The shortest pattern of the season Kegel Easy Street (38 foot pattern) proved to be a tough scoring condition for many of the 45 bowlers who contested this event.
Taylor Williams, a 2 handed junior bowler, paced the field in the opening 2 games with 502 (251 Avg) and went on the finish the 5 game block with 1141 (228 Avg) to qualify for the Scratch Division finals in 3rd place. Paul Stott Jnr led Scratch qualifying with 1166 (233 Avg), followed by Fran Puzzuoli on 1143 and Paul Chandler making 4th place 1124.
Mark Moore took the qualifying honours in the Handicap Division with 1153 (207 Avg) followed by Anthony Byrne on 1136, Joe Clancy on 1117 and taking 4th position for the finals Nickey O’ Malley on 1106 after Dave English was unable to play in the finals.
Scratch Semi Finals & Final
Both Semi Finals were cut and dried with Paul Chandler beating Paul Stott Jnr by 238 to 193 and Fran Puzzuoli coming through with a 212 to 174 victory over Taylor.
Over the first 5 frames of the Final there was nothing to separate the players but Paul Chandler took the initiative in the second half to get the victory with the win by 228 to Fran Puzzuoli’s 203.
Handicap Semi Finals & Final
Anthony Byrne held on to win a close contest 234 to Nickey O’ Malley’s 230 in Semi final 1 and Mark Moore struck out in the 10th frame for a 203 to 185 win against Joe Clancy.
Mark as never in trouble in the Final posting a 234 to 200 win against Anthony.
Congratulations to Paul Chandler & Mark Moore for their first wins of the season and to Paolo DiTofano who won the Rocks Jewellers sponsored set of earrings.
Full details from Event 8 are available on the Rocks Jewellers Tab/Results
The 2017/18 season comes to an end with the last event of the season on Sunday 29th April after which the qualifiers for the End of Season Finals (Scratch & Handicap) on May 13th will be known.