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The Final 7
The Final
In the final Hol-
mans surprisingly es-
tablished a winning
lead over Sidbury’s
Best Triple in the first
few ends and eventu-
ally won 17-3.
Representing Sid-
bury in the Singles was
Andy Thompson, who
is visually challenged
and uses a spyglass.
Andy was keen to
Six of Best Finalists Sudbury avenge a recent defeat

L to R, Kim Wright, Alan Thompson, by Peter Hore and the
Carol Osborne, Eric & Caroline Pavey, Malcolm Sheen game was close all the
way through.
On the key end Peter was holding three with the jack near the edge of the mat and had a wide
margin to draw for four. Unfortunately, he was just too accurate and drew right to the jack with just
enough weight to take it off the mat. Andy ran out the winner 9-7. The result therefore depended
on the Pairs which were the last discipline to finish. Sidbury’s Caroline and Eric Pavey had made
a good start and were several shots ahead but gradually lost ground. A close finish saw the Hol-
mans Pair just squeeze it by 7-6 to take the ‘Six of the Best’ title at just the second attempt.
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Invitation Triples
Invitation Triples
This year’s invitees included five teams from
Somerset, previous winners, Hadspen, the de-
lightfully named ‘Motley Crew’, Ilchester, East
Coker and Odcombe; three teams from Devon,
holders, Sidbury, newcomers Bow and a strong
triple from Winkleigh comprising Devon county
players Mark Allen, Graham James and Lor-
raine Axtell; three teams from Dorset, Stal-
bridge, Sherborne and Hazelbury Bryan and
newcomers Blue Circle from Wiltshire.

Triples Winners Winkleigh
Mark Allen, Lorraine Axtell, Graham James

These twelve teams played four games each,
the winner being the team with the most points.
Sidbury lost a game but still finished runners-
up on shot difference, ahead of Hadspen and
the Motley Crew, who also finished on six
points.
This year’s outstanding team were Win-
kleigh, who won all their games with something
to spare, so were deserving winners.
Triples Finalists Sidbury
Eugene Balbinski Kim Wright, Eric & Caroline Pavey