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There
was some local success in the Hartlepool Ladies Masters pairs as
Houghton’s Betty Johnson and Jenny Smith lifted the title. After
progressing through the round robin stage unbeaten the Houghton duo
defeated Eldon Squares Ann Wilkinson and Dorothy Gray 14-4 in the final.
The
Sunderland senior B team kept alive there slim play off hopes with a 4-1
(49-31) win at Park View, George Gibson’s quartet of Alfie Ferguson,
Tony Wood and Tom Jones enjoyed a 20-6 victory while Colin Ratcliffe,
Alan Cartledge, Bobby Adams and Terry Todd survived a late scare to
sneak home 17-11. The remaining rink of Tony Grimes, Vic Hendry, Dennis
Hulley and Billy Conway looked set for a win after leading 12-10 with
two ends to play but a dropped single followed by a last end dropped
three helped seal another last end defeat 14-12.
Latest
Group Standings
Group
2 (played-points)
Darlington
B 8-24, Sunderland B 8-23, Stanley 5-19, Hartlepool B 7-14½, Consett
5-7½, Park View 5-7
Group
3 (played-points)
South
Shields 7-26, Sunderland A 8-23½, Parks B 8-17, Hebburn 7-16, Gateshead
A 6-16, Houghton A 8-11½
The
A teams scheduled fixture at home against Gateshead was cancelled by the
visitors and has now been rearranged for Wednesday 9th
February at 1230, it will be a busy day as the Sunderland ladies return
to Inter club action against South Shields also at 1230.
The
remaining two groups in this years Norman Routledge 20/20 pairs will
take to the green on Sunday at Crowtree, the groups commence at 1200 and
will be completed within the two hour time frame.
The
local stage of the national competitions have all reached the area
finals with the Stanley club continuing to dominate. In the singles
there is a cracker in prospect as two current England internationals and
club mates Gary Smith and Robert Chisholm will lock horns, this is a
repeat of last years final whereby Smith ran out a comfortable winner,
the tie is due to be played on Saturday 12th February at
Stanley with a 1200 start. In the pairs area final Smith will team up
with Brian Harris to face South Shield’s Ian McIntosh, the venue is
Durham on Saturday 26th February at 4pm. In the triples area
final Stanley’s Michael Bennett, Ian Riches and Jimmy Humphrey will
face West Denton’s Clive Knott, the tie will also take place at Durham
on 26th February at 4pm.
The fours final will see Stanley, Dave Morgan, Robert Chisholm,
David Bolt and Gary Smith take on West Denton’s Peter Duffy, the tie
will be played at South Shields although no date has been confirmed.
Other
results
Over
60’s Singles Area Two Final – W.Bell (Stanley) 16-21 JHume
(Concordia)
Over
60’s Pairs Area Two Final – W.Bell (Stanley) 15-21 M.London (Parks)
Over
55 Triple Area Two Final – B.Harris (Stanley) 14-15 M.London (Parks)
Over
60’s Fours Area Two Final – B.Harris (Stanley) 25-7 B.Orrell (Gateshead)
Inter
Area Final (Area 1 v Area 2) Stanley 21-10 Cumbria
The
Welsh Open is currently taking place at Swansea, Stanley’s Robert
Chisholm’s hopes of repeating his title success of two years ago were
dashed in the first round following a 6-6, 9-7 defeat at the hand of
David Gourlay, Hartlepool’s Glenn Skipp also made a first round exit
after a 10-5,5-7,2-1 defeat at the hands of England’s Simon Skelton.
The
2011 outdoor Sunderland
& District fixtures have been released and are now available on the
club website - www.cityofsunderlandibc.co.uk. |