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after 6 ends Hatton led 6-4. But a decisive last couple of woods saw 3 shots to D Walker
6
to win 7-6. A. Rosie versus S. MacDonald - Rosie shot into a 6-0 lead but was pegged
back to 6-3 after 4 ends but that was as close as it got as Rosie then took three singles
to win 7-3.
M. Dowse versus Neil Rixon - another battle was on for Rixon as after 4 ends it was 3-3.
Two singles saw Rixon 5-3 up but 2 shots on last end saw it 5-5 and another extra end needed
with Dowse nicking the end to win 6-5. G. Buttrum versus Keith Cockings - this game was close
until the 6th end where Buttrum was leading 5-4 but lost a count of 5 from which they didn’t re-
cover with Cockings winning 10-5.
At the Semi-final stage, D Walker v A Rosie - After 5 ends this game was 3-3 but with lots
of tight ends time was pressing and the 6th end was to see A Rosie draw his final bowl of the
end to 2 inches as the whistle went, nicking the game 4-3. In the other Semi, M Dowse v K
Cockings - M. Dowse was in trouble on the 4th end as a 6 gave Keith Cockings a 10-1 lead
then another single saw an early handshake at 11-3
The Final saw Toddington’s John O'Brien & Arthur Rosie facing the Colmworth/Turvey
Combination of Betty Johnson & Keith Cockings. On end 1 - Betty Johnson has a close wood
which can't be beaten. 0-1. On end 2 - Keith Cockings draws shot but Arthur Rosie is close to
the jack with his last but pushes it back to 2 browns. 0-3. End 3 - John O’Brien finds the jack to
hold 2 shots, Keith Cockings rolls his 2nd in to take shot, Arthur then moves it again with his
final bowl only to see the jack nestle in the back, covering 3 browns. 0-6.
On end 4 - the two leads traded shots, with O’Brien holding. Cockings
rolls the shot out only for Arthur to do same with his last wood. 1-6. On the
next end - John's first 2 woods slide off the side Betty is on the jack and
they hold 3. Unfortunately, Arthur hits the middle with his last 2 woods and
Keith draws his final wood in to make it 4 and a lead of 10-1.
On the next end the pressure tells. John's woods are spread, Arthur
and Keith swap shots but a single to Betty & Keith sees them take the title
with an emphatic 11-1 win. Well done to our Champions on what was a
great day's bowling by all with the games very close in lot of matches. A
special thanks to all the ladies who did the raffle, Christine and Trevor for From
catering and to Keith for organising/scoring and playing. The Trophies were
Keith Cockings
presented by Trevor Tumber the Bedfordshire County Secretary
WEST ACRE
WEST ACRE
CARPET BOWLS
CARPET BOWLS
CLUB
CLUB
West Acre is a small village in
West Norfolk 15 miles with an
area of 5.59 square miles
and is from King's Lynn. In
the 2001 the population was
187 in 83 households but by
2011 this had risen to 261.
The club was formed in
2001 by the late Mr Chris
Durrant to get members of
Back row Chairman Brian Roberts, Toni Clarke, the village to try a new sport.
Mike Pye, Gordon Coulting, Derek Curl, Mick It started with 12 players of
Turpin, Vera Firth, Roy Withers. Front Row L to R which 2 still play today Mr
Sheila Elliot, Betty Lilley, Belinda Bush, Derek Curl and myself.
Ted and Gill Sills. We started by borrow-
ing equipment from "King's