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Still fighting, Lamb refused to give up and took two shots to be 5-10 with two ends to go.
David Lamb knew he needed a good penultimate end if he was to stand a chance of 21
stopping Mann’s march to the title and he took two shots to be 7-10 down with the last
end to play.
A fighting last end Lamb was once again forced to attack the jack. He did well to spring
the jack sideways but without the power needed to kill the end Mann was left holding two shots
for a 12-7 win. Bure League chairman Selwyn Goldsmith thanked Hevingham SMBC for hosting
the final before presenting the players with their trophies.
Willies & Woods are
Bure Pairs Champions
Simon Willies & Melvin Woods of East Tudden-
ham are the new Bure Pairs Champions after de-
feating favourites, and defending champions,
Josh Baxter and Keith Cooke of Halvergate in the
final at Horsford BC.
The draw for the quarter-finals saw all four
qualifying Halvergate pairs were drawn apart mak-
ing an all Halvergate semi-final a possibility but
that was not how it turned out despite a great first
session for them, with just one Halvergate Pair
Melly Woods & Chris Willies making the final.
of East Tuddenham
The final was played on a re-positioned mat
and Simon Willies & Melly Woods took first blood
scoring a single on the opening end against
Halvergate’s Josh Baxter & Keith Cooke, despite
Baxter getting the better of Willies from the lead
positions.
A superb forehand bowl by Melly Woods with
his second wood took shot and despite a good ef-
fort by Keith Cooke he failed to change the situa-
tion. Woods & Willies added a two on the second
end to lead 3-0. Runners-up
Simon Willies play a significant role on the Keith Cooke & Josh Baxter
third end with his third bowl leaving his pair hold-
ing two shots. After Melly Woods drew in another shot Keith Cooke played an attacking bowl
and was somewhat fortunate to come out of it with shot.
Woods failed to retrieve the end and the defending champions were on the scoreboard at
3-1 down. A busy fourth end saw Baxter opening up the head with an attacking bowl before
Willies drew shot with his third wood and it was down to the skips. Cooke’s first bowl moved the
jack again but the East Tuddenham pair still held two shots.
Melly Woods then ditched the jack before Cooke knocked Halvergate’s toucher into the
ditch but they were still one down. A backhand attacking bowl by Cooke killed Tuddenham’s
holding bowl but Melly Woods’ last bowl resulted in the umpire being called in to measure. This
resulted in a no scoring end when he could not separate the bowls.
The fifth end saw Simon Willies dominating the game from the lead position drawing in
three super bowls to put the Halvergate pair under pressure. The end resulted in Willies & Woods
taking two more shots for a 5-1 lead. The sixth end proved to be the longest of the night. After
Simon Willies again outdrew Josh Baxter the Halvergate player resorted to weight and managed
to kill the end. On the replayed end Willies again outdrew Baxter and the young Halvergate star
used weight again but knocked the jack to the edge of the mat. With more Halvergate bowls
drawn in Melly Woods attacked on his backhand and the jack was knocked off the mat yet again.