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Bedfordshire Pairs 5
Bedfordshire Pairs
40 pairs entered to play at Barton le Clay. The
original entry was 44 but due to illness a few
dropped out and a revised format was sent out but
we welcomed Silsoe to their first competition. The
teams were in 10 groups of 4 with the winners plus 6
best runners up to go through to the knock out
stages.
In Group A the Defending champions Paul Hur-
ren & Mick Rogers drew their first game but two wins
saw them progress along with S MacDonald. Group
Winners Betty Johnson B was removed owing to the late changes. In Group
Winners Betty Johnson
& Keith Cockings with County C, with 2 wins V. Routh had 4 points but could be
& Keith Cockings with County
Secretary Trevor Tumber caught if A. Rosie could win his final match, which he
Secretary Trevor Tumber
did to win the group, leaving V. Routh to miss out on going through by 1 shot. In Group D, A.
Denton & T Meredith had 4points each from 2 wins but M. Dowse had 2 points with a game to
play if he could win the shot differences would decide the group. Dowse won emphatically, 18 -
1, to take the group, leaving T Meredith out of it with A. Denton having a better shot difference.
In Group E, G Buttrum dominated this group with 3 comfortable wins leaving S. Hughes
on 4 points and hoping to progress. Group F went to the last game with Y. Harvey on 4 points
and P. Bol on 3 both finished and the final game would decide the group. A. Hatton won 6-5
over P. Lovell to take the group on 4 points leaving Y. Harvey in runner-up spot.
In Group G, P. Webster and R. Hyde won both opening games and with the final game
against each other who would win and in the end, they drew the game but with both having big
wins shots mattered and R. Hyde won group but P. Webster was going into knockout with 5
points as runner up
Neil Rixon was topping Group H with 3 wins and
the battle was on for the runner-up spot with G. Simms
playing G. Savage to decide. A close game saw Simms
edge it 6-5. In Group I Keith Cockings won all 3 games
to take 6 points but all the others beat each other to fin-
ish on 2 points each so no one would be likely to
progress from this group.
In Group J, D. Walker was easing his way to 3
Pairs Runners-up
wins and taking the group but being chased by J. Web- Pairs Runners-up
bley who had lost their opening game 7-5 to Walker but
still picked up 2 wins for runner-up spot. D Dewey had two wins and draw to take Group K on 5
points with J. Greaves looking unlikely to qualify on 3 points as runner-up.
In the Knockout Stages in Round 1, M Rogers v D Walker - This game was a close affair
but saw the defending champs pipped by one shot 4-5. A. Rosie v D. Dewey - Dewey was 4-1
up after 3 ends but 6-4 down on the final end. A single was not enough and A Rosie edged
through 6-5. M. Dowse v P. Webster - M Dowse was 6-1 up after 5 ends and with P Webster un-
able to regain any big scores eased to a 9-3 win.
G Buttrum v A Denton - Denton scored on first end but then 14 unanswered shots to G
Buttrum saw him win 14-3. A. Hatton v J. Webbley - After 5 ends A. Hatton was 6-2 up with an-
other 2 on 6th end eased away to 12-2 victory. R Hyde v S Macdonald - this game was close all
the way and at 7-7 an extra end was required with Macdonald taking 2 shots to win 9-7.
Neil Rixon v G Simms - Simms had a 5-1 lead after 4 ends only to lose 5 on 5th to go be-
hind. They then took a 2 to lead again before a single saw them tied requiring extra end with
Neil Rixon pinching a single to win 8-7. Keith Cockings v S. Hughes - After losing a 3 on first
end Cockings took 9 shots to lead 9-3 after 6 ends and a flattering 6 on last made score 15-4.
The Quarter Finals saw D. Walker facing A. Hatton - this always looked a close match but