National Finals – Mixed Fours & Over55 Pairs

Solihull IBC

Saturday February 24th: MIXED FOURS
Unfortunately, our only entry (the Newsome family) had to withdraw due to the hospitalization of one of their players.

Sunday February 25th: OVER 55 PAIRS (We had 2 entries in this discipline)

Pete Arthur and Jean Bridges started well with a 10-3 defeat over Norfolk2. This was followed with a 7-7 draw against Essex4 and a 12-7 defeat by Cornwall1. However, this was good enough to give them 2nd place in their group and hence another match in the last 32. Here their day came to an end against Norfolk1 who sent them home after a 10-4 win.

Meanwhile, Chantal and Lawrence Ireland were having a better day and had 3 convincing wins in their round robin group against Dorset4 (16-4), Norfolk3 (11-4) and West Midlands2 (13-2). Having won their group they headed into the last 32 where wins against Dorset2 (16-4) and Devon4 (11-6) took them into the Quarter Finals. Another good 11-6 result against Norfolk1 (who had earlier knocked out Peter and Jean) and they were in the final 4. It was the Surrey2 team that then brought their excellent run to an end and they bowed out, after a great day, with a 1-13 defeat. No doubt they will be back in 2025 in an attempt to go just a little further.