Tie-break decides Presidents' gala event
Post date: Nov 27, 2016 10:11:34 PM
Section A line-up ahead of the Presidents' triples.
Section B players before the tournament (Pictures by Alan Romaine)
In a thrilling finish to the Presidents' Gala tournament, Blackstones trio Paul Martlew, Paul Bailey and his daughter Katie captured the £200 first prize beating Peterborough triple Paul Dalliday, Neil Wright and Simon Law on the extra end of the final.
Third place went to Cliff Watson, and his Northants Federation colleagues Graham Agger and Peter Brown who beat Stamford IBA's Bob and Carol Warters and Steve Travis 5-3 in the five end play-off.
Twenty-four triples contested the tournament organised on behalf of Stamford Presidents Denis Stapleton and Maggie Holden in two sections playing four seven-end sessions and run with clockwork efficiency by Peter Edwards and Nina Rawlins.
Wright's trio won all their games compiling 27 points - three more than Warters, while unbeaten Bailey amassed 28, five better than Watson.
In the final, skip Bailey forced an extra end by drawing accurately to a re-spotted jack and on the extra end Katie expertly converted a shot with weight and left Law unable to salvage the winner.
But the real winners were the East Anglia's Children's Hospices, which support families and care for children with life-threatening conditions.
The event raised £400 for the organisation from a raffle and donations which was generously supported by players, spectators and local businesses. BW