GC A level tournament 5/6 September
L to R : Roger Goldring, Les Heard, Paul Durkin, Mike Hills.
Photo by George Collin.
report by manager Richard Keighley
Les Heard won the Tournament by beating Paul Durkin in the final 7-
Fingers had been crossed that days of fickle weather would culminate in a fine weekend. We were in luck as on both days we were blessed with dry, bright and breezy conditions.
The full field of 16 players was divided into two blocks of eight, with bases of four players established at each lawn for the opening session and then re-
Block A was closely contested all day and it was no surprise when three players finished with five wins each. Stephen Custance-
Block B proved to be more straightforward with an unbeaten John Noble (-
The quarter finals comprised one 19 point game. Stephen beat Paul Gunn 10-
The first real shock came in the first of the semi-
The final (also best of three 13 point games) was staged before a large and socially distanced audience. Paul started brightly and went into a 4-
Prizes were presented to both finalists, and also to Mike Hills for winning the Bowl and Roger Goldring the Plate.
The manager thanked George Collin, who was present, and John Bevington for lawn mowing and preparation. He also appreciated the help of Peter Aspinall for his cleaning of hoops, balls and chairs and of Terry Collis and Ross Bagni in setting up each day.
Finishing order: Les Heard, Paul Durkin, Stephen Custance-
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