Saturday morning saw the Men’s Pairs final which pitted very experienced Colin P & Alan T against Tony M & Derek Gi . In the opinion of most of the spectators this was an absorbing and excellent match . The underdogs took an early 5-0 lead and after 6 ends were 8-6 up. After 12 ends Alan & Colin had a 6 shot lead. The remaining 6 ends were absorbing for the spectators with Tony & Derek 1 shot adrift with 4 ends to play. Colin & Alan with 2 ends to play were 3 ahead. With the final end to play the scores were tied at 18 each. On the last end, Tony delivered some exceptional woods leaving Derek to put in four blockers which stopped Colin from disrupting the head. Tony & Derek won their first trophy 20-18. This was an excellent advert for the sport.

A couple of hours later, Debs F and Richard M competed for the Social Members Cup and Derek & Alan faced each other in the Men’s singles. Both matches required the target of 21 points to gain victory. In the Social Members Cup, Debs was in excellent form, establishing an early lead which she did not relinquish and she reached the 21 points after 15 ends. Meanwhile Derek & Alan played a very close final with scores being tied a12-12 after 15 ends. Gradually Derek gained an advantage and after 19 ends was 2 points from victory. Alan took the next 2 ends to enter end 22 with the score at 19-16. On the 22nd end Derek achieved the required 2 points, ending the day with 2 trophies.

On Sunday the Ladies Pairs was played in the morning and the Aussie Pairs after lunch. The Ladies Pairs pitched Pauline T & Christine P against Maria S and Debs F. After 10 ends Pauline & Chris were ahead by some 12 shots at 14-2. The next four ends saw Debs & Maria work their way back to 17-12. At the end of 18 ends Pauline & Chris ran out winners by 18-12. The Aussie Pairs featured two cup winners - Pauline T & Tony M against Maria S & James M. Pauline & Tony established an early lead being 12-6 up at the halfway stage. They ran out worthy winners 19-8.

Chair Joyce Clayton presented the trophies and we thank Pauline T & Bill E for organising the event.