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QUAFFERS NIGHT 14 October 2017

WINTER FOURBALL OUR SEASON LEADING UP TO TONIGHT EFFECTIVELY
BEGINS WITH THE WINTER KNOCKOUT COMPETITIONS. FORTY TWO PAIRS
WERE DRAWN FOR THE FOURBALL BETTER BALL AND BEGAN PLAYING LAST
OCTOBER. BY EARLY FEBRUARY THE CREAM WAS BEGINNING TO RISE TO
THE TOP AND BY APRIL THE SEMI FINALS WERE ESTABLISHED. OF THE FOUR
THREE PAIRS HAD HANDICAPS BELOW 10 WITH ONLY ONE ABOVE THAT. IN
THE FIRST SEMI IT WAS THE STRONG PAIRING OF PHILIP HODGSON AND LEE
CORNISH WHO WERE FIRST TO SUCCUMB WHILST THE SECOND SEMI SAW THE
ANOTHER LOW HANDICAP PAIRING OF JAMES HAWLEY AND PAUL
WHITEAWAY DISAPPEAR. THE FINAL WAS A REAL DAVID AND GOLIATH
AFFAIR BUT IN THIS CASE IT WAS DAVID WHO WAS DEFEATED WHEN MARTIN
STEELS AND JAY LAUNDON HAD TO ACCEPT SECOND PLACE TO THIS YEARS
WINNERS, THE FAMILY PAIRING OF SIMON AND MARK OSTROM.

WINTER FOURBALL PLATE MANY A FIRST ROUND MATCH HAS HAD THE
DISAPPOINTMENT OF LOSING TEMPERED BY THE AUTOMATIC ENTRY INTO
THE PLATE COMPETITION. A LOT OF QUALITY PAIRINGS WERE THEREFORE
GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE TO GAIN SOMETHING FROM THE WINTER
FOURBALL. AT THE SEMI FINAL STAGE TWO STRONG PAIRS LEFT THE
COMPETITION AS DEAN ELDER AND PARTNER LEE SLARK AND HUGH