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With his final wood Paul Baker drove the jack into the ditch to the delight of his triple to 11
take shot. Jon Sparham still had a chance to win the game though but faced a difficult
shot of slicing a toucher into the ditch between shot bowl and jack. But his weight shot
stayed out and he missed his intended target.
POTTERS SHIELD
POTTERS SHIELD
In the Potters Shield Final County Coun-
cil’s Lewis, Owen & Rob Cranston were in
brilliant form as they raced to a 20-1 win
against Essex triple Pat High, Carol Taylor
& Alan High of Seaxe to add this win to
their Potters Cup victory of last year.
The County Council triple, who were
defending Potters Cup champions, had
been in superb form all day reeling off
some impressive results but an 8-6 defeat
against Jon Sparham’s triple in their fourth
game of the day cost them a place in the
Potters Shield Winners first four leaving them in the Potters Shield
Lewis, Owen & Rob Cranston of semi-finals instead.
County Council with Mark Brewer In the semi-finals the Cranston triple
had raced to an 11-0 lead against Janet Hinson, Barbara Hadler & Colin Hadler before con-
ceding five shots on the penultimate end but recorded an 11-7 win. Pat High, Carol Taylor &
Alan High were up against Geraldine Pot-
ter, Richard Broad & Gerald Chilvers in the
other semi-final.
The Chilvers triple had been unlucky
not to qualify for the Potters Cup semi-fi-
nals after scoring maximum points but an
inferior shot difference to the other four
triples with maximums had cost them
dearly.
Chilvers took a single on the first end
but Alan High’s triple hit back to lead 6-1
after three ends. The Chilvers triple clawed
their way back and trailed by just two shots
with three ends to go but the Essex triple Potters Shield Runners-up
finished on a high winning the semi-final Essex triple Carol Taylor, Alan & Pat High
clash 11-4. with Mark Brewer
POTTERS CASH PAIRS
POTTERS CASH PAIRS
The Potters Cash Pairs provided its usual share of competitive games and by the time it came
to the last session just two pairs were on maximum points, Barbara & Colin Hadler and Paula
& Julian Scales. It all went wrong for both pairs then as they both suffered defeats and dropped
out of the first three places earning cash prizes. Owen & Rob Cranston had won all their games
except for a 9-9 draw against Costessey’s Shirley & Joe Brown and must have thought that
this had cost them the chance of winning but the final session results left them picking up first
prize with nine points and +33 shots while Windows pair Brenda Sizer & Keith Halford were
runners-up with nine points and +14 shots.
Kerry Greenacre of Haddiscoe and Keith Cooke of Halvergate made it a Norfolk hat-trick
in third place with eight points and +35 shots. Four other triples finished level on points with
Greenacre & Cooke.