A group of WSOC guys travelled to this event held at Grimsby, Bob, John, Jimmy Tony and Nigel are all regulars with me and they don't enter many tournaments, so to get them all together will hopefully created some 'squad banter' and get them hooked on the tournament scene, I know they all thoroughly enjoyed themselves, particularly Bob, entering his first tournament since the 1980's.
They all played well, with John and Nigel qualifying from their groups. I had a mixed day, playing as No 1 seed in the Mens singles, I lost in the semi's to the eventual winner (paul Johnson) and starting as no1 seed in the vets I lost to Mark Donaghue in the final 11/13 in the 5th end after being 10-7 ahead (3 match points) I then redeemed things slightly by winning the Mens doubles with Mark Donaghue and the Mixed doubles with Lesley keast, both at deuce in the 5th! so a marathon day, I played 18 matches in all and was SO stiff the next day. I've got the English closed on Friday, I've only entered the Vets events, I've got Dave harvey to play in my group, he's a long time team mate of mine in the British league, and I'm partnering Mark Donaghue in the Doubles, so see you there guys!