Monday night after a very hectic weekend and a very busy green with the Triples semi final as well as a few Handicap and 2 bowl ties being played, but the main event taking place on R1 was the final of the club pairs between Andy Reid and Ian Miller against Craig Snodgrass and John Urquhart and what a game it turned out to be, very high standard of bowls played by all four competitors and a game in which Andy and Ian were in the driving seat for most of the game but the real excitement came in the last 3 ends, with Andy and Ian 12-10 up at the 16th end and the shot changing a few times with John lying the shot then Ian drawing in to touch the shot bowl through then John playing the back hand to come in that route and got a fortuitous result that ended with going to the last end 12-11, again a very tight end with the light now fading and the shot changing every other bowl, with Craig lying the shot in front of the jack Ian was trying to move the bowl without moving the jack as Craig/John had position is the jack went back, after a very tetchy end the outcome was 1 shot to Craig/John and after 17 ends of bowls it ends up peels at 12, a great spectacle of bowls for our pairs final and quite a few of the lads who had finished there games now came out to try and watch the extra end which was now getting difficult to see with the fading light, so it was a toss of the coin again which Andy won and decided to give the jack away, again another good end with the shot changing back and forth when it came to John and Ian ‘s turn it was Ian who was lying, John tried to draw a couple of times narrowly missing the jack with Ian trying to block or cover, with John’s last bowl he got a connection on the jack springing it out into the open which left Ian with about a yard to draw for the match and the pairs title, Ian did not waste anytime taking this shot, he picked a great line and was looking good all the way But his bowl ran out of puff about a foot short of getting the shot, well done to all four players for a cracking final,
Congratulations Craig Snodgrass & John Urquhart Northern pairs 2022 Champs