This weekend saw our 2024 Short Mat Drawn Pairs competition take place at Etherow Indoor Bowling Centre. The event was host to 44 Woodley Sports Bowling Club members playing plus more who came to support and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day. The day took the format of four groups of bowlers who had been paired together through a random draw, playing off against each other in a round robin format, before the top two pairs from each group progressed to knockout stages beginning with the quarter finals.
There was some very impressive bowling on display throughout the whole day, but I think most people would agree that the final was perhaps one of the best games to watch with “oohs”, “aahs” and cheers aplenty, the result was decided by the very last bowl of the game which saw Gerry Thackery and Steve Roberts narrowly snatch victory from Angela Roberts and Annabelle Almond to become the 2024 Woodley Sports Short Mat Drawn Pairs Champions.
We’re already looking forward to the 2025 event!
For those interested (and who wouldn’t be!?), here are the results from the quarters to the final:
Quarter Finals:
Ch. Crowther / G. Jones 16 – 1 P. Norbury / D. Walker
S. Roberts / G. Thackery 9 – 7 M. Anderson / R. West
P. Roberts / B. Newboult 8 – 9 B. Nielsen / D. Gee
J. Todman / G. Almond 4 – 13 A. Almond / A. Roberts
Semi Finals:
Ch. Crowther / G. Jones 9 – 14 S. Roberts / G. Thackery
B. Nielsen / D. Gee 2 – 15 A. Almond / A. Roberts
Final:
S. Roberts / G. Thackery 12 – 11 A. Almond / A. Roberts
