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CORONATION CUP

CORONATION CUP

Sunday 15th June saw 19 players compete for the Coronation Cup and it was pleasing to see a couple of members playing in their first club handicap.
The top half of the draw saw Brian Jones progress to the semi-final with wins against Mark Rowlinson (21-12) and John Walton (21-17). Brian’s semi-final opponent was Irene Nowell who had come through two tough games against Mark Eustace (21-19) and Jim Halsall (21-20). Irene had also had to play a preliminary round game and this proved to be a disadvantage in the semi-final with Brian running out a comfortable 21-8 winner.
Brian’s opponent in the final was Jim Finnimore, still in fine form following his succes in the Botanic Garden’s President’s Cup the previous day. Jim reached the final with wins against Mike Dunlop (21-12), Dave Bedford (21-19) and John Stennett (21-13).
With both players starting on +2 a close final was expected and with Brian leading 11-10 it looked like going down to the wire. However, by winning 5 out of the next 7 ends, Brian took a decisive 18-12 lead and although Jim acored a couple of singles to narrow the gap, Brian was able to score the three chalks required to secure a 21-14 victory. Congratulations to Brian on winning The Coronation Cup for the second time, having won it previously in 2009. Well done also to Jim who narrowly missed out on an impressive double of two tournament wins in one weekend.

A plate competition was held for first round losers and this was won by Mike Dunlop, who defeated Mark Rowlinson 15-14 in a close final.

The next competition is to be held on Saturday 28th June, when members will play for The Vice-President’s Trophy (1.00pm start). This will be a pairs event and members are reminded that guests will be welcome to take part in this competition.