Six entries formed a high class field arriving at Holmes Park on Sunday 1st March and although the weather was fine in the morning, a few light showers passed through before steady rain set in accompanied by a decent southerly to make the conditions distinctly unpleasant for the last round or two.

For the first four rounds, nobody really gained the upper hand with the leading contenders all losing one of their games and we entered the final round with three players on three wins, Levi Franks, Josh Winter and Paul Kaiser, all with a chance of claiming 1st place.

Levi had the superior net hoops score having beaten Paul quite convincingly in round 3 after Jason Hodgett had ‘poked the bear’ by beating Levi in Round 2, and Levi finished it off by winning his round 5 game and taking 1st place and the Silver Badge for the grade. Paul Kaiser finished in second place and Josh Winter in third.

Chocolate fish goes to Jason who, despite finishing in fourth place, scored more hoops than anyone else with his 3 losses all being 9-10.

Well done to all the players for playing through some challenging conditions, including Jono Hart from St James and good to see the up and coming Max Philpott from Gore.

JCB