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8 CHAMPIONS HORSFORD Jack Pye beat Sylvia
CHAMPIONS HORSFORD
Turner 12-7, Wayne
Burrage beat Tony
Turner 10-8, Morgan
Warnes beat George
Clarke 16-8 and
Simon Warnes beat-
ing John Jarvis 12-10
for an 8-0 win and 50-
33 on shots.
Bure Singles
Bure Singles
David Lamb of Halver-
gate won his first Bure
singles title, at Hors-
ford BC after an epic
final against defending
champion Chris Mann of East Tuddenham, which went down to the final bowl in a repeat of last
season’s final where Lamb got his revenge in a similar outcome.
In a match that was fairly high scoring spectators were entertained to a match where both
players jostled for the lead and produced great shots. The first end saw Mann capitalise on short
woods from Lamb to take a 3-0 lead. Lamb still struggled for weight early on but Mann could not
capitalise and gifted two shots to Lamb.
A better end for Mann saw him make contact with
the jack with his last wood to claim two shots to lead 5-
2 after three ends. Lamb started to play better come
end four and with Mann unsuccessful at attacking the
head saw him concede two shots.
With a single picked up on end five the match was
level at 5-5 but another good end by Mann on end six
saw him pick up another three shots to lead 8-5. End
seven proved to be the fatal end for Mann where his
third wood opened up an opportunity for Lamb to take
the jack back which he duly did.
With the pressure on with his last wood Mann
failed to change the situation which gave Lamb four
shots as he drew in with his last. The match took yet
another turn as Mann played another solid end back up
the mat to claim his third three of the match but Lamb Finalist Chris Mann with
was not finished yet and scored two solid shots to level Champion David Lamb
the match at 11-11 going into the final end.
In a fascinating last end Lamb drew shot wood and then a toucher with his second to take
control but a good driving shot by Mann opened the head up with the jack exposed to lay shot.
With Lamb still confident of the draw he still left the jack exposed for Mann to run into but missed
and instead played Lamb's toucher into the ditch.
Lamb's final wood still saw him draw to put the pressure on Mann as he knew that a running
wood could see the jack go to his toucher in the ditch. Mann's last wood was on target and looked
like taking shot but the connection with the jack saw it surprisingly spring into the ditch to see
Lamb win 12-11.
Keith Cooke of Halvergate made a shock exit in the first round as he lost on an extra end
measure to Melvyn Barker of Kirby Bedon. In the semi finals David Lamb cruised to a 16-1 win
over Barker while Mann beat Windows Keith Halford 13-7.