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The other semi was an amazing match that would have graced any final. After eight of the 9
twelve ends Ross Dunkley, Craig Strong & Adam Easthope led 10 - 5 but two ends later it
was all-square at 10 - 10. Another two ends and two singles later Adam Smith, Ryan Knight
& Danny Langdon won 12 - 10 to reach the Triples final. They faced the successful Welsh trio but
the English were in outstanding form against a good Welsh team and stormed home with devas-
tating 11 shot run over three ends that finished the final before all the ends had been completed.

England add the World fours
England add the World fours
The group “A” Fours started with an England v Wales Clash, in which Alan Jones, Dominic Reed,
Gareth Davis & Chris Willies got the better of Wales Chris Holder, Aled Edwards, James Styles &
Sean Hughes 11 - 5. Ireland faced Newcomers Norway, with Michael Trimby, Keith McCullagh
Liam & Colm McHugh winning 18 - 5 over Robert Kristiansen, Anne Lene Krisoffersen, Hans Fer-
dinand Fantzen & Gunnar Frantzen. The Sweden v Canada Clash ended with a victory for Canada
with Dave Houtby, David Anderson, Laura Seed & Sandy McKenzie winning 10 - 5 against Bo Jo-
hansson, Johan Anderson, Christer Nilsson & Jim Broburg.
For the Canadian four in group “B” it was a different story, starting against a greatly experi-
enced Irish team of Derick Wilson, Edward Campbell, Jonathan Wilson & Andrew Leckey who
showed all their experience in beating Judy Steinke, June Hickman, Mary Wesko & Theresa
Kennedy by 33 shots to 3.
The Welsh four of Andrew Evans Jac Edwards, Osian Elias & Allan Slattery were caught by
surprise against Belgium’s Dominique Poot, Roby Vanoppen, Johan Stevens & Pieterjan Stevens
and found themselves 0 - 7 down after four ends they fought back but could never overcome the
deficit and lost 12 - 7. The final battle of this opening round saw Norway’s Ole Berg, Morten Coll,
Leif Ramstad & John Ingar Larsen record a 13 - 5 victory over Sweden’s Tommi Carlsson, Kimmo
Laine, Robin Gardborn & Pontus Guldstam.
In the second round of group “A” Belgium entered the fray but it was not a happy start as
Frank Vermoesen, Sibe Laureys, Roger Wille & Roger Van Petegem lost to Norway 10 - 5. Wales
bounced back from their opening defeat with a stunning 25 - 3 over Sweden. Ireland continued on
their winning way, beating Canada 18 - 3.
In group “B” the other Irish four beat Belgium 13 - 9 but dropped a five along the way. With
consecutive fives along the way Sweden beat Canada 20 - 3. England’s Lee Toleman, Anthony
Fautley, Lawrence Moffet & Paul Pomeroy played their first game and scored two sixes in their 20
- 8 win over Norway. In the last round of the opening day Wales in group “A” scored in important
10 - 6 victory over Ireland. England were pushed hard by Sweden but still managed an 11 - 7 win.