Wayne Morris (35) wins three titles on finals weekend

Post date: Apr 14, 2014 8:28:26 AM

In only his sixth season, Morris has been one of the game's most improved players and underlined his natural talent by earning a place in the English champion of champions with a 21-12 defeat of the club's defending champion Martyn Dolby. Often he out-drew his opponent with precision bowls that showed a deft touch that belied his relative inexperience.

Earlier he had paired up with Martin Bailey to win the men's pairs by defeating Alan Barnes and Peter Banks 25-17 then skipped relative newcomers to the sport, Pam Barton and Chris Ballard, to a comfortable win in the mixed triples.

Among the double winners were June Brennan and Ladies President Anita Edwards who followed a slender 20-19 win in the pairs by combining with Rose March and Shirley Suffling to take the women's rinks 28-11 against Anna Martin, Chris Baker, Margaret Bloxham and Pearl O'Brien.

Former national champion Malcolm Cullingworth and his wife Ann also picked up two titles - the mixed pairs with a narrow 22-20 defeat of John and Moira Holroyd, then the mixed rinks with Jan Want and Alan Barnes.

Peter Edwards is rarely out of contention competitively and this year was no exception. He and his wife Glenys work tirelessly behind the scenes and competition organisers and his triples and fours success was due reward for the effort the couple put in to the highlight of the club's season.

Commented one observer: "It was great to see some new players coming through to compete in the finals. All matches provided excellent entertainment for spectators and showed that the club is going from strength to strength and attracting new talent to the sport."

Results

Mixed pairs: M and A Cullingworth bt M and J Holroyd 22-20; Women's pairs: S Suffling & P Plowman lost to J Brennan & A Edwards 19-20; Junior singles: Semi-finals J Travis-Jenner bt S Harris; N Rigby bt L Harris; final: Rigby bt Travis-Jenner; Women's singles: J Foster bt P O'Brien 21-10; Men's Triples: M Ramsden, D Ford, K Rippin lost to A Warrington, P Edwards, M Dolby 13-21; Men's Pairs: P Banks, A Barnes lost to W Morris, M Bailey 17-25; Novice Cup: B Lowe, T Stokes, D Thorpe lost to G Butcher, P Symonds (sub), P Sampy 11-21.

Men's rinks: A Romaine, W Kettle, B Plowman, P Edwards bt P Cox, R Keating, J Little, K Rippin 20-18; Women's rinks: A Martin, C Baker, M Bloxham, P O'Brien lost J Brennan, R March, S Suffling, A Edwards 11-28; Mixed rinks: J Want, A Cullingworth, M Culingworth, A Barnes bt M Holroyd, L Harris, J Holroyd, M Bailey 21-13; Men's singles: M Dolby lost to W Morris 12-21; Men's Over 65 singles: M Dolby bt B Warters 21-20; Mixed Triples: R Lynch, S Moir, V Evans lost to P Barton, C Ballard, W Morris 13-25; Women's Triples: J Brennan, R March, A Edwards lost to J Foster, M Andrews, G Edwards 12-17; Novice Plate: W Aspinall, R Egboma, J Frith bt B Orme, K Orme, A Rutter 25-10.