Eastbourne duo Jo and Chris make it to national bowls finals
Jo Morris and Chris Dodd will be representing Eastbourne & District Indoor Bowls Club at the English Indoor Bowling Association national finals in Nottingham in April.
In the Women's Over 60 Pairs Area Final they had an emphatic victory over the very strong Adur pairing of Doreen De Silva and Sandra Godfrey, winning 21-8 after 15 of the 18 ends.
In the County competitions they have reached the Badged Pairs semi-final by beating Val Phillipe (Adur) 25-14 and with Wendy Avery have booked a place in the Open Triples semi-final following a victory over Adur by 14-11.
Jo is also going strong in the Badged Singles. Following a 21-17 win over Claire Stevens (Adur) she has reached the semi-final where she will play her Eastbourne compatriot Mandy Carrie. Eastbourne will therefore be assured of representation in the final.
In the Badged Pairs Mandy, along with Liz Parks, has reached the semi-final following a convincing 20-6 victory over Gillian Conley.
In the quarter finals of the London & Southern Counties Challenge Shield competition Eastbourne were up against Chawton Park in the neutral venue of Horsham IBC.
In a very tight game the score see-sawed over the four rinks but at the finish Eastbourne came out on top 67-58 winning on two rinks and drawing on the other two. They will play either Lodden Vale or Egham in the semi-final.