County Finals – results
Many congratulations to all taking part as we won all the matches in which Royston players took part. The scores were as follows:
Sunday 1st August at Bishop’s Stortford
Morning
- Women’s County Pairs – Devon Cooper & Rachel Tremlett beat Mary Banks & Alison Hall of Hatfield 18-13
- Women’s County Triples – Jenny Thompson, Julie Homer & Jess Eley (the 3 J’s) beat Joan Welch, June Mills & Shirley Bradbury of Riverain 21-8
Afternoon
- Women’s Junior Pairs – Reba Powell-Birley & Rhianna Russell (Wel & District) beat Devon Cooper & Rachel Tremlett 18-15
- Men’s County Singles – Matt Coppen beat Glenn Williams of Garston 21-11
- Women’s County Fours – Devon Cooper, Hayley Robinson, Jess Eley & Rachel Tremlett beat Chris Sharp, Irene Lack, Carole Cook & Maureen Peel of Whit Hern 20-8
- Women’s County Two Bowl Singles – Devon Cooper beat Rhianna Russell (Wel & Dist) 14-7
Played on Saturday 31 July at Buntingford
Women’s County Junior Singles – Devon Cooper beat Rachel Tremlett 21-18
Finally, to top this off the Men took part in the County Team Ten on Saturday 31 July with the Semi – Final at Baldock in the morning against Buntingford. Result being
- Singles Matt Coppen lost to Mark Plume 21-17
- Pairs Adrian Charter & Stewart Brown beat Ross Murphy & Gary Warrender 27-19
- Triples Laurie Ramsay, Dan Knight & Richard Knight lost to Dave Murphy, Scott Wake & Carl Frostick 27-10
- Fours Steve Kilford, Cliff Moore, Ian Snowdon & Craig Kilford beat Peter Warren, Bryan Davies, Vic Greenberg & Tony Keeling 26-12
2 Disciplines each but Royston won 80-79 on shots scored.
We then had to travel to Buntingford in the afternoon to play Welwyn Garden City in the Final. Result being
- Singles Matt Coppen beat Rob Edwards 21-7
- Pairs Adrian Charter & Stewart Brown lost to Chris Parkhouse & Bryn Evans 18-17
- Triples Steve Kilford, Laurie Ramsay & Richard Knight beat Gary Walton, Les Brown & James Avery 21-17
- Fours Cliff Moore, Peter Archer (Sub), Ian Snowdon & Craig Kilford lost to J Gibbs, Roy Avery, Stuart Parkhouse & Gordon Avery 20-14
2 Disciplines each but Royston won 73-62 on shots
* Royston Men County Team Ten Champions *
So, as you can see over the weekend the club have managed to win 8 County Competitions – a fantastic achievement, something for which as President of this club I am extremely proud of everybody who played. I would also say a great thankyou to those supporters who were able to come to Bishop Stortford and Buntingford to support their club members in these finals. I am sure this was appreciated by the players.
Now onto Leamington where I wish everybody participating every success and let’s see if we can’t bring home a National Title as well! I will let you have details of when everybody is playing at Leamington in case you would like to attend to support in a separate email.
Regards
Steve Kilford
(Note: County Men and County Women honours boards have been updated accordingly)