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ECBA Carpet Bowls Festival at Potters 15
ECBA Carpet Bowls Festival at Potters
with 200 guests and over 180 bowlers competing in the various disciplines, this annual event
at Potters must be the biggest event in the Carpet Bowls calendar, with three different Tourna-
ments on offer.

RINKS
RINKS
TOURNAMENT
TOURNAMENT
There were 9 groups of
Rinks with the winners and
7 best runners-up going
through to the knockout
stages.
At the Quarter Final
stage, Neil Jolly, Ally
Hobbs and Sally & Jim
Goodrich (Suffolk) v
Stephen, Carrie-Anne,
Caitlin & Conor Weeks
Rinks Winners
Rinks Winners
Jim & Margaret Forrest, Audrey Joy (Cambridgeshire)
Jim & Margaret Forrest, Audrey Joy
and Gill Barraclough with Potters Greg Harlow The Suffolk team
and Gill Barraclough with Potters Greg Harlow
went behind early, 4-0
down after 3 ends, but clawed their way back in to tie the game on the last end. However, the
Weeks’ did not succumb to the pres-
sure, they held shot on the extra end
and kept hold of it for a 6-5 win.
Bill & Christine Dickinson and
Doris & Peter Frost (Northumber-
land/Norfolk) v Janice Miller, Blanche
& Rene Barnett and Stephen Wilson
(Durham/Sunderland). After a close
start, 2-2 after the first 4 ends the Dick-
son-Frost team picked up 4 shots over
the next 2 ends and could afford to
drop one on the last, taking the game
6-3. Peter & Kay Masters and David &
Julie Hurr (Suffolk) v Ann Hathaway, Rinks Runners-Up
Rinks Runners-Up
Susan Hurley and Carol & Neil West Peter & Doris Frost, Bill & Christine
Peter & Doris Frost, Bill & Christine
(Suffolk/Norfolk). Dickinson with Potters Greg Harlow
Dickinson with Potters Greg Harlow
Another close game, all square at 2-2 after 4 ends. But the 6th end saw the Hathaway-
Hurley-West team take 2 and lead for the first time. It was still all to play for as they went in to
the final end but having gained the lead the Suffolk/Norfolk team took another one on the last,
winning 5-3.
Gill Barraclough, Audrey Joy and Margaret & Jim Forrest (Hertfordshire) v Steve & Sue
Isles and Gerald & Phyllis Sutton (Suffolk/Norfolk). The Isles/Sutton team were off to a flier pick-
ing up 3 on the first end, but 2 ends later they were behind. The Hertfordshire team picked up
2 on the second, 3 on the third and another 2 on the fourth to lead 7-3. And they still had a 3
shot advantage going into the last where they dropped 2, hanging on for an 8-7 win.
in the Semi-Finals, Gill Barraclough, Audrey Joy and Margaret & Jim Forrest (Hertfordshire)
faced Ann Hathaway, Susan Hurley and Carol & Neil West (Suffolk/Norfolk). Having held on for
a narrow win the previous round it was much the same story for them here, close all the way
and they held out for victory by just a single shot, this time 6-5