Scorah and Morgan in form
Whitby Bowls Club hosted the first of the East Coast summer merits on Sunday with a new event at its West Cliff green.
It was a two-man team where play was in singles with scores added together and the winners were ones with the best aggregate score.
In event of a tie one player was nominated from each team to play best of three ends.
The winners of the competition were Paul Morgan (Whitby) and Colin Scorah (Castleford), who beat Alan Landers and Ian Richardson (both Whitby) in a very exciting final which came down to a shoot-out.
Paul defeated Alan 21-19 and Ian defeated Colin also 2119 so the final came down to a three- end shoot-out.
Colin Scorah was nominated to play Ian Richardson and after two ends of very good bowling Colin and Paul came out on top.
In the semi finals Paul and Colin defeated Mick Gates and Pete Charter from Borough.
Alan and Ian defeated Ray Leeman and Tim Purcell (Whitby and Robin Hood’s Bay).
“All in all it was a very successful day with a lot of very good bowling in sometimes difficult conditions with a stiff breeze blowing,” sai d Paul Morgan, competition and fixture secretary.
“Big thanks must go to Geoff Watson and his team of workers at Whitby for a very well-run day and a great opener to the summer merit season,” he said.
Next up is a drawn pairs at Eastfield on Sunday with a 9.30am start.
Winter bowls drive continue on the following days:
Mondays at Westgate: arrive by noon.
Wednesdays at Dukes Park: arrive by noon.
Wednesdays at Eastfield arrive by noon.
Thursdays at Bridlington Bay: arrive by noon.
Fridays at Hunmanby: arrive by 12.30pm.
The leagues start in a few weeks’ time and the lists of fixtures have now been completed.
There are a few rule changes this year including the starred player system which dictates movement of players between teams.
Also there are time changes to matches where clubs have more than one team using the green on the same day.