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The final saw Odcombe Blues take the first end but the City farmers take the next five
end to lead eight one, but by the end of the game City farmers finished triumphant. The 7
competition is called two pair /fours, a mathmatical exercise where pairs are linked with
another pair usually from the same club, the points won by each pair through the competition
are added together, this was won by Upottery's City Farmers and Upottery's Lion Bar.
CLOAKHAM SINGLES
CLOAKHAM SINGLES
The ever popular Singles at Cloakham in
Axminster on the East Devon County border
with Dorset. Once again the event was a
great success and well supported as usual.
The competition started on a round Robin
basis in groups of four, with the first two qual-
ifying for the latter stages of the event.
In the Quarter finals John Parnell eased
his way through into the semi’s with a 7 - 4
win over Lorraine Axtell after being 3 across.
Robert Bartlett got the better of June Bal-
binski by 9 shots to 6.
Singles Champion Sue Young with In a high scoring match with Eric Pavey
David Hayler holding the perpetual shield just 9 - 7 ahead of Steve Wheddon with two
and finalist John Parnell. ends to play, Eric scored a crucial full house
four to finish the match at 13 - 7. Completing
the semi-final line-up Sue Young beat Benny Bass 9 - 5.
In the semi’s Sue had a fantastic tussle with Eric Pavey and led 7 - 5 with just one end
to go but Eric could only score a single instead of the two or three he needed and Sue scraped
through 7 - 6. The other semi-final was a somewhat one-sided affair with John Parnell scoring
a single and dispatching Robert Bartlett 9 - 1 with an end still to play.
The final was a truly titanic struggle. Sue Young went 3 - 0 up after two ends but a 3 - 1
- 1 - 4 run by John Parnell put him 9 - 3 up. Back came Sue with a run of her own scoring
three consecutive two’s to level the match with just one end to play and in mounting tension
it was Sue who scored the vital single that gave her a championship win at 10 - 9 - phew!
what a Final.
Caroline Pavey

Ed- if you are interested in any of the events at Cloakham (Triples as well) contact me and I
will pass on your details to Caroline.

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