Four of Bowdon’s members had progressed to the GC finals, Jack Good and Euan Burridge where in Class A being held at Nottingham; “The English National Singles Championship”. Alan Dix reached the B class finals being played at Pendle and Alex Aiton reached the D class finals being held in Eastbourne.
Jack and Euan did well in their Blocks and progressed to the Championship knockout. In the first round of which Jack was playing Ian Burridge and Euan playing Mark Stephens. They both won their games to face each other in the semi final, with Jack running out the winner by 2 games to 1. Jack went on to play Levi Franks in the final which unfortunately Jack lost two games to one. Nevertheless runner up in the National Singles Championship is not to be sniffed at. Well done Jack
Meanwhile in Pendle, Alan won 6 of his 7 games in his Block progressing to the main knockout, where he met Paul Rockall in the first round. Alan winning this game by 10 – 6. In the semi final Alan played Ian Price winning 2 – 0 to face Sally Helvey in the Final. Alan played Sally in the Block losing 0 – 7, so this was going to be an interesting final. Could Alan take his revenge or would Sally beat him again. As it happened Sally couldn’t repeat her earlier success, with Alan winning 7 – 3 and 7 – 6 to take the Trophy. Well done Alan.
The longest drive of the weekend belonged to Alex Aiton, who was playing the D Level series being held in Eastbourne. Alex won all 7 games in his Block and met Catriona Peterson in the first round – Alex winning 10 – 9. Alex then played and beat 2 games to 1 , Derek Cole in the semis and with Carol Gorvett waiting in the final. Alex went on to beat Carol 2 – 0. Well done Alex – C Class for you next year!
Well done to all Bowdon members for an impressive results across the board.