It was advertised with the words “It promises to be an eggstremely good melee” and so it was. 19 members turned out on a fine, warm Easter Sunday morning for the annual Easter Egg Melee.
With the draw done and under the watchful eye of timekeeper Phil Roberts, play got under way, slightly late as the organiser desparately waited in the hope that there would be a latecomer to make up 20.
With Round 1 completed, all the winners were on +2 with the exception of Carol Maroney and Bernard Adshead who established an early lead on +9.
As usual, the potential winners started to surface in Round 2 with only 3 of the 10 First Round winners making it 2 out of 2 – Steve Hawkey and Sean Smith lead the way on +4 with serial melee winner, Phil Roberts, on +3.
Could the 3 leaders consolidate their lead in Round 3 or would one of those lurking on 1 win, some with a much better points difference than the leaders, come through to grab the trophy. When the results were in and the computer had done its stuff, it emerged that Phil had been dropped and only Steve and Sean had won again for 3 wins.
So the top 3 were:
| 1 | Steve Hawkey | 3 wins(+13)* | Easter Egg Melee trophy & 5 eggs |
| 2 | Sean Smith | 3 wins (+7) | 3 eggs |
| 3 | Roger Griffin | 2 wins (+10) | 2 eggs |
* Incorrectly announced as +31 but subsequently corrected.
Well done to Steve on his fine win but in this eggstraspecial competition everyone is a winner, so it was Easter Eggs all round!
Steve Hawkey receives the trophy from organiser Bernard Adshead
