Round 8 saw 25 bowlers take to the lanes to bowl on a long 48 ft pattern from the files of the chief technician, some say more baffling than the X files. A prize fund of £360.00 with a first prize of £110.00 was on offer to the bowler most capable of reading the lanes. So it was the usual five games qualifying which saw Ashley Wilde lead the way after the first game with a 225 scr (253 hcp). Games of 216 and 226 scr saw Fred Lee take over at the top. Games three and four saw another leader, Gary Roberts who was averaging 222 followed by Nev Robinson and Chris Lewis, so plenty to play for going into the final round. A final game of 257 scr which was the high of the day, saw Ashley Wilde come from 6th to qualify top followed by Gary Roberts, Chris Lewis, John Fitzsimmons, Malc Bailey, Richard Bolton, Nev Robinson and Rob Davies.

The finalists took to the lanes to bowl three more games and after round one a fine 248 scr (274 hcp) saw Rob Davies come from 8th to 3rd. The second game saw Ashley Wilde bowl a 245 scr (273 hcp) to hold on to top spot but was now challenged by John Fitzsimmons with a 258 scr (282 hcp). A poor last game from Ashley Wilde saw John Fitzsimmons take the title with Ashley just holding on to second. A 230 from Rob Davies made sure he took 3rd with Chris Lewis 4th, Gary Roberts 5th, Malc Bailey 6th, Richard Bolton 7th and Nev Robinson 8th.

Next round will be 19th October. Let’s see you there. Thanks to everyone who took part and once again to all at Blackburn.

The maximum number of bowlers who can qualify for the finals is 25. So make sure you can play the minimum of six rounds. The following can still qualify Gareth Roberts, Phil Jones – Davies, Scott Myers, Ken Davies and Chris King.

I will be announcing the format for the final shortly.  If you have any ideas about next season I would love to hear from you. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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