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14 June 2004

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 CLUB TOURNAMENT - FUN DOUBLES

The Purkiss Robinson Doubles event is always a highlight of the annual club tournament. It's fun and often brings together some very unlikely pairings! And this year was no exception. 34 entrants lined up, and for the first time the handicap was not just your partner! Actual handicaps being allocated to each pairing based on those used for the main singles event. This led to some even more interesting matches. The competition was run on a straight knock out basis. perhaps the most unfortunate pairing were John Patman and Matthew Skeoch the only pair to face a preliminary round to get into the main draw. Their opponents were the experienced pair of Frank Neil and David Gatheral and sadly they fell at the first hurdle but only at 21:15 in the third end after a tense battle. Details of how the event panned out are given below.

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PURKISS ROBINSON DOUBLES

1st Round
John Robinson
Norman Purkiss		 bt Peter Barrett
Bradley Hudgell		 17,13
Steve Clift 
Mike Johnston		 bt Mark Patman
Mark Hurrell		 17,16
Ron Arthur
Simon Webber		 bt Adrian Pitt
Adam Pitt		 17,18
Ralph Turbin
Eric Clift		 bt  Alex Gill
Hannah Pitt		 16,-20,19
Sam Pitt
Neil Gooday		 bt Graham Turner
Andrew Orme		 18,20
Bob Francis
Gareth Joice		 bt Rykki Vansertima
Laura Pyman		 15,13
Peter Revell
Diane Pitt		 bt Ben Steed
Alex Stone		 15,14
David Gatheral 
Frank Neil		 bt Waseem Qureshi
Shaun Hurrell		 12,16

Not many close games in the first round! Unless of course you are Eric & Ralp who scraped through by the skin of their teeth against the youngsters.

 

Action gets underway in the doubles.   

 

Going out to the eventual winners is no disgrace.
Simon Webber, playing in his first Baddow tournament, with partner Ron Arthur
lost out in the semi-final in two closely fought ends .

Quarter Finals

Steve Clift
Mike Johnston		 bt John Robinson
Norman Purkiss		 16,7
Ron Arthur
Simon Webber		 bt Ralph Turbin
Eric Clift		 21,19
Bob Francis
Gareth Joice		 bt Sam Pitt
Neil Gooday		 14,13
David Gatheral 
Frank Neil		 bt Peter Revell
Diane Pitt		 -12,14,17

Top game in the quarter final stage was Frank & David's epic struggle to overcome Diane and Peter. A case where the handicap really did bite.

One of the best games in the tournament was the semi final encounter between Bob & Gareth and David & Frank. After a close start Bob & Gareth took control in games 2 & 3

Semi Finals

Steve Clift
Mike Johnston		 bt Ron Arthur
Simon Webber		 16,23
Bob Francis
Gareth Joice		 bt David Gatheral
Frank Neil		 -20,11,11

After a shaky start Bob & Gareth really got it together, setting up what looked on paper to be an evenly matched final. Ah, but hang on, there are handicaps to be taken into account! And both Steve and Mike were on the receiving end of very generous handicaps - as the main singles event had already proved...

FINAL

Steve Clift
Mike Johnston		 bt Bob Francis
Gareth Joice		 11,7

Steve and Mike were unstoppable in the final hardly needing the massive 10 point handicap advantage to cruise through in convincing style to give Mike a clean sweep in both events in his first year at the club -  a very rare achievement. What a way to announce your arrival at the Club! Congratulations.

Steve Clift & Mike Johnson, worthy winners of the   Purkiss Robinson Doubles title. Seen here receiving the  coveted trophy from Club Chairman Peter  Revell.

There is a separate page covering the Tom Burns handicap Singles Trophy and the youth event, The Ted Harris Trophy.