President’s Day 2021 – Results
What a great day! The sun shone there was a fantastic turnout of members old and new to celebrate with our president for 2020/ 2021, Roy Hill. The lunch was great, too.
16 ladies played in a singles round robin format in the early stages while 24 men played in a drawn pairs round robin.
The four group winners from the ladies competiton were Noreen Lewis, Gayle Gordon, Pat McArthur and Irene Kermode who all went forward to the semi-final of the knockout stage. Gayle beat Noreen 11 – 6, Irene beat Pat 11- 9. The eventual winner was Gayle with a score of 11 – 7.
What a great representation from the Crossens Ladies B team!
Group winners in the men’s competition were Roger O’Neill & Keith Sproston, Allen Mountford & Jim Abram, and Brian Roberts & Tony Wakefield. Dave Warrior & Mike Dunlop also went through to the semi-finals as next highest aggregate score. In a close game, Dave and Mike beat Allen and Jim 11 – 10. Roger and Keith won against Brian and Tony with a score of 11 – 8. The winning pair in the final was Mike and Dave with a score of 11-4.
Congratulations to all our players, especially Gayle, Dave and Mike. A special mention goes to Roger as one of our very new players.
Thank yous must go to Roy Hill Crossens Bowling Club President 2020 / 2021, to Gary Burgess who – as ever – ran the competition so well and to the catering team and cake makers.
Finally, thank you to all members who came along to support the club and contribute to its great success.