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             CARRINGTON
                   HOUSE                                                               ends to go a sin-
                   HOUSE
                                                                                       gle to Marion & Nor-
             TOURNAMENT                                                                man  Beeden  levelled
             TOURNAMENT
            This Bournemouth hotel                                                     the  score  at  six  all
            once  again  staged  a                                                     against  Linda  Heley  &
            Short Mat holiday tour-                                                    Ken Clark.
            nament.                                                                          The final end was
                  As  usual  the  sin-                                                 played in mounting ten-
            gles was the first event                                                   sion but in the end a two
            to  be  concluded.  After                                                  to  Linda  &  Ken  gave
            the round-robin sections                                                   them an 8 - 6 victory.
            had been completed the                                                           In the final Linda &
            semi-finals saw Brenda          Singles finalist Brenda Woodman            Ken romped into an 8 -
            Woodman  facing  Bill                 and winner Ken Clark                 0  lead  after  four  ends
            Clark and Brenda man-                                                      but Olive & Clive Beau-
            aged a great 9 - 3 win.                                                    mont  held  their  nerve
                  In  the  other  semi-                                                and with just one end to
            final  John  Young  faced                                                  go  the  scores  were
            ken  Clark,  with  both  of                                                equal at 9 - 9  and on
            them  having  won  this                                                    the  final  end  Olive  &
            event before.                                                              Clive took the vital sin-
                  As a result this was                                                 gle that gave them a 10
            a very close hard fought                                                   - 9 victory.
            affair.  After 8 ends the                                                        In the triples semi-
            scores stood level at 5 all                                                finals  Joan  Howard,
            but two singles gave Ken                                                   Marion & Norman Bee-
            Clark a 7 - 5 victory.                                                     den led 7 - 5 going into
                  Ken  kept  up  his                                                   the last end but a three
            form in the final and de-                                                  gave them a 10 - 5 win
            spite Brenda Woodman’s                                                     over  Buster  Rowland,
            effort she could not pre-      Seated Pairs winners Clive & Olive          Fred & Molly Douglas.
            vent  him  winning  by  12            Beaumont with finalist                     The  other  semi
            shots to 3.                          Linda Heley & Ken Clark               saw  Pat  Grant,  Ken
                  In  the  Pairs                                                          Clark  &  Pam  Horan
            semi-finals two previ-                                                        take a 9 - 0 lead over
            ous  winners  were                                                            Brenda  Woodman,
            drawn  to  play  each                                                         John  &  Margaret
            other and after going                                                         Young  and  despite
            5 - 0 down to Keith &                                                         losing the last three
            Gavin Wood, Olive &                                                           ends  Pat,  Ken  &
            Clive Beaumont went                                                           Pam won 9 - 5.
            on an amazing seven                                                                 The final turned
            end  unbeaten  se-                                                            out  to  be  a  some-
            quence to win 13 - 5                                                          what  one-sided  as
            with the last end un-                                                         Pat Grant, Ken Clark
            played.                                                                       & Pam Horan from 2
                  The other semi-                                                         - 2 won the next five
            final  proved  to  be  a                                                      ends  to  take  an
            tight  affair  as  the       Seated Triples winners Pat Grant, Ken           unassailable  15  -  2
            match  swung  one-          Clark & Pam Horan with finalists Marion          lead     over     Joan
            way then the other.           & Norman Beeden and Joan Howard                Howard,  Marion  &
                                                                                         Norman Beeden.
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