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10 St George’s Cup VI

In the sixth instalment of the St George’s Cup
(SGC), the North and South of England teams came
together and raised an amazing total of £7,550 for
Great Ormond Street Hospital.
A yearly event based off the style of The Ryder
Cup, 32 players from the North and South of England
competed for the SGC trophy and raise as much
money as possible, for the chosen charity GOSH.
The Captains for each side are nominated to the SGC committee, which are then elected at
the National Championships. This year’s Captain for the North was Cheshire’s John Manley and
Essex’ Anthony Fautley for the South. All players played a game of pairs, two fours and singles.
Which all pairs and singles play first to 21 shots and the fours consist of 15 ends each. With each
win gaining a point for your side and a draw half a point.
The South came away with the victory over the weekend and remain unbeaten to lead the
series 5-0 with a 43-25 win, as the North hosted the event at Solihull Indoor Bowls Club. The
North’s most valuable player for the weekend was North Yorkshire’s young Danny Landon who
remained unbeaten for the weekend along with Essex’ Dom Reed for the South.
On day one, the South took an early 6-2 lead in the first session of the pairs they then mir-
rored the second session with another 6-2 session win and went into the break 12-4 in front. In
the afternoon, the North came back at the southerners in the third session in the fours as they
won three of the four games and the extra point for the overall point difference to bring it back to
13-8. However, the South reacted in the final session of day one to win three of the four games
and claimed the extra overall point to reclaim their eight-point lead at 17-8 – to complete the day.
On day two, the North went in search of building some momentum for themselves, as they
won three of the first four games in the fours and the extra point for a 4-1 victory on the first four
games. In the other fours, the South regained the deficit to win all four fours’ and the overall point
to win the session 6-4 and extend their total to ten points at 23-13 - going into the singles. The
North’s comeback hopes were dwindling, as they won just three of the first eight singles leaving
the South needing six points to retain the Cup.
The South’s celebrations were imminent, as they split the second set of eight singles four
each. Devon’s Simon Pridham was the man to get the South over the line and claim the victory,
as the Southerners took confidence from the overall victory to take the third set of singles 6-2.
The South claimed five of the final eight singles matches to complete the 43-25 overall win and
raised a huge amount of money, for the brilliant GOSH charity.
A big thanks goes out to all the players and supporters from both sides for their sponsorship
support, fantasy bowls, raffle and bonus ball which contributed to the cause – surpassing all ex-
pectations. If you would like more information on the St Georges Cup then head over to
http://www.stgeorgescup.co.uk/ for more detailed scores on the weekend and how to nominate a
person or yourself for next year’s event.
Bobs Morokutti

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