More success celebrated at Indoor Bowls club
Further success was celebrated at Boston Indoor Bowls Club on Finals Night with Peter Copeland, soon-to-retire treasurer and director at the club, being the guest of honour to hand out the awards.
Matt Wilkinson won the Novice Singles against Cliff Collin in a competition for anyone who has yet to win a trophy at the club.
The final score of 22-8 looks convincing, but Matt dominated only after a cagey start to the game had left the score at 8-7 after eight ends.
Matt also appeared in and won the Novice Pairs final, bowling with his dad, Steve Wilkinson, against Steve Boycott and Richard Keeling (a last-minute sub for Trevor Coulson who was indisposed).
They grabbed the initiative on the first end and were never in trouble subsequently to win 20-9.
The Over 60’s Men’s Singles was contested by two stalwarts of the club for many years, Paul Flatters and Keith Tointon, the final lasting 29 ends and taking most of the three-hour allocation.
Keith led in the early stages by up to six shots but the score became very tight with Paul finishing the better to run out 21-19 and so retain the cup for yet another year.
The Over 60’s Men’s Pairs was a repeat of last year’s final between Paul Flatters and Graham Scarboro playing Ian Tebbs and Rod West, who gained their revenge this time around with an emphatic 23-4 win in the final.
Rod West also featured in the Men’s Pairs final, playing again with Ian Clark as they won the title for a third year in succession, beating the father and son duo, Andy and Nathan Dunnington, by 22-14.
For Rod, this was his third title of the campaign, including the Mixed Triples trophy mentioned in last week’s report.
Scott Whyers featured in two singles finals, winning both of them.
Against Martin Tomlin in the 4 Bowl, 15-End Singles, he got off to a solid 7-0 start, then fell 11-7 behind, before finishing strongly to win 17-11.
In the 2-Bowl, 18 Up, Handicap Singles, he faced a relatively new bowler, Ron Walden, who started on eight shots with the handicap, the final score ending 18-16 to Scott.
The closeness of the final score was a tribute to the handicap system.
The Men’s Triples was a tightly contested game as was widely expected between the eventual winners Mark Brown (sub for Alex Tomlin), Chris Gill and Matt Whyers against Liam and Andy Reeson and Nathan Dunnington.
The final score was 14-13, with the result in doubt until the final end had been completed.
Ian Clark, Chris Gill, Alex and Martin Tomlin retained the Dickerson Fours cup after a convincing 17-4 win against Mark Robinson, Andy Dunnington, Paul Flatters and Matt Whyers in the final.
Finally, the Champion of Champions final was contested between Jonathan West and Martin Tomlin, with Jonathan winning 21-12, retaining the trophy won last year.