{"id":2327,"date":"2019-04-07T19:51:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T18:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monkstonepetanque.org.uk\/?p=2327"},"modified":"2019-04-07T19:51:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T18:51:36","slug":"monkstone-open-doubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monkstonepetanque.org.uk\/?p=2327","title":{"rendered":"Monkstone Open Doubles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fourteen teams entered today’s Monkstone Open Doubles and after a chilly start the weather and the competition warmed up. With 14 teams it was difficult to have the usual pools followed by knockout and so a computer generated random draw was carried out where each team would play 6 other teams.\u00a0By lunchtime, after 3 rounds, there were 4 teams on 3 wins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Keith Nott & John Barnes<\/td>\nRichard Harris & Matt Howells<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Kon Tomczyk & Peter Westall<\/td>\nRoger Griffin & Bernard Adshead<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The afternoon session got underway and Round 4 brought Nott & Barnes against Griffin & Adshead. Unfortunately John Barnes was suffering with a shoulder injury and Griffin & Adshead ran out comfortable winners. With the other two lunchtime leaders also winning it put 3 teams on 4 wins. All 3 teams notched up a win in Round 5 to set up an exciting finish in Round 6.<\/p>\n

Going into the final round all 3 teams were very close on games for\/against but the order was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\nRichard Harris & Matt Howells<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nRoger Griffin & Bernard Adshead<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nKon Tomczyk & Peter Westall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The round pitted Tomczyk & Westall against Griffin & Adshead which meant only 2 teams could finish with 6 wins and with Harris & Howells drawn against Len Field & Jeremy Clare (3 wins) they were clear favourites to win the competition. The game between\u00a0Tomczyk & Westall and Griffin & Adshead was nip and tuck with each team grabbing the lead only to lose it again. Unknown to both teams Harris & Howells had succumbed to Clare & Field meaning the winners of this game would win the competition being the only team with 6 wins. In a nail biting finish\u00a0Tomczyk & Westall just managed to triumph by 9-8.<\/p>\n

The final results were announced by Club President, Mike Jones:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Pos<\/td>\nTeam<\/td>\nW<\/td>\nF<\/td>\nA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nKon Tomczyk & Peter Westall<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nRichard Harris & Matt Howells<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nRoger Griffin & Bernard Adshead<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Congratulations to\u00a0Kon Tomczyk & Peter Westall and a big thank you to all those who entered and took part. A special thank-you to Tony Smith for acting as organiser and running the competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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