A week of bowling, shared between South Cliff & Scalby saw some excellent matches attracting bowlers from as far afield as Nottingham, Middlesbrough, York and Hull in addition to players from many local clubs. Matches were played in the Men’s, Ladies’ Singles and Pairs, Mixed Pairs and Mixed Triples. A great deal of work had been undertaken prior to the event preparing the Greens, gardens and catering provision at both clubs. Many thanks to Pauline T who was on the organisation committee along with Stewart S from Scalby. A great deal of the administration was undertaken by Graham S a former chair of South Cliff who has moved out of the area.

Apart from some torrential rain on Thursday afternoon, necessitating the last matches
of the day to be held over until Friday, the weather was reasonable - if a little chilly on finals Saturday. Thanks go to Tony, Mel, John S, John R, Vernon and Derek Gi for their work on setting up/removing the equipment and Pauline C for the bench cleaning. John S & Mel varnished the benches and Sue & John tidied up areas of the gardens ahead of the event.

In the Clubhouse, a great deal of work was undertaken in the catering area headed by Wendy S, supported by James and numerous other members. Members delivered some super home baking and thanks got to all who contributed to keeping the bowlers and many spectators fed and watered. Bill dealt with the money for food, raffles etc, Tom & Heather the raffle and many thanks to all members who contributed to the raffle & tombola prizes. The onerous task of inputing the scores and keeping everyone up to speed was tackled excellently by Chair - Joyce and any calls for clarification on the Green were dealt with by Umpire Pauline V.

The order for the Finals day was not straightforward in that several players had got through to more than one final and there was the matter of having to play one of the Ladies Pairs & Men’s Pairs semis on the morning of the Finals day.

The finals saw some superb bowling and the outcome in a number of the matches was in doubt for many ends.

Whilst they did not win a trophy, a number of South Cliff players enjoyed success in the event with:
Bob Golland & Tom Robinson - reaching the semis of Men’s Pairs
Pauline Veitch & Colin Pattison - reaching the semis of Mixed Pairs
Pauline Tuner - reaching the semis of the Ladies Singles