’s bowling in the sun today with 16 people battling it out to be crowned the Club Singles Champion for 2022, with Ian Gill taking the honours for the second time since the competition started.

The first round was a round robin with 4 groups of 4. The format saw 8 end played on the grass and 8 on the artificial for each match. Group A saw Aaron Backhouse come out easily on top with an impressive 46 points haul, knocking Mike Fagan into second with 37 points.. Group B was also a fairly easy win for Dave Hulse, who got 45 points, and Dave Croft took second place with 36 points. Group C saw John Leadbetter get a massive 50 points to take top spot, with Peter Grimes, on 37 points, just pipping Dave Arnold (33 points). Finally Group D was quite a close affair. Ian Gill took top spot with 39 points, narrowly ahead of Jacky Denning (37 points), Jacky having beaten Ian in their match, and Marg Copeland on 35 points. It was Steve Denning’s generosity in gifting Ian 20 points that enabled him to win the group!.

The semi finals were drawn and Aaron Backhouse cruised through against John Leadbetter by 15-6. The other semi was much closer with Ian Gill just beating Dave Hulse 11-10.

On to the final and it was nip and tuck on the artificial for the first 8 ends. Ian shocked Aaron with some of his own tactics by striking him off on the very first end. Ian toom a bit of a lead on to the grass and never relinquished it, finally taking the match and trophy with a 16-7 victory. Bowls was the real winner though as a great day was had by all.