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News Item 18; 20th June 2010 | |||||||
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19th - 20th June 2010 Lionel Tibble wins the David Openshaw Trophy at the Pendle Advanced Tournament 2010. Report by Ron Welch. Thanks to some last minute recruiting by Liz Wilson there were twelve competitors this year, one member and eleven visitors. They were arranged with seven players in the A Class and five in the B Class. The weather was fine, if a little cool on Saturday and the lawns were in good condition, allowing forty games to be played over the weekend. Star of the show was Lionel Tibble who, boasting the lowest handicap of -1.5 was the form favourite, played consistently well and won nine games out of nine, including two triple peels. He was run close by Jerry Guest in the A Block and by Peter Wilson in the first round of the Open event, prevailing finally by 3tp. On the other side of the Open draw, Tom Griffith handicap 0.5, came through strongly to beat two minus players, Lee Hartley and Dave Nick, before succumbing to Lionel in the final. In the A Class, Dave Nick won four games out of six, all with triples, to take the trophy. Second Lee Hartley, three wins; Third Tom Griffith, three wins; Fourth Mike Town, two wins; Fifth Peter Wardle, one win; Sixth Jerry Guest, one win. The B Class again went according to handicap with Peter McDermott the lowest handicapper winning four out of four matches. Second equal were Liz Wilson, Peter Wilson and David Turner, and Abdul Ahmad finished in last place. The trophy for fastest game went to Lionel who won his first encounter +26tp in 40 minutes, setting a standard which no-one could surpass. On Sunday afternoon one competitor was enthusiastic about the event and said the only way to improve it was to attract more entrants. Spread the word! Summary of results: | |||||||
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