On Sunday 24th July, 24 members and guests competed for the Chairman’s Shield. This is a doubles competition for which the pairings are drawn at random.
The early stages saw some close and competitive games but the highlights were 21-20 wins for Les Miller and Joe Parker against Shirley Kelly and Leo Tobin and also for Roy Heyes and Bill Nowell, who overcame Pat Higgins and Ray Lowe by the same margin. The winners of these games then faced each other in the semi-final and although at one stage it was looking like it was going down to the wire, Les and Joe progressed to the final with a 21-15 success.
In the top half of the draw one of our guests for the day, Mark Eustace, was drawn to partner seasoned campaigner Bill Nuttall. With the help of Bill’s experience and knowledge of the green , Mark and Bill were able to reach the semi-final with wins against Harry Brown and Pat Miller (21-7) and Jim Huyton and Norman Parry (21-16). In the semi-final, they came up against the pairing of one of last year’s winners, Eileen Curtis, and Alan Bond, who has produced some good performances in his first season at the Hesketh Arms. With Eileen putting up some consistently good leads, it was Alan and Eileen who won a close game 21-17 to reach the final.
The final was an exciting game which could have gone either way but in the end the Chairman’s Shield went to Les Miller and Joe Parker, overcoming Alan and Eileen with a 21-18 victory. Congratulations to Les and Joe on their first competition success at the Hesketh Arms.
Members are reminded that the next club competition is The Championship Cup on Sunday 14th August, followed by the re-arranged President’s Cup a week later on Sunday 21st August. Both competitions will start at 1.00pm
Sunday 10th July saw another good entry of 27 players taking part in the Club’s latest competition, The Coronation Cup.
Following some close games in the early rounds, the semi-finals brought together Alan Bond v Mike Dunlop and Jim Finnimore v. 2010 winner, Margaret Langley.
Alan Bond, in his first season at the Hesketh Arms, had goods wins in the early rounds against Pat Jones (21-19) and John McGurk (21-14) before meeting Brian Jones in the quarter-final. This proved to be one of games of the day with Alan scoring two at the final end to win through to the semi-final 21-20. In the semi-final Alan came up against Mike Dunlop who had been in fine form all day, recording wins against Harry Brown (21-18), Beryl Jackson (21-18) and George Hitchmough (21-11). Mike continued his good form in the semi-final to record a comfortable 21-8 win.
In the bottom half of the draw, Jim Finnimore had progressed to the semi-final with wins against Norman Parry (21-20) and Bill Nowell (21-10) to face Margaret Langley who did well to overcome the disadvantage of playing off scratch to overcome Shirley Kelly (21-20) and Richard Rawcliffe (21-14). Margaret continued to play well in the semi-final against Jim and reached the final with a 21-10 success.
The final saw Margaret, playing off scratch after several competition victories in recent seasons, playing Mike Dunlop, in his first Hesketh Arms singles final. Starting on +4, Mike got got off to a flying start which was to prove decisive. Despite Margaret bowling well, Mike continued to play as he had been doing throughout the competition and eventually won the final 21-5 to take the 2011 Coronation Cup
12 members took part in the Club’s Spring Bank Holiday Round Robin.
In 3rd place with an aggregate of +13 was Jim Finnimore, Club Chairman Chris Harding came 2nd with +17 but the clear winner, with an impressive aggregate of +26 was Brian Jones.
Thanks to those members who attended this event – an enjoyable afternoon’s bowling was possible as the weather conditions improved as the day went on.
Another Round Robin will be held on Monday 29th August (Summer Bank Holiday) starting at 2.00pm
Another good turnout of 24 members and guests took part in the Club’s Easter Monday Round Robin. It was particularly pleasing to see several members taking part in their first club event. At the end of an enjoyable afternoon of bowling, the scores were very close with a three way tie for second place between Eileen Curtis, Jim Finnimore and Chris Harding, all with an aggregate of +12. However, the winner of the second Round Robin of season was Harry Brown with a score of +14.
Members are reminded that the next Round Robin will be held on Monday 30th May (Spring Bank Holiday), starting at 2.00pm
The first club competition of the season was played for on Sunday 17th April and the fine early season weather and improved condition of the green attracted an entry of 34 players to compete for “The Rose Bowl”, which is a record for recent times. It was pleasing to see all the Club’s teams represented and also to see 14 of our lady members taking part.
After some close games in the early rounds, the semi-finals were contested between Richard Rawcliffe and Darren Edgerley and Jim Finnimore and Bill Nowell. In the first of these semi-finals, Darren was able to overcome a four chalk handicap to win 21-14. The second semi-final was a closer affair, with Bill Nowell eventually going through to the final with a 21-17 victory.
The final produced some excellent bowling with the result in doubt until the last couple of ends. It was Darren, however, who was able to maintain his fine form in the closing ends of the game to win the 2011 Rose Bowl with a 21-17 win
16 members took part in the opening round robin of the season, on Sunday the 3rd of April.
The event was won by new member Alan Bond with an aggregate score of +17
Jim Finnimore was runner up with a score of + 15, with a 3 way tie for third place between, Cathy Greenwood, Harry Brown and George Hitchmough
The next Round Robin will be held on 24th April (Easter Monday) starting @ 2.00pm
A working party is needed on Saturday the 9th of April to assist with the building of a temporary rain shelter and to tidy up the green in general
Able bodied men and women are welcome
Start 10.00am
Tea and coffee will be freely flowing to spur you on
Sunday the 3rd of April is the offical opening of the green.
A Round Robin will be organised.
The Treasurer will be available for the payment of subscriptions