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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