Congratulations to the Scamander team of Michael Seymour and Anthony Faulkner the East Coast Pairs Champions for 2020-21 season.
BN EAST COAST PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP 2020-21 Report By Garry Laycock
The finals of the East Coast Pairs for 2020-21 was played on 17 January 2021 in cool and light windy conditions at St Mary’s Sports Centre with eight teams playing some exciting draw bowls and conversion shots when required.
SEMI FINALS:
Seymour/Faulkner 15 def Harrison/Reeves 14
Pollington/Della-Vecchia 16 def McDonald/Viney 9
Matters/Laycock 14 def Bilson/Murphy 13
Golder/Greening 18 def Oliver/Philpott 8
In the Preliminary Finals the winning teams adapted to the conditions quickly and all played quality bowls to progress to the finals.
PRELIMINARY FINALS:
Pollington/Della-Vecchia 21 def Golder/Greening 8
Seymour/Faulkner 21 def Matters/Laycock 7
In the Final Michael Seymour/Anthony Faulkner won eleven of the eighteen ends, with Shane Pollington/Michael Della-Vecchia picking up six shots on the eleventh and one shot on the twelfth end to take a 13 to 8 lead. The Scamander side played some telling conversion shots to win the next four of the five ends, to finish fourteen all after eighteen ends.
As per Bowls North Conditions of Play, an extra end was required to determine the winner and it was the Scamander duo who prevailed over Swansea team by one shot.
Congratulations to the Scamander team of Michael Seymour and Anthony Faulkner the East Coast Pairs Champions for 2020-21 season.