Locals dominate Bexhill Open singles

The finals of the 74th Bexhill Men’s Open Bowls Tournament were contested at the Polegrove Bowls Greens in front of a 200-strong crowd on Saturday.
By The Newsroom
Published 10th Aug 2011, 13:46 BST

Stuart Holland jnr, of Polegrove Bowling Club, clinched the championship singles after getting the better of Michael Stone (Bexhill BC) 21-11 after 19 ends.

Stone was up 7-6 after nine ends before Holland scored two threes to lead 12-7, and then over the next five ends added another eight shots to open up a 20-8 advantage and eventually close the game out.

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Four players from local clubs, which nobody could recollect happening before, contested the semi-finals. Holland beat Lee Heitzman (Spartan) 21-16 after 26 ends, and Stone came back from 16-9 down to pip Phil Saunders (Spartan) 21-20.

Consequently, Heitzman and Saunders won the trophy for the best local player, and Scott Edwards (Hove and Kingsway), Barry Fordham (Eastbourne) and Jack Crawford (Carreras), who all lost in the quarter-finals, won the trophy for the best visiting player for players who did not reach the final.

The championship pairs winners were Rosemount’s Ken Bones and Trevor Roberts who triumphed 21-10 after leading all the way against Carl Dyer (Spartan) and Stone.

The triples winners were Bill Bray (Spartan), Nick Wingfield (White Rock) and Charles Wright (Eastbourne) who had a very convincing 21-8 win over the Victoria trio of Brian Beere, Brian Henty and John Pannett.

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The consolation pairs was won by the Hayes duo of Sue Norman and Richard Tedder who triumphed 15-13 against the Bexhill BC partnership of Ray Hemsley and Keith Richardson.

The full article and more photos will appear in Friday’s Bexhill Observer.

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