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Sunderland’s Revenge in the Pairs

The round robin games for the Pairs were played out on Wednesday, the winners of each of the ten
groups would qualify for the last 16, and would be joined by the 6 winners of the preliminary round
games between the runners-up and 2 best third placed teams.
In the first group, as might have been expected, Ian Clark & Carl Pearson dominated the group, pick-
ing up 4 comfortable wins. Behind them it ended up with 3 teams all tied on 4 points, the best of
which, on shots, were Trevor & Susan Edge. Group 2 saw Adam Wilson & Michael Laydon with little
trouble, picking up wins in all 4 of their games, while following them home in a clear second place
were reigning champions Stuart McNeil & Lisa Edmead, who lost just once. Group 3 saw Sally
Goodrich & Ally Hobbs were not troubled greatly, romping home to the group win with 4 victories,
while, as with Group 1, 3 teams vied for second place, having won 2 and lost 2, and of which Val
Game & Paul Daniels edged out the others on shots.
In Group 4, Peter & Sue Jones picked up maximum points, to take the group win, while Arthur
Wingfield & Gerald Sutton only lost once, to finish a clear second, while Peter Webster & Rod Heal's
4 points and 30 shots was good enough for them to take one of the 2 best third-placed spots in the
knockout rounds. Group 5 saw two very clear cut qualifiers, as 3 of the five teams won only once.
Paul & Sue Cousins won all their games, while Chris & Shirley Tilbrook lost only the one, to comfort-
ably qualify. Barry Padfield & Mike Dowse in group 6 were comfortably through as group winners,
on maximum points, while David & Stephen Templeton were safely through having lost just the once.
In group 7, Mick Fisher & Ray Collins went undefeated to win the group, dropping just one
point to the eventual runners-up, Neil Jolly & Jim Goodrich, who made in through in second on 5
points. In group 8, Steven Wilson & Martin Campbell breezed their way through the group, winning
all their games, and racking up 52 shots. Second place went to Pam Crawford & Marion Joy, who
lost just once, and 4 points and 36 shots was enough for Peter & Doris Frost to take one of the best
3rd placed spots.
Group 9 Jenny Sanderson & Lavinia McGahan were clear group winners, picking up maximum
points, while Clint & Emma Watling, with 3 wins and a single loss, followed them home in second. In
the final round, David Clemmet & Angela Newling faced little in the way of resistance in their group,
winning all their games. Second place went to Pete & Rita Runnacles who lost just once.
Norway - the 3 Norwegian teams didn't have a huge amount of luck, but Inger Johanne Olsen
& Tor Andersen did take one win in their group, which in the context of all the results, was quite an
achievement but is early days for Norway.
The knockout rounds, started with the quarter finals, with Sue & Paul Cousins versus Chris &
Shirley Tilbrook and saw the score up to 4-3 after only 3 ends, with the Tilbooks having the lead. But
after that the Cousins' were unrelenting, they hit the lead next end, and picked up 4 on the 5th, which
pretty much ended the game. The Cousins finished up 11-4 winners. In another quarter final Steven
Wilson & Martin Campbell faced Jenny Sanderson & Lavinia McGahan who barely got a look in.
They were only able to pick up a single shot, on the 4th end, by which time Steven and Martin had