ROSE BOWL 2018
The Club’s programme of internal competitions got off to a good start on
Sunday when 36 members took part in the Rose Bowl singles handicap.
In the top half the draw the holder, Fergal Wright, was drawn in the
Preliminary Round against Derek Wignall and progressed comfortably with a
21-7 win. He then overcame tough opponents in Peter Smith (21-13) and Laurie
Townson (21-13) to set up a quarter final clash with fellow Eagle and
Vulture, Kez Adams. This was expected to be a close game but with both
players playing well, it was Fergal who edged it 21-17 to reach the
semi-final, where he was to face Brian Sutton. This game proved to be
Fergal’s toughest test of the day as Brian, winner of the Coronation Cup in
2016, pushed him all the way, just losing out by a narrow 21-18 margin.
Fergal’s opponent in the final was Bill Bloor, who had got past Wayne Graham
(21-17), Rita Stanley (21-8) and Tony Wakefield (21-12) to reach the
semi-final where he was to play Jason Wright. This was Jason’s first
competition at the Hesketh Arms and he was highly fancied to make it an “all
Wright final” as he defeated Richard Rawcliffe (21-14), Mark Rowlinson
(21-16) and Chris Harding (21-7). It was therefore a surprise that Bill
enjoyed such a convincing 21-8 win to reach his first Hesketh Arms’ singles
final.
With Bill having shown such good form to reach the final, a close game was
expected and it was nip and tuck in the early stages until Fergal settled on
a shorter mark and ran out a 21-14 winner. Congratulations to Fergal on
winning the Rose Bowl for the third time in four years and to Bill for
reaching the final with some good wins along the way.
Under the Club’s newly adopted handicapping system, Fergal will now play off -2 in the next singles event.
Details of the new system will explained in the May Newsletter.
A Plate competition was held for players losing their first game and this
was won by Alex Rimmer who defeated Dave White 15-13 in a closely fought
final.
Don’t Forget we have a Social Round Robin this coming Sunday 6th May 2.00pm start. Please register from 1.45pm