2012 Summer Competition Report

2012 Summer Competition Report 

First of all a big thank you to Sue and John for organising and successfully running the summers competitions As well as the Reliant Trophy (drawn triples) and  the Elena McCraw (drawn pairs) other additional competitions, Hong Kong Pairs and Singles were arranged and are included in this report. Another sincere thanks to Ron Lloyd who has worked brilliant and tirelessly throughout the summer supporting Sue and John. 

The Reliant Trophy was shortened to thirteen weeks. The top six players who had achieved their best scores from a minimum eight games played. The teams were drawn for the final on the 16^th July.

The worthy winners were John Fitzgerald, Ruth Compton and Sue Mannall who lost the first end but then progressed steadily without losing the lead. Jim Pike, Pat Byatt and Chris Ewer were unable to break John’s team’s confidence   

The first new competition, the Hong Kong Pairs was played from 23^rd August until 17^th September. Although suffering from player not being able to complete games on given dates. The final game was played on the 17^th September between Rod and Viv Digweed against Chris Ewer and Ruth Compton when Viv and Rod were   determined the winners.

 Eleanor McCraw (Drawn Pairs) Final was played on the 19^th September with Mike Hendry and Chris Ewer playing Ron Lloyd and Rod Digweed.Mike and Chris started well with the situation on end six 9-1, then Ron and Rod started to wake up and at end eleven were only one shot behind. Mike and Chris then proceeded to inch forward comfortably only losing two ends to win 17-12. 

The Summer Singles was the other new competition played this year. This was done in three groups. They were only completed on 2^nd October. The Winners were Chris Ewer, Jim pike and John Fitzgerald.  

Once again thanks to Sue and John for the dedicated work in achieving a satisfactory ending to the Summer Competitions.  Photographs were taken and will be found together with this report on our website, www.bowlingalmeria.com.

 Vic Parsons- Press Officer