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The match between Wales & Scotland saw Wales record a 40 - 29 win. Best for Wales 5
was the rink of Andrew & Paul Hudson with Andrew Jones & Luke Haddon, who won 13 -
3. Scotland’s best reply was a 13 - 7 win from Stella Clyne, Billy Moffat, Helen Collins and
Lawrence Moffatt.

The second round of the team event saw favourites Ireland stepping into the fray for the
first time, playing Wales, with Scotland facing the Isle-of-Man. Whilst Ireland had a comfortable
win by 47 shots to 21, they didn’t have matters all their way in every game. Paul Duff, Gordon
Stubbs, Gerard Conroy and skip Raymond Stubbs weighed in with a 17 - 4 score, followed by a
14 - 3 by Patrick Hanlon, Leigh Harrison, Kevin Conroy and Skip John Quinn. Best for wales
was the 7 - 5 win by Mike John, Cory Williams, Tom Jones and the vastly experienced Skip
Stephen Williams. The other match saw Scotland surprisingly pushed all the way by the Isle-of-
Man, winning by just seven shots 34 - 27. The damage was done by the Scottish rink of Fred
Wyness, Kenny McPherson, Jill MacKinnon and skip Chris Mackinnon, who won 15 - 6, finishing
off with four on the last end. For the IOM John Jauncey, Peter Coward, Jill Quayle and skip
Stephen Gale, who won by 9 shots to 4.
The third round saw England playing Scotland and Ireland playing the Isle-of-Man. England
had Chris Shakeshaft, Craig Burgess, Jason McLean and Chris Williams to thank for their 47 -
31 victory, as the other three rinks finished 27 shots each, including a draw and a 12 - 11 win for
Stuart & Jock Hiddleston, Jim Marchbank and Jimmy Broach and a 7 - 6 win for Fred Wyness,
Kenny McPherson, Jill MacKinnon and skip Chris
Mackinnon. Meanwhile, Ireland duly despatched the
Isle-of-Man by 66 shots to 19, including two 19 - 3
wins from Bridget Davidson, Patrick J. McCrossan,
Gerry McCabe & Gary Burke and Alan Paul, Ryan
O’Neill, Uel McKeeman & Colum McHugh.
The fourth round saw England playing Wales
and Ireland playing Scotland. The England v Wales
match was an absolute humdinger and went right to
the wire with the last bowl of the last game.
In the end Wales, who always seem to lift their
game against England edged a 37 - 35 victory. For
England John Manley, Ben Pay, Stephen Proctor &
skip Dominic Reed won 14 - 6 but that was not England Management Team
enough as Wales won all the other three rinks, in- of Assistant Brandon Whittaker and
cluding an 11 - 5 from Andrew & Paul Hudson, An- Manager Keith Smith with the team
drew Jones & Luke Haddon. Tropy and the McDermott Trophy