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Potters Cash Pairs Winners Potters Cash Pairs Runners-up
Rob & Owen Cranston of County Council Keith Halford & Brenda Sizer of Windows
with James R Hearn with James R Hearn

They were Carol & Bob Taylor with +19 shots in fourth place, Roger Mayhew & Roy Isden with
+17 in fifth, Colin & Barbara Hadler with + 8 in sixth place and Paula & Julian Scales with +7
in eighth. Ninth were John Jeffery & Lewis Cranston on seven points and +21 and tenth were
Jenny Walker & Mike Greenacre with seven points and +8.
The Potters Cup & Shield Presentations were conducted by Potters entertainer Mark
Brewer with the event organiser Teresa Goldsmith. The Potters Cash Pairs Presentations were
conducted by Potters entertainer James Hearn. This was followed by a special five course
meal with wine in the Garden Restaurant followed later in the evening by David Essex per-
forming his hits in a packed Atlas Theatre.
The Potters Cup Weekend once again lived up to its reputation as a stunning weekend
of bowls, dining and entertainment at Potter’s Leisure Centre in Hopton-on-Sea justifying once
again its 5 Star rating.
Norfolk County Pairs
Norfolk County Pairs
Owen Cranston of
County Council & Chris
Mann of Wymondham,
last year’s defeated fi-
nalists, this year lifted
the Norfolk County
Championship Pairs title
after a string of superb
performances through-
out the day. In the final
they faced Hempnall’s Neil Davidson & Wymond-
ham’s Jack Pye and after taking four shots on the
fourth end to move 7-1 up their opponents changed
playing positions.
This made little impact as Cranston & Mann
continued to dominate and their opponents con- Pairs Winners
ceded with two ends remaining with the score at 13- Owen Cranston & Chris Mann
3. In the third place playoff defending champion Nigel Willard, this year playing with Bob Carter
team-mate Melvin Woods, beat Tony Ottewell & Mike Smail of Forncett 9-7. Cranston & Mann
romped through the group stages and then beat Rob Cranston & Paul Baker 11-6 in the last 16.