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On end 5 - Clophill held 2 as Andrew runs into the head and clips the jack to his black 25
bowls on the side. Tony Meredith replied by running the black bowl off and picks up 2
shots. to get back in the final at 3-6. On end 6 Turvey bounced holding 2 shots after Paul Hur-
ran finds the Jack but neither skip altered the head so it's 2 shots and the score is now 8-3 to
Turvey. On end 7 Clophill kept trying and held 2 but Andrew then clipped the jack to the side
to hold 2. Tony attempts to move the wood but is tight and he pushes another for 3 to Turvey
and a commanding 11-3 scoreline.
On end 8 Clophill needed a big count but Turvey were wise to this. Paul Hurran drew s
in for 2 and then they cover the Clophill woods to take 2 shots and the title with a comfortable
13-3 score. Well done to both teams another excellent final played in a fantastic manner. Fi-
nally thanks for all coming on a snowy day your support was appreciated by the organisers.
COUNTY FOURS
COUNTY FOURS
On the Sunday 18 teams played for the title at Barton le Clay, they were drawn into 3 groups
of 6 with the group winners and best runner up proceeding to the semi-finals. In Group A after
three games this group was led by the defending Champions from Barton skipped by Neil
Rixon with three wins could they be stopped? They won their final two games to go through
on 10 points.
In Group B the Turvey rink skipped by
Keith Cockings were 8 points after 4
sessions but with everyone else trip-
ping over each other they had quali-
fied so a final defeat by Maulden
wasn’t a disaster as they progressed.
In Group C the closest of the
groups saw Toddington and Ravens-
den skipped by Sue Bullins and Mike
Dowse fighting to win the group and
tied after 3 sessions on 5 points. Nei-
Fours Winners Barton ther could win both their final games
to take group so finished on 7 points
each. Shot count would sort this and Ravensden went through on +15. The best runner-up to
progress from the 3 groups was Sue Bullins' Toddington team on 7 points.
In the Semi-Finals, Ravensden (Mike Dowse) faced Toddington (Sue Bullins). This
match saw a repeat of the group game but was much closer after 4 ends and it was 2-2 with
three to play. Who could get the advantage? Toddington edged a single on the 5th end then
2 on the sixth saw them 5-2 up and then a close end saw Toddington take another single to
win 6-2.
In the other semi-final Barton (Neil Rixon ) played Turvey (Keith Cockings). After 4 ends
Barton held a 6-2 lead the 5th end saw the Turvey skip in trouble, 1 down with his last wood
to go, he played a running bowl and saw the shot wood pushed onto jack only to lose a count
of 4 and go 10-2 down. The 6th end saw Turvey take the 4 back to trail 10-6 but the margin
was too much and they could only 2 shots, leaving Barton as 10-8 winners.
In the Final, the Barton team of Barrie Nunn, Ron Worsnop, Leslie Nunn & Neil Rixon)
were set against Toddington’s Gill Whitfield, Pauline Hanson, David Whitfeld and Sue Bullins.
On the first end, Oh my!! Both leads go and there's nothing on mat as final carpet is fast and
takes them by surprise. Ron nails it with his 2nd though, and as both skips play Neil draws a
second then a third as Barton lead 3-0.
End 2. Barrie and Ron find the jack to hold three but Leslie knocks the closest Toddington
wood in to cut it to a single. Sue narrowly misses the head and Barton lead 4-0. End 3. Leslie
finds the jack to hold two but David removes one of them and Sue clips the jack across to her
own wood to take a single but is unable to draw her last in for a two so Barton lead 4- .1.