PRESIDENT’S DAY 2016
The Club enjoyed another successful President’s Day on Sunday when Ray Sutton welcomed a record turnout of 39 competitors to take part in the President’s Cup.
In the tough top half of the draw, Jim Halsall had to negotiate a Preliminary Round tie against Jeff Brown (21-13) before getting past Jim Doherty (21-15), Norman Simpson (21-14), Brian Sutton (21-16) and Mike Dunlop (21-10) on route to the final. These were five good wins against difficult opponents.
In the bottom half of the draw, Dave Bedford reached the final with wins against Peter Smith (21-19), Jim Finnimore (21-12), Steve Lomas (21-10) and in the semi-final, Wayne Graham (21-13).
In the final, Dave started strongly, winning five out of the first six ends to establish a 10-4 lead. However, Jim was able to hit back and regaining the form he had shown in reaching the final, won 12 ends out of 14 to win the match 21-12, making up for being runner-up in last year’s President’s Day competition. Congratulations to Jim on winning the President’s Cup for the first time, having previously won the Rose Bowl (2013) and the Championship Cup (2014).
A Plate competition was held for those unlucky enough to lose their first game and this attracted an entry of 19 players. After some close games, the eventual winner of the President’s Day Plate was Jeff Brown with a 15-10 win against Sue Davies in the final.
The Club would like to thank Ray and Frances Sutton and their helpers for arranging refreshments and organising the raffle. A sum of £158.00 was raised on the day for club funds and an enjoyable day was had by all those who attended.
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