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                                                                                 POTTERS
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                                                                                        CUP
                                                                                        CUP

                                                                                WEEKEND
                                                                                WEEKEND

                                                                            The annual Potters Cup Week-
                                                                            end at Potters Leisure Resort in
                                                                            Hopton-on-Sea again provided a
                                                                            feast of bowls, dining & entertain-
                                                                            ment in the world famous Interna-
                                                                            tional Arena. With seven triples
                                                                            finishing  on  maximum  points
                                                                            “shot difference” was used to de-
                                                                            termine the finalists of the Potters
                 Potters Cup Winners Mike Greenacre, Debbie                 Cup & the Potters Shield.
             Phillips & Jon Sparham with Mark Brewer of Potters                  Essex triple Pauline Pam-
                                                                            ment of Sanguine, Shirley Minks
               of Wickford & Jean Herson of Springhouse competed in the Potters Cup Final against Nor-
               folk triple Mike Greenacre of Haddiscoe, Debbie Phillips of Wymondham & Jon Sparham
               of Hempnall. After Pauline Pamment drew onto the jack with her second wood the Essex
               ladies held on to take a single on the opening end.
                     Another single followed on
               the second end after Jean Her-
               son  played  a  great  last  bowl
               chipping the jack across the mat
               onto another Essex wood follow-
               ing two superb Debbie Phillips
               bowls  which  proved  to  be  in
               vain.
                     The Norfolk triple levelled
               the game on the third end after
               a super backhand draw by Mike
               Greenacre took shot and Deb-
               bie Phillips drew in a great sec-
               ond     bowl.    The    pressure
               mounted on Essex on the fourth
               end  as  Greenacre  &  Phillips        Potters Shield Winners Chris Mann, Debbie Barrett
               drew  in  four  good  woods  and           & Jack Barrett with Mark Brewer of Potters
               Jon Sparham drew in a fifth.
                     Jean Herson responded with a deadly attacking bowl to take shot and drew in a sec-
               ond to move Essex 4-2 up against the run of play. An inch perfect lead wood by Pauline
               Pamment and an equally good second bowl put Sparham in trouble but Phillips & Sparham
               both came close to taking shot and cut Essex to another single.
                     Going into the next end 5-2 down the Norfolk triple knew they needed to win the sixth
               end to keep in touch. It proved to be the best end yet as four great opening bowls by Pam-
               ment & Greenacre set the stage. Attacking bowls by Phillips & Minks left Sparham holding
               one shot but Herson pushed an Essex wood on to the jack.
                     Jon Sparham attacked to take out the offending Essex bowl but Jean Herson imme-
               diately replaced it with another. Sparham had a real pressure wood to play with his final
               bowl and his attacking shot paid off big time scoring three shots and making the score 5-5.
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