PRESIDENT’S CUP
A good turnout of 31 members braved the showers to take part in the President’s Cup at the weekend. In the top half of the draw, last year’s winner Chris Porter survived a scare in the 1st Round to narrowly overcome Laurie Townson 21-19. He followed this with wins against Dave Bannister (21-16), Derek Wignall (21-6) and in the semi-final, Chris McManus (21-11).
The bottom half of the draw saw Steve McManus reach the final with wins against Debbie Barnes (21-13), Darren Edgerley (21-20), Mark Wilde (21-6) and Chris Lancaster (21-17).
Chris got off to a flying start in the final, winning eight out of the first ten ends to take control of match with a 16-6 lead. Steve rallied to win six out of the next eight ends to narrow the gap to 12-19 but Chris was able to score the two chalks he needed to win the game 21-12 and retain the title he won last year. Congratulations to Chris on his second singles win of the season, having already won the Championship Cup.
A Plate competition was held for those knocked out of the main event in their first game and this was won by Keith Maiden with a 15-9 win against Jeff Brown in the final.
