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Pineapple Pete had seemingly a much easier match but the acquisition of a 5 on the third 27
end really helped in their 11-5 win over Crownites. The first knockout round proper (last
eight) saw Jedi Knights come from behind to oust Portsdown 9-7. Pineapple Pete only allowed
Jingle Jangle Gangle to win one end in a 12-1 score line. Flying Seamen achieved a similar
score in their 12-2 defeat of North End. Jim + 2 had a nip and tuck game finally losing to Tur-
bos, 9 shots to 8 dropping a two on the final end.
This set up some interesting semi-finals. Turbos met Flying Seamen and at two ends
were 5-1 up. However Flying Seamen then picked up a 4 to get them back in the match but
then dropped a 4 on the very next end. At this point though, Flying Seamen kicked into gear
and won the next 4 ends and managed to avert a last end disaster by playing the jack into the
ditch. Despite some exemplary drawing to the ditch line, Turbos could not convert the deficit
into a winning score and lost 9-11. The other semi-final was a very noisy event - Jedi Knights
vs Pineapple Pete. It was also a low scoring affair with only 9 shots scored over the entire
match of 8 ends, Jedi Knights just edging it 5-4.
The final between Jedi Knights and Flying Seamen (Paul Seamen, Dan Winmill and Karl
Hudson) was an equally noisy affair but ended with Flying Seamen winning 11-8, picking up a
3 on the final end.
The Consolation Plate competition pro-
gressed alongside the main event and in the
semi-finals there were teams from local Club Pir-
rie Park, Crown from Havant, Meon Valley from
Bishops Waltham and Seend from Wiltshire. The
last remaining Pirrie Park team – “Ginger Ninjas”
– just lost out to Crown 3-5, whilst Seend
despatched Meon Valley 6-3.
So Seend and Crown played off in the final
and it was a closely contested event with four
ends won by each team at the end. However the
4 picked up on the 7th end with the score 5-4 to
Crown, nudged the Wiltshire triple into the lead
(8-5) and this was followed by a 3 on the final end
to make the score 11-5 to Seend.
The organiser (Jason McLean) would like to
thank Banister Park Indoor BC for hosting this
event. At the time of going to press it is believed
the day has raised over £800 for Wessex Cancer
Plate Winners Seend Trust.
Barbara Sparling

KEITH HAWKINS RESIGNS
KEITH HAWKINS RESIGNS
Keith Hawkins, the Administration Officer of the ESMBA, who did a
huge amount of organising work over the years has resigned from the
committee. He was thanked by the committee for his past service.
There is I suspect more to the story than this simple statement
but I cannot get a comment from anyone. Whatever the politics of the
situation, Keith certainly deserves a huge thanks for the work he un-
dertook. Sadly this has not come from the ESMBA but on behalf of the
grass roots Clubs and players - Thanks Keith!
All correspondences should now be forwarded to the Chairman,
barry@esmba.co.uk or admin@esmba.co.uk 24 Burrow Road, Chigwell, Essex IG7 4HQ
Tel: 0778 841 4311.