The ECR Triples was won by a team from Towers PC, Brentwood for the second year running. The competition was held at Earls Colne Recreation Club and despite a low turnout, the quality of play was top class.
Aris Savvides, Colin Sams and Dawn Bourquin needed to win their last game to be in contention for the final, but lost 9-13 to Viv Middleton-Sams, Peter and Monica Ward. Simon Bird, Julie Constable and Adam Buxton won the same amount of games as Towers, but losses of 13-1 and 13-3 ruined their points difference. The top team with 4 wins was Trevor and Dan Blows and Lorne Gibson. Possibly their best performance was a 13-8 win after being 8-0 down to see them into the final.
The final was a very closely fought contest with both Fred Booth (Towers) and Gibson (Rayne Swan) pointing well on a very difficult piste. The score increased by 1 or 2 points alternatively up until 9-8 in Towers favour. Then two good shots by Geoff Booth backed up by Russell Brewis saw the Towers team claim 4 for game to take the trophy back to Brentwood.