3rd/4th Division Merits - Knaresborough - Sunday, 12th July 2022
All 8 qualifiers arrived at the green in good time to get this merit day started, but who's day was it going to be?
We had 3 players entered from Collingham, Sarah Jarvis, Ian Jones and Tim Wilson and all three did the club proud.
Quarter Final 1
Ian Jones v Tim Wilson
Unfortunately, Ian and Tim were drawn to play each other and what a match it was. The day started up towards the bank where Tim picked up his first pair of the afternoon, nerves still a plenty, Ian responded and happily went onto make his mark on the scorecard, however Tim started the brighter and moved into a comfortable lead 7-2, back came Ian with an impressive 7 break to take the lead going into the halfway stage.9-7, Tim leveled it up two ends later.
The green from the side looked to be running rather tricky and both players found it difficult to keep hold of the jack and by the 24th end they were still level at 14 across, unfortunately for Tim this is where his ambitions of winning the trophy started to unravel and Ian ran away with the game with another impressive 7 break to finish up 21-14.
Quarter Final 4
Richard Bullough v Sarah Jarvis
Once again two players who are relatively new to the game got the last of the quarters away and Richard got off to a strong start going 6-2 up, 5 unanswered points from Sarah just nudging in front 7-6. These two were just dealing in pairs and the game was flying along, by the 20th end Sarah looked comfortable 17-15 up back came Richard with a couple of singles and they were tied at 17's.
Poor lead out from Richard allowed Sarah back in with a great pair to go all but, just a good lead was required, not to be.... Richard found a great pair also to go 19-20, but this time Richard had the jack in hand and his lead was a lot better, Sarah got close but Richard found room to place his second in and laying game, Sarah just went passed and the hands went up for Richard, another great game! 21-20
Semi Final 1
Ian Jones v Angela Hodgson
Good start by Angela 3-0 in as many ends, but a fantastic break of 10 consisting of four pairs and two singles had Ian in a great position 10-3, however this must be the way Angela likes her games as she came storming back again to go 14-10 up 5 singles and three pairs, could Ian make a comeback?
Not the best lead out from Angela for a change and Ian was back in the game, 3 singles and a good pair had him just one behind 16-17, a single from Angela and she was close 18-16, back came Ian, where was this game going? 19-18 to Ian. Jack sent out, poor lead and Angela capitalised with an important pair to go all but!
Good lead required and duly obliged, great game again, shake of the hands and Angela was in the final, Ian losing out at 21-19.
We had 3 players entered from Collingham, Sarah Jarvis, Ian Jones and Tim Wilson and all three did the club proud.
Quarter Final 1
Ian Jones v Tim Wilson
Unfortunately, Ian and Tim were drawn to play each other and what a match it was. The day started up towards the bank where Tim picked up his first pair of the afternoon, nerves still a plenty, Ian responded and happily went onto make his mark on the scorecard, however Tim started the brighter and moved into a comfortable lead 7-2, back came Ian with an impressive 7 break to take the lead going into the halfway stage.9-7, Tim leveled it up two ends later.
The green from the side looked to be running rather tricky and both players found it difficult to keep hold of the jack and by the 24th end they were still level at 14 across, unfortunately for Tim this is where his ambitions of winning the trophy started to unravel and Ian ran away with the game with another impressive 7 break to finish up 21-14.
Quarter Final 4
Richard Bullough v Sarah Jarvis
Once again two players who are relatively new to the game got the last of the quarters away and Richard got off to a strong start going 6-2 up, 5 unanswered points from Sarah just nudging in front 7-6. These two were just dealing in pairs and the game was flying along, by the 20th end Sarah looked comfortable 17-15 up back came Richard with a couple of singles and they were tied at 17's.
Poor lead out from Richard allowed Sarah back in with a great pair to go all but, just a good lead was required, not to be.... Richard found a great pair also to go 19-20, but this time Richard had the jack in hand and his lead was a lot better, Sarah got close but Richard found room to place his second in and laying game, Sarah just went passed and the hands went up for Richard, another great game! 21-20
Semi Final 1
Ian Jones v Angela Hodgson
Good start by Angela 3-0 in as many ends, but a fantastic break of 10 consisting of four pairs and two singles had Ian in a great position 10-3, however this must be the way Angela likes her games as she came storming back again to go 14-10 up 5 singles and three pairs, could Ian make a comeback?
Not the best lead out from Angela for a change and Ian was back in the game, 3 singles and a good pair had him just one behind 16-17, a single from Angela and she was close 18-16, back came Ian, where was this game going? 19-18 to Ian. Jack sent out, poor lead and Angela capitalised with an important pair to go all but!
Good lead required and duly obliged, great game again, shake of the hands and Angela was in the final, Ian losing out at 21-19.
