Ian Lines beat
Richard White +4 in the final in pouring rain.
15 players gathered at Southport in glorious warm sunshine on Saturday morning to compete for the Sandiford Salver. The format was a simple knockout with a consolation flexible Swiss event - all with no initial time limits.
15 players gathered at Southport in glorious warm sunshine on Saturday morning to compete for the Sandiford Salver. The format was a simple knockout with a consolation flexible Swiss event - all with no initial time limits.
There were a few fast
patches and the odd slope near some hoops, which perhaps explains why
most games took over 3 hours, despite 9 of the 15 players having
handicaps of 0.5 or better.
As the sun set on
Saturday, Ian Lines was 1-0 up in a best of 3 semi-final against Alan
Pidcock, and Richard White was pegged down in a scrappy first game
against Dean Bennison in the other semi, with Ian wondering
about the need for imposing time limits and his best laid plans for a
best of 3 final.
Other Bowdon players participating were: Andrew Winn, Alan Pidcock and Mike Sandler who ended his streak of 13 consecutive losses!
