Sun shines for Southbourne’s bowls finals
The sun shone for Southbourne Bowls Club Finals Days and the spectators enjoyed some excellent bowling spread over a weekend.
All the matches were keenly fought but there were two particularly close matches.
In the Men’s Pairs Mark Soper and Bob Docker, after 15 ends, were 21-8 ahead only for Scott Treagust and Ian Ford to win the next seven ends to take the match 23-21.
The other match that was very close was in the Men’s Consolation where Calvin Soper went ahead initially only for Dave Young to catch up. On the last ends Dave apparently had the winning two woods only for Calvin on his last wood of the end to take out one of Dave’s woods and then go on to win the match 21-20.
Many thanks go to the organisers of the club competitions and to other members who officiated at the finals to help make it a successful and enjoyable event.
Congratulations to the Southbourne men’s team who this year won Division 1 of the West Sussex Bowls League – and to Antony Bull who this year was runner-up in the Sussex County Champion of Champions and also runner-up in the County Singles.
Results: MIXED PAIRS 3 WOOD Robert Jones/Antony Bull beat Tom Donaldson/David Alner 18-15; MEN’S PAIRS Scott Treagust/Ian Ford beat Mark Soper/Bob Docker 23-21; VETERAN SINGLES Ian Ford beat Bob Docker 21-8; YARDSTICK Pete Jasinski beat Dave Fewell 10-5; Mixed 2 WOOD SINGLES Scott Treagust beat Antony Bull 16-15; MEN’S SINGLES Antony Bull beat Dave Walter 21-16; Ladies’ SINGLES Jacqui Arnell beat Margaret Odell 21-15; LONGLEY CUP Curtis Harrison beat Bob Docker 21-5; MEN’S CONSOLATION Calvin Soper beat Dave Young 21- 20; LEWIS TROPHY Ray Leggett/Mark Soper beat Paul Simpson/Bob Docker 23-6.