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In the final they could not find the same form with 13
Dave Baker & John Horsham in tip top form
emerging victorious at 12 - 1.
The Triples quarters started with two very
hard fought games as each team strived to get
through to the next round. A three on the last but
one end from Roy Atkinson, Joan Golding & Bar-
bara Schultze levelled up the scores at 5 all but
a last end single gave Robert Adams, Michael
Leale & Tony Drew a 6 - 5 win.
It was a similar story for Mike Singleton,
Tony Shepherd & Dick Starbuck who also lev-
elled the score at 5 all with just one end to go but
John Allen, Jim & Joan Flin got the verdict 6 - 5 Triples Champions Bernard
Triples Champions Bernard
with a last end single. Williams, Jeanette Richards &
Williams, Jeanette Richards &
At one stage Wendy Singleton, Ros Shep- Robert Davies with Finalist Michael
Robert Davies with Finalist Michael
herd and Shirley Starbuck nosed in front but a Leale, Tony Drew & Robert Adams
Leale, Tony Drew & Robert Adams
two followed by two singles gave Jean Bennett,
John & Margaret Ray a 9 - 6 victory. Up to the fourth end only singles separated Barbara
Buse, Verity & Nichola Prior from Robert Davies, Jeanette Richards & Bernard Williams who
were just 1 - 3 down but a three and three singles gave them a 7 - 3 victory.
Robert, Jeanette & Bernard kept up this form in their semi-final, beating John Allen, Jim
& Joan Flin 10 - 4. In the other semi, Robert Adams, Michael Leale & Tony Drew scored a
five on the opening end against Jean Bennett, John & Janet May and followed this up with a
four and a two to lead 11 - 0 after just three ends and eventually won 15 - 1.
In the final Robert Davies, Jeanette Richards & Bernard Williams took an early lead 6 -
0 after three ends. Robert Adams, Michael Leale & Tony Drew fought back with four single to
be just 4 - 6 down but a single to Robert, Jeanette & Bernard took them to 7 - 4 with two ends
to play but Robert, Michael & Tony then stunned their opponents with a four to take an 8 - 7
lead with just the last end to play. In mounting
tension and excitement on a hard fought end,
a two to Robert, Jeanette & Bernard gave the
a hard fought 9 - 8 championship victory.

I was always taught to respect my elders,
But it keeps getting harder to find one.
A woman asks a man who is travelling
with six children, "Are all these kids
yours?" The man replies, "No, I work in a
condom factory and these are customer
complaints".
A three-year-old boy was examining
his testicles while taking a bath. "Mom" he
asked, "are these my brains?" "No Son not
yet," she replied.
A SIGN IN - - a Bangkok Temple - IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN
A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN.
A Cocktail lounge in Norway - LADIES
ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE
CHILDREN IN THE BAR.