MARATHON SPORTS PAIRS REPORT

The semi-finals and finals of the Marathon Sports Redhill & District Pairs Tournament were played at RBC yesterday. 33 entries had been whittled down to 12 pairs from 8 clubs contesting 3 categories. Results were:

Men’s Final

1st Steve Whiting & David Hall (Redhill/Chipstead)

2nd Roland Simon & Bernard China (Redhill/Banstead Neville)

3rd Allan Weller & Peter Pizzie (Horley)

4th Trevor Pocock & Graham Bickley (Bletchingley)

Ladies’ Final

1st Denise George & Tessa Loader (Horley)

2nd Jenny Tickner & Evette Oakford (Reigate Priory)

3rd Gillian Murphy & Caroline East (Chipstead)

4th Julie Hammond & Jane Richardson (Caterham)

Plate (for 1st Round losers)

1st David Rigg & Allan Penton (Redhill)

2nd Charlie Murphy & Ian Steele (Chipstead)

3rd Gill Tarrant & Tricia Hall (Chipstead)

4th Jan Janet Brunt & Vanessa Gaunt (Redhill/Old Coulsdon)

Well done to all the teams for reaching the final stages and some excellent bowls on the day. Many thanks to Paul Eales of Marathon Sports for sponsoring the event with the generous prize fund, to Steve Whiting for the excellent organisation and to all the volunteers at Redhill BC who helped to make it happen on the day.

The winners in each category are shown in the images below plus some action shots.