Sunday 2nd November saw 29 players entered into the Singles, drawn into 6 groups, with the winners and the 2 best runners-up qualifying for the knockout stage.

Group A
Jill Ellis led after 2 games on 4 pts as all the others had dropped points in some way, but with Paul Hurren and George Savage drawing there game then having 2 wins a piece, a shots difference of 0 put Paul through, with George waiting on runner-up spot.
Group B
Fran Hibbard led from start to finish here, with 4 wins, leaving Susan Savage on 4pts as runner-up. Will that be enough?
Group C
Cherry Brock was on 4 pts after 2 games, but all the others had dropped points. A loss then a win saw Cherry top the group with Rita Davidson runner-up on 5 pts after a strong finish.
Group D
The group had a bye, but Andrew Hatton won his other 3 games to finish top, with Viv Whyatt Routh runner-up on 6pts after defeat by Andrew.
Group E
Keith Cockings won the group with 4 wins and was chased by Peter Webster who with 6pts as runner-up was looking good.
Group F
Definitely tightest group with Sue Bollin , John Blyth and Matthew Hatton all very close. Matthew and John both won their last games to finish on 6pts pipping Sue on 5, Matthew winning the group on shot difference from John.

Runners-up going through were Peter (6 pts +21) and Viv (6 pts +8), John missing out (6pts 0)

Quarter Finals
Paul Hurren (Turvey) v Keith Cockings(Turvey)
This was going to be a good game. Keith took 4 singles to lead 4-0 after 4 ends, Paul then took a single and a 3 to make it 4-4 . Last end, and it was all down to the last bowls. Paul just holds on a measure, Keith's last bowl grazes the jack, but it's still Paul's, and he wins 5-4.
Fran Hibbard (Toddington) v Matthew Hatton (Turvey)
Matthew took 4 shots on first 2 ends to lead 4-0, then Fran had a single, and so did Matthew to lead 5-1. Matthew then picked a decisive 3 up on the 6th to win 9-2.
Cherry Brock (Toddington) v Peter Webster (Toddington)
After 4 ends the clubmates were level at 2-2, but then Cherry shot away with 7 more shots to win 9-2.
Andrew Hatton (Turvey) v Viv Whyatt Routh (Wootton)
After 2 ends it was 2-2 Andrew then picked a 3 and 2 to lead 7-2. They shared a single each, after that, leaving the final score 8-3 to Andrew.

Semi-Finals
Cherry Brock v Andrew Hatton
Andrew was on fire in this game, clearly settled on the mat, and raced into 8-0 lead, then took a 4 to make it 12-0. With 3 ends to play could Cherry fight back, but alas it wasn't to be. They played out the 9 ends, and the final score was 18-0.
Paul Hurren v Matthew Hatton
Paul again facing a clubmate, this time Matthew. After 3 ends Paul led 6-0 but 2 singles saw Matthew back in the game at 2-6 down. A 3 on the next made it 5-6, then another single saw game level 6-6 after 7 ends. Paul then held 3 shots as Matthew bowled, hitting his own front wood, rolling it forward. How many do I hold? said Paul, none came reply from marker Keith, that’s in. Matthew took a single then another single on last to win 8-6.

Final
Andrew Hatton v Matthew Hatton
This will be interesting. Turvey clubmates, and father v son. Let battle commence. No surprise to see both playing some really good bowls, and after 4 ends its 5-5. Matthew the edges a single to lead 6-5, the 6 th end was decisive as Matt is bit wayward for him and he loses a count of 4 to now trail 9-6. But he then picks up 2 singles to get back to 8-9 for a last end shoot out. Both are very close, Andrew holds shot but the drawing wizard has an opportunity on either hand to level it up for an extra end, but Matthew is millimetres short, and Andrew wins 11-8.

Congratulations to both on a fantastic final.

Thanks to all who stayed, help setup, clear away, and for the raffle prizes, plus our organisers on the day for the smooth running.