Bowdon Firs lost to Southport 3-4 at Southport on Saturday 7th September.
The team was:
John Lucas (2.5) 
Barry Keen (6) 
Steve Reynolds (12) 
Sue Lucas (20)
The Southport team was: Barbara Haslam (3.5), Tony Thomas (5), Brian Lewis (7), Gail Moors (12)
In a very, very close match we lost all 3 games in the morning. The doubles match was very close, and could have gone either way.
That meant we had to win all 4 games in the afternoon to win the match, so in order of finish:-
Barry beat Tony
Barbara conceded to John as she had a bad back
Steve beat BrianSue
Gail’s match went to Golden Hoop, with both having chances, but Gail eventually won.
So a valiant effort, but still a loss.
The detailed scores were:
| Steve & Sue lost to | Barbara & Gail -1T |
| John – lost to Tony -9 – w/o from Barbara | Barry – lost to Brian -19 – beat Tony +11 |
| Steve beat Brian +5T | Sue lost to Gail -1T |
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