CHAMPIONSHIPS – Triples results

Saturday December 10th: The 5th of this years County Championships, the TRIPLES, saw 24 entries (same as last season) taking part. This meant an even round robin of 6 groups of 4 which resulted in the elimination of the bottom 8. The 6 group winners and the next best 10 then entered the last 16 – the first KO round, which eliminated another 8 leaving the final 8 to play in the Quarter Finals. The results of these were all very close as follows.

John & Hilary Catley and Geoff Smith v Jez Williams and Neil & Heather Robertson 9-8
Ben Render, Danny Langdon and Joanne Senior v Rod & Jonathan Dawson & Roger Green 7-6 (extra end)
Lee & Bronagh Toleman and Lawrence Mofatt v David, Joseph & Jill Newsome 8-7
Simon Holtby, Rose Haynes and Alan Meek v Dave Hunton, David Brown and Andrew Mather 9-6

In the Semi Finals, the Great Ouseburn day came to an end at the hands of Ben’s triple 9-5 whilst the Church Fenton three were sent home after an overwhelming 19-0 whitewash by Lee’s trio.

Ben and Danny were past winners in 2016 whilst Lee’s team had won in 2018 and 2020. With 5 o the 6 being ex-England players, a close Final should have followed. However, after a joint request to let the toss of a coin decide on the outcome was refused by the Chairman, both teams decided to close the match down quickly with a demonstration of who could dich the jack first. This battle finally resulted in a 14-1 win for Lee and Co.