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             The fifth end saw Gary Best again having to resort to his trademark backhand attack
             shot but this time one of David Lamb’s bowls survived the onslaught to give his triple a       23
             5-2 lead.
             On the penultimate end Ray Lamb drew in a super backhand just behind the jack. After an ex-
             change of good bowls by both Morgan Warnes and Josh Baxter, Gary Best tried to improve the
             situation but failed and had to settle for a single to go into the last end 5-3 down. Ray Lamb’s
             two bowls from the lead position were just what the doctor ordered for Gary Best but Morgan
             Warnes was short with her first wood which would ultimately hinder David Lamb’s options.
                   Josh Baxter drew in a great second bowl but was immediately countered by Morgan
             Warnes who drew in a fantastic second bowl. When it was Gary Best’s turn to play, he drew in
             a third bowl. After David Lamb failed to improve the situation with his first bowl another superb
             wood by Best left David Lamb deep in trouble with just his last bowl to play. After a long discus-
             sion between Ryan Fox, Josh Baxter and David Lamb they made a decision that Lamb should
             attack the head and in truth that was his only option at that point.
                   The England player made a fantastic effort to save the game but to no avail as Best’s triple
             came out with four shots to win the final 7-5. Best’s triple beat Halvergate’s Jason Woods, Robbie
             Lamb & Keith Cooke 7-4 in the semi-finals while David Lamb’s triple had romped to an 11-2 win
             against Hevingham’s Teresa Goldsmith, Pat Williamson & Selwyn Goldsmith.
                   In the quarter finals Gary Best had beaten Jean Woods, John Turner & Melly Woods of
             East Tuddenham by 14-7 while David Lamb had beaten Avril Walker, Mally Woodhouse & Keith
             Halford of Windows by 9-3. In the other quarter-finals Jason Woods, Robbie Lamb & Keith Cooke
             beat Woodbastwick’s Willie Jefferies, Norma Jablonowski & Peter Jablonowski 14-5 and Teresa
             Goldsmith, Pat Williamson & Selwyn Goldsmith of Hevingham beat Brian Bunting, Ron Elliott &
             Derek Sheldrake by 6-4.
                                                        Ryan Fox is National under 18’s
                                                        Ryan Fox is National under 18’s
                                                         Champion - a second National
                                                         Champion - a second National
                                                                     Title for Norfolk
                                                                     Title for Norfolk
                                                    Ryan Fox of Halvergate is the new ESMBA National Under
                                                    18’s Champion after beating Benny Bass of Devon 12-9 in
                                                    the final. Ryan led by 10-6 after nine ends and kept his cool
                                                    under pressure as Bass fought back to within a shot of Nor-
                                                    folk’s qualifier.
                                                          But it was Ryan’s day as he made sure of victory on
                                                    the last end by drawing in for a count of two shots with his
                                                    third wood and when Benny Bass fired and missed Ryan
                                                    had the satisfaction of winning without having to play his
                                                    last bowl.
                                                          In the semi-finals Ryan
                                                    Fox  beat  Emilia  Thompson
                                                    10-7 and in the quarter-finals
                                                    beat Megan Dawson 9-7. In
                                                    the  group  stages  he  had
                    English Under 18’s
                                                    beaten  Danial  Agar  13-10
                   Champion Ryan Fox
                                                    and  Callum  Goodman  13-4
             but lost to Benny Bass by 10-6. Bass had reached the final with a
             thumping 15-1 win against Liam Lowery in the semi-finals and a
             12-6 win against Ben Weeks in the quarter-finals.
                   This win prevented Devon’s Benny Bass from winning an un-
             precedented quadruple of Titles as he had won the Devon under                  Norfolk  Items
             18’s, the main Devon singles and also the National Singles. This                courtesy of
             would have been an almost unbeatable run, so Ryan did very well.             Selwyn Goldsmith
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