ADAM
SWINTON WINS ALL ENGLAND REGIONAL FINAL, 3rd/4th September
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Congratulations go to Adam Swinton who won the
All England Handicap Regional Final at Pendle
over the weekend with 4 wins out of 5 and he now goes
to the National Final at Sidmouth over the weekend
of 17th/18th September.
There were 3 other Bowdon members playing at Pendle:
Barry McKenzie, Alison Court and Carol Steinberg
- Barry McKenzie also qualified, coming third with 3 wins;
Alison & Carol both had 2 wins.
Two other Bowdon members have previously won the competition: Colin
Irwin in 1983 and Ian Lines in 1995.
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Youth
Conquers All in All England (by Barbara Dutton)
The All England Area Finals was played over the weekend of Saturday 3rd
and Sunday 4th September. Eight contestants, all of whom had won their
places in their clubs' internal competitions played during the season,
competed for the honour of representing the North West in the finals in
Sidmouth, Devon in a fortnight's time. The number of players
from any club depends on how many entered the internal competitions,
bigger clubs able to enter more players, thus Bowdon fielded 4 players,
Bury 2, Fylde 1 and Pendle 1. There were 6 men and 2 women and
competition was keen. The weather was unkind on the Saturday with all
players getting a drenching but on Sunday things changed and a
beautiful warm, sunny day made the lawns play faster and cheered the
players. The competition is to be one of the top three in the final
result. In the end Adam Swinton from Bowdon came top with 4 wins from 5
matches, three players tied for the other 2 places each winning 3 of
their 5 games: Andy Broadwood from Bury, Barrie Mckenzie from Bowdon
and Robin Delves from Pendle. Robin just missed out on the points
scored so he will take no further part this year. The others travel to
Sidmouth to compete with other regional finalists on 17th and 18th
September. Youth conquered all here, the overall winner, Adam Swinton
(extreme left in picture) is just 14 years old. A great prospect for
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