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Championship Cup and Ladies’ Championship

CHAMPIONSHIP CUP AND LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP 2019
Sunday 2nd June saw members take part in the latest club event when we were competing for the Championship Cup (men’s singles) and for the second time, the Ladies’ Championship.
In the Championship Cup, Wayne Graham emerged from a strong top half of the draw with fairly comfortable wins against Dave White (21-11), Peter Smith (21-10) and in the semi-final, Jason Wright (21-15). Wayne’s opponent in the final was Derek Wignall, who had three tough games but won through with victories against Brian Jones (21-14), Ken Rimmer (21-15) and Mike Dunlop (21-20). The final was close all the way through, with never more than three chalks in it but when Wayne pulled clear to lead 19-15 it appeared to be Wayne’s day. Derek fought back, however, to level at 20 across but was unable to find the lead he needed and it was Wayne who took the final end to claim his first Hesketh Arms singles title. Congratulations to Wayne and also to Derek on reaching his first final.
The Ladies’ Championship saw surprise early exits for two of the favourites, Janice Hobson and holder Sue Davies and it was Lynne Smith and Pat McArthur who contested the final. The early stages of the final were close, with Pat leading 10-8 after eight ends but four 2s in five ends saw Pat take an unassailable lead to take the second Ladies’ Championship. This was Pat’s first singles win at the Hesketh Arms, having previously won the Spring Pairs and Chairman’s Shield. Congratulations to Lynne on reaching her first main final at the Hesketh.


A joint plate competition was held and this was won by Peter Croston with a narrow 15-14 win against Roger Van Beever in the final.