CSSC Indoor Bowls Championships 2008

22/23 April 2008

Yorkshire were represented by Ian McNeil (Ripon), Ken Middlemiss (Catterick), Gordon Walker and John Backhouse (York) and came close to reaching the final. After beating North East in the round robin stage they needed to win their last game and North East to lose or draw  theirs. On the last end in both games, North East were 11- 9 up, but 2 down on the head and Yorkshire needed 4 to win. The North East Skip fired and killed the end and being out of time, won by 2 shots. Yorkshire got only 1 shot and lost 9-11. An exciting end to the qualifying stage.

The North East were represented by Darren Parkes, John Harthen, Garry Robson and Phil Smithson.

Pairs (Held at Nottingham IBC)

Group standings after 5 round robin games

Group A                                         Group B

1. Yorkshire (8 pts + 51)              1.  N East (6pts)
2. Scotland B (8 pts + 32)            2.  South West (6pts + 25)
3. Wales (6 pts)                           3.  London ( 6pts +2 )
4. Scotland A (4 pts + 16)            4.  South East (6pts - 8)          
5. N Ireland (4pts - 21)                5.  N West (2 pts - 29)
6. Eastern (0 pts)                        6.  Midlands (2 pts - 69)

Final: Yorkshire 11      North East 15

In the final Tony Horobin and Tony Whitelam from West Yorkshire faced Ian Peacock and Eddy Henry from Newcastle and after a close fought game the end result was a reverse of the previous years final.

Fours (Held at Erewash, Long Eaton)

Group A                                           Group B

1. North East (8 pts),                   1. South West  (10 pts)
2. Midlands (6 pts - 10),               2. Eastern (6 pts)
3. Yorkshire (6pts - 11),               3. London (5pts)
4. Wales (4pts + 31),                   4. N West ( 4pts)
5. Southern (4 pts + 0),               5. Scotland (3pts)
6. South East (2pts).                   6. N Ireland ( 2pts)

Final: North East 17, South West 11.