CONGRATULATIONS go to Steve Robinson of the Millers who became the men’s singles champion of the Totnes Skittles League after defeating Wizzard Mark Northway.
A strong start, with a 16 in his semi-final against Paul Trant (Fords), backed up with another 16 in the 6th end took him into the final.
Mark’s 3rd end of 18 against Les Harding (Offcuts) nudged him ahead in his semi. A 14 in the next end and a 12 in the 8th put him in control although a 17 from Les put him just three down with an end to go. Mark finished with a nine and an unlucky four from his opponent put Mark into the final by eight.
After a cagey start to the final, a 17-flopper from Steve put him ahead in the 3rd end. With Mark struggling to pick up a spare to close the gap, Steve hit a 13, taking him into a winning lead with two ends to go. Steve will represent Totnes in the singles Devon County competition which takes place in Bideford on 12th April.
The ladies’ singles is now at the semi-finals stage with the semis and finals to be played on finals day.
Meanwhile, Totnes ladies defeated the men in the annual Hingston Cup match. They went into the final end behind by 9 but an end of 104, which included four spares, took them to victory by 13! Leading scorers for the ladies were Val McGall with 65 and Cherry Paul with 64, for the men Richard Murch (64) and Matt Monaghan (60).
Ladies KO cup – semi-finals – by the halfway mark, Gems pulled back the deficit caused by Wendy Northway’s ‘sunshine’ (0) in the 3rd end against Odd Westons.
A 43-pin 7th end put Odd Westons in front but it was all square going into the final end. That was how it finished so an extra end was needed, Odd Westons hit a steady 33 which was enough to take a 4-pin win.
Fordetts hit one of their season’s best scores against Meadowbrooks, captain Emily Stolworthy’s 94 included an 18, their 309 total gave them a 42-pin win.
Men’s KO cup – semi-finals – Fords father and son duo Paul and Ben Trant with 91 each led Fords into the KO cup final against Offcuts. Fords consecutive ends of 57, 68 and 70 put the game beyond Offcuts reach.
Andrew Brown rolled four spares in his 107 as Woodpeckers saw off Wizzards. Wizzards were in contention going into the last leg but a poor end of 43 and a 17 from Woodpeckers Kevin Jarvis in a leg score of 52 gave ‘Peckers an 8-pin win.
Scores
Men’s Singles:
Quarter-finals-
S Tippett 90 v 91 P Trant
J Franks 69 v 75 S Robinson
M Northway 98 v 67 P Nicholson
L Harding 71 + 27 v 71 + 18 R Murch
Semi-Finals-
P Trant 74 v 85 S Robinson
M Northway 87 v 79 L Harding
Final-
S Robinson 79 v 66 M Northway
Ladies Singles:
Round one-
C Kneil 76 v 77 W Northway
V McGall 57 v 72 E Challis
S Edwards 67 v 56 J Evans
S Hodge 68 v 72 E Luscombe
A Robinson 75 v 65 C Stolworthy
L Edmonds 68 v 78 A Worth
G Northway 78 v 62 M Trant
Quarter-finals-
W Northway 80 v 63 E Challis
E Luscombe 70 v 71 S Edwards
A Worth 70 v 63 A Robinson
J Lewis 78 v 65 G Northway