2008 OUTDOOR FINALS
Cleveland County held their finals days at Elm Tree and Thornaby bowls clubs last weekend In the Men's 4b singles Les Dring won 21 - 8 against J.Walker. From 4 all Dring dominated the game winning 7 ends in a row. In a really close game the Ladies Champion of Champions was won by Teresa Parnell 21 - 20 over I.Gillespie. Needing 21 to win Gillespie led 20 - 19 but Parnell scored the 2 she needed. The Men's 2b fours was an all Hartlepool Old Boys affair with Les Weston (B Elwin, R Hull, A Waller) taking 7 ends in a row from 14 all to win 21 - 12 over F Young. Last years national winner, Alan Birks was competing again in the Mens Senior singles and just overcame G Cook. He won 21 - 20 scoring the vital 2 on the last end. The Ladies Secretary's singles was well won by Inge Gillespie 21 - 11 over S Pickup. In the Ladies senior pairs Hazel Wallace and Maureen Cronin also won 21 - 11 over D Smith. Joan Shaw and Tom Gilbert teamed up to win the mixed pairs 21 - 10 Over E Maule. The game was level at 10 ends but Gilbert scored 9 shots without reply. In the Men's 2 bowl singles, S Oliver also scored 9 shots without reply to beat T Bowe 21 - 14. Bowling an immaculate length, John Walker took the Secretary's singles 21 - 12 over W Hall. With all 3 players on form, the prestigious Marie Denny was taken by Rob Carson (B Ward, K Price) 27 - 10 over R Poole. The Ladies 4 bowl singles was level at 10 all after 13 ends but then Jackie Carson drew away to win 21 - 14 over I Cadiz. Also level at 13 ends was the Ladies senior singles game and again one player, Inge Gillespie drew away from N Cook to win 21 - 14. The Mens 3 bowl rinks was a one sided affair with R Serginson (N Routledge, J Bowes) dominating the game to win 22 - 5 over J Gillespie. In the Ladies 2 bowl pairs Margaret Roberts and J Coulson crafted a first time win 18 - 12 from favourites J Ashworth and J Carson. The Men's Champion of Champions is Tom Gilbert who beat R Serginson 21 - 13. Partnered this time by T Bowe and C Boston, Rob Carson took the Men's 2 bowl rinks 21 - 14 over G Cook. The Men's senior pairs produced an excellent performance from Brian Summerhill and George Fleming whose woods were regularly touching the jack. They won 24 - 6 over A Birks. The Ladies 2 bowl singles was won 21 - 14 by Teresa Parnell over M Johnson and the Ladies 2 bowl rinks champions were Norma Cook (J Shaw, S Hall) 20 - 17 over I Gillespie. Rob Carson's third win of the weekend with more to come was in the Mens 2 bowl pairs. Partnered with Tony Bowe they beat M Armstrong 29 - 2.
In the Club Championship Elm Tree powered to a 96 - 60 win over Smiths Dock. There were good wins from R Carson (T Bowe, C Boston) 24 - 16 over P Dolan, G Allison (R Jones, K Blackburn) 23 - 17 over J Gillespie but the decisive game was W Hall (T Gilbert, E Maule) who won 34 - 5 over L Dring. S Slaughter (E Race, T Keay) replied for Smiths winning 22 - 15 over H Gaunt. Elm Tree will represent Cleveland in next years Durham Centenery Trophy and all other winners will be at Skegness national finals in August.
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