ROSE BOWL
The Club’s first one-day singles competition took place on Sunday and ended with an “all McManus” final. In the top half of the draw, Steve had reached the semi-final with wins against Jeff Brown (21-17), Barry McArthur (21-10) and Alex Rimmer (21-18). His semi-final opponent was Vultures team-mate Andy Draper and Steve just edged it 21-19.
In the bottom half of the draw Chris McManus reached the final with wins against Pauline Lea (21-8), Derek Wignall (21-19) and Peter Smith (21-15).
Chris started off well in the final, scoring three 2s in the first 8 ends to establish a 13-7 lead but Steve won eight out of the next twelve ends, including four 2s, to take the lead at 19-17. Although Chris counted one to close the gap to 18-19, Steve was able to win the the next two ends to win a close final 21-18. Congratulations to Steve on winning a Hesketh Arms’ club competition for the first time and to Chris on reaching the final.
A plate competition was held and this was won by Laurie Townson who had a 15-10 win in the final against Jeff Brown.
