Saturday, April 6th 2002This has always been a normal Sunday competition in the past but this year we thought we'd try something different and run it on a Saturday afternoon/evening. Initially the entry had been limited to 24 teams but at the last minute we managed to squeeze in another 4. Unfortunately we still had to turn away another 3 teams. Play started at 2 pm on a lovely sunny day but with a strong wind blowing which prevented us erecting our newly acquired gazebo! Teams played in 4 team leagues as usual but with all games limited to a maximum of 45 minutes. There was a 10 minute break between rounds to allow players to buy burgers and hotdogs from Pete Young's BBQ and a slightly longer break while the Grand National was on! The competion then split into Main, Plate, Wooden Spoon and Oh Dear Never Mind knock-out competitions, again with timed games in each round except the final. Play was completed by about 7:30 pm and everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. Definitely an experiment that seemed to work and one we will be trying again. Some of the newly laid terrain was rather challenging as there had been no rain to help bed it down but hopefully it will be better by next time when we should be able to fit in 32 teams.Main Winners Lambetts Dave Stubbs & Kath KnightRunners-up Limesdowne Paul & Sheila HaywardSemi-Finalists Solent KAL Karen Lombard & Leesa Rhodes Farmhouse 2 Bob & June BuxtonMain Consolage Winners Crondall 1 Allan & Carol Paice Runners-up Shedfield 2 Brian & Jan UptonPlate Winners Double D Gianni & Hilary Dalmasso Runners-up Farmhouse 1 Trevor & Pam TreendPlate Consolage Winners The A Team Vernon Walker & Harrison AshRunners-up Shedfield 3 Pam & Chris Derrick Wooden Spoon Winners The Clangers Alan & Cecilia Leng Runners-up Worthing Veronica Taylor & Anthony StrudwickWooden Spoon Consolage Winners The Demis Debbie Elcombe & Mike KnightRunners-up Cobbetts 3 Steve Love & Chris LewisOh Dear Never Mind Winners Two D's Jean & Paul Delavault Runners-up Cobbetts 2 Jenny Chaloner & Colin Gittings
Cobbetts Open Doubles 2002
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