In the top half of the draw Eagles players Dave Bedford and Mike Milne were paired and made comfortable progress to the final with wins against Janice Hobson and Brian Jones (21-12), Jim Halsall and Pat Jones (21-11) and Judith Farrell and Fergal Wright (21-14). Their opponents in the final were Kevin Leddy and Alex Rimmer, both of whom have enjoyed success in this season’s earlier doubles events. Kevin won the Vice-Presidents Trophy with Don Parish and Alex reached the final of both the Spring Pairs and Vice-Presidents Trophy with Jim Finnimore, only to miss out in the finals on each occasion.
Kevin and Alex reached the final with good wins against Colin Mckenzie and John Stennett (21-9) and Bill Nowell and Harvey Wright (21-17) but unfortunately ran out of steam against Dave and Mike who ran out comfortable winners in a one-sided final. This was the second time Mike has won the Chairman’s Shield, having previously won it with Eileen Curtis in 2010. Congratulations to Dave Bedford on winning his first Hesketh Arms title.
Many thanks to all those members who supported this competition and to Club President, Bill Nowell, who made the presentations at the end of another successful afternoon.
