Club members met on Sunday August 19th for their doubles competition.
Despite a reduced attendance, those that played had an enjoyable afternoon on a damp terrain. Each pair took part in a round robin event with the top two contesting the final.
In the first round, Rick Norfolk and Daniel Blows defeated Trevor Blows and Christine Hunt 13-7 with some great pointing throughout.
The last of the round robin games saw Daniel joined on the terrain by three original club members from 1976. He and his partner Rick taking on Derek Roughton and Barry Hayward.
At the end of the round robin, a last game win by Derek and Barry took them into the final. They were joined by Trevor and Christine who qualified by a single point on countback.
The final saw Trevor and Chris take a 9-2 lead with good shooting removing the opposition from the coche at every end. Sixty years of terrain experience brought Barry and Derek back into the game. At a single end they took three with Derek somehow pointing into a head that already had eight boule within 150mm of the coche. At 10-10 the game was evenly poised. Trevor shot to open the head, left Chris to point in for two and then took the match with his second boule.
Landlord Jim Whitwell presented the trophy to the winners. Christine and Trevor then retired to the bar to buy the customary round for their fellow competitors and supporters.
We look forward to the next club event, the Teddington Cup, to be played over the 31st Anniversary celebration weekend, September 8/9.