Success for Gloucestershire players in Dawlish again

Dawlish Warren Short Mat Bowls Tournament 25th – 29th November 2024

A Breakaway Leisure Ltd event

Gloucestershire players have been involved in this tournament again this year.

With 73 players from the South West and North West of England, and Wales, it has been another busy week of bowls, with the Pairs competition on 26th, 27th and 28th November, Singles competition on the evening of 26th November and a Triples competition all day on the 28th November.

The Singles winner was Nigel Fox from Wiltshire

Gloucestershire players – Graham Ewers and Chris Evans were finalists in the Pairs competition and faced Diana and Martin Porter from Somerset. Diana and Martin were the winners after a tight match with the lead changing hands at each end. The final score being 9 – 8 to Diana and Martin.

Monica Carter, Graham Ewers and Chris Evans were defending their title of February 2024 in the Triples competition. They faced Nigel and Anne Fox and Terry White in the final. Winners were Monica, Graham and Chris. The final score was not reflective of the closeness of each individual end. The Gloucestershire players won 4 out of the 5 early ends with 1 or 2 shots on each end, finally overcoming the opposition with a steady 3 ends to win the match 10 – 3 with 1 end to play.

Monica Carter

Open Tournament