CORONATION CUP

16 members turned up in dreadful weather conditions last Sunday to compete for the Coronation Cup, the Club’s second singles handicap of the season.

In the top half of the draw, Sue Davies progressed to the semi-finals with good wins against Jason Chapman and John Stennett. Her opponent in the last four was Ospreys captain Kevin Leddy, who had to concede a handicap of 6. Kevin had reached this stage of the competition with victories against Jim Finnimore and Mark Eustace but found it difficult to claw back Sue’s six start advantage. Despite closing the gap to 9-10, Sue found her form and won 8 out of 10 ends to reach the final with a 21-12 success.

The bottom half of the draw saw Ted Moule reach the final with wins against Will Roddan, George Hitchmough and in the semi-final, Alex Rimmer. The first of these wins saw Ted stage a remarkable fightback from 20-13 down against Will to win  21-20. Ted’s semi-final against Alex was also a close affair, with Ted eventually going through 21-19.

Ted got off to the better start in the final, winning the first three ends and scoring four 2s in the first 7 ends to establish a 13-9 advantage. Sue was able to take the next two ends to close the gap to 12-13 but Ted won the next four ends to lead 18-12. Sue rallied with a couple of 2s to set up an exciting finish but Ted was able to score three chalks required to take the 2013 Coronation Cup, the final score being 21-16.

Many thanks to those members who supported this competition despite the poor weather. Hopefully, the weather will have improved in time for the Club’s next event on Bank Holiday Monday, 27th May, which will be a Round Robin starting at 2.00pm.

Members should note that the green will be unavailable for use this Sunday, 19th May from 10.30am as the Club is hosting the Churchtown Conservative Club’s Chairman’s Cup pairs competition. However, any spectators would be more than welcome to attend.