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White then opened up with two singles in the final but Jason Mclean struck back and by 15
the fifth end led 6 - 2. By the eighth this was 10 - 4 but David White was not giving up
easy and clawed back to 8 - 10 with just the last end to play, so for the third round in suc-
cession Jason Mclean was facing a player who needed two for a draw and three to win and
sure enough he repeated his single shot score and took the title by 11 shots to 8.
TWO ALAN’S TAKE
TWO ALAN’S TAKE
THE PAIRS FOR
THE PAIRS FOR
SHROPSHIRE
SHROPSHIRE
The second day’s play was as com-
petitive as the first. At the quarter
final stage Devon’s Michael Ivings
& James Smith snatched victory on
the last end by a single shot.
With two ends to go against
Oxford’s Andrew Brown & Tom
Pairs champions Shropshire’s Alan Williams & Alan Clough it seemed an uphill task with
Jones in grey with Noth Yorkshire’s Joseph New- the Oxfordshire pair bowling well but
some & Sean Conroy in White with two two’s on the last two ends
the Devon pair won their place in the
next round, with Oxfordshire wondering what happened! Shropshire’s Mike Tandy & Chris Willies
had an easier time against another Oxfordshire pair, Jack & David Knight.
At four all after five ends the West Mids pair took six shots over the next three ends to lead
10 - 4. The Oxfordshire pair needed at least two in order to play the last end but a single to them
gave the West Mids an unassailable 10 - 5 scoreline. Craig Burgess and Mitchell Young tried hard
for Essex and the match was close at 6 - 7 with just two ends to go but North Yorkshire’s Sean
Conroy & Joseph Newsome settled the matter with a full house four to give them victory by 11 - 6
with the last end unplayed. Completing the quarters, Alan Williams & Alan Jones romped home
12 - 3 over Terry Whitear & Jim Wood, who struggled recapture the form of earlier rounds.
In the semi-finals the North Yorkshire pair got into a hard low scoring match against Mike
Tandy & Chris Willies, who also struggled to keep their form up and victory went to Sean Conroy
& Joseph Newsome by 8 shots to 3. The other semi was a humdinger of a match that went right
to the wire.
Alan Williams & Alan Jones face Michael Ivings & James Smith. After seven ends the match
was all-square at 5 - 5. A three to Williams & Jones gave them the advantage with just two ends
to go. Ivings & Smith replied with a single leaving them just two behind on the last end but they
could only score a single and victory and a place in the final went to Shropshire’s Williams & Jones.
The final promised to be a titanic affair and thankfully this turned it out to be. At first Alan
Williams & Alan Jones gained the advantage and led 5 - 2 after five ends. They swapped shot for
shot and by the eighth end Williams & Jones held a slender 7 - 6 lead. A single on the next end
gave them a two shot advantage and despite a desperately close end Sean Conroy & Joseph
Newsome could only score a single leaving Williams & Jones as the Champions by just 8 - 7.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014
What! that’s a long way off you may say but for any new nation looking to enter, you need to
notify the World Secretary of your intentions and also find out more details. The events are
Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours, with everyone allowed up to two entries in each event.
The Championships has moved to 3 days owing to the increasing number entering. The
dates are Friday 28th to Sunday 30th March 2014 and the Championships will be staged in
Wales. The World Secretary is Wyn Jones,Cwmsadde Farm, Llangadog, Carmarthenshire,
Wales SA19 9PR, Tel: 01550 777254 Email hwynjones@aol.com