The Spring Pairs Trophy was played for today in beautiful sunshine and there was a good turnout of 22 bowlers.

The tournament was played as a round robin with two groups and each pair in the group playing each other, 5 ends on the grass (which was running beautifully) and 5 on the artificial.

In Group 1, favourites Mike Fagan & Steve James narrowly went through to the final, ending on the same points as Jacky Denning & Les Farrell, but Les & Jacky had just scored less in their matches.

Group 2 saw Dave Roper & Kev Maher run away with the group on 8 points, nearest challengers Ross Muller & Marg Copeland and Chris Webster & Peter Bailey both finishing on 4 points.

So to the final and birthday boy Steve James led superbly on the artificial to make it an uphill struggle for Dave & Kev by the time they swopped to the grass. Steve & Mike continued with their good form and with 2 ends still to go they clinched the 2024 Spring Pairs title. Congrats to both Steve & Mike, but the real winner was the bowling itself.