Page 5 - Spring 2019

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In round three Ireland suffered another blow losing to England 19 - 14. This left the Welsh
pair facing Scotland, who had yet to win a match and they had no problems winning 24 5
- 10 in the end to become the undefeated Premier Pairs Champions. (Ed- no photo as no-
one supplied one).

Pairs
Pairs

Ireland start their run
Ireland start their run
winning the Premier Triples
winning the Premier Triples
From this point on, Ireland dominated all
the titles to come. Ronald, Gordon &
Raymond Stubbs opened with a 20 - 14
win over Scotland, whilst Wales Liz
Jones, Rob & Nick Evans were firmly
dumped 23 - 4 by England’s Tom Clough,
Steve Holdsworth & Ryan Knight.
In the second round the English trio
were on the receiving end, losing 14 - 6
to the Irish trio. Wales did bounce back
with a 22 - 8 win over Scotland.
In the final round the Welsh trio had
settled down and led the Irish 10 - 4 af- Gordon, Ronnie & Raymond Stubbs
ters even ends but seven ends later they with IIBA President Flo McNally
found themselves 15 - 11 down, leaving
the Welsh needing four for a draw, which would still have given the Irish the title, or five for a
win but in the end only managed a two to give the Irish a 15 - 13 win and the Triples title. Mean-
while, a disappointed England were well beaten 18 - 10 by Scotland’s D. Kelly, S. Anderson &
A Higgins.

Triples
Triples