WELSH SUCCESS FOR AARON AND CAMERON

Pictured are Tenby Bowling Club youngsters Aaron Lloyd (left) and Cameron White who won the Welsh Under 18s two-wood pairs title for Pembrokeshire earlier this month. It was the second time they had lifted the trophy, having also won the competition in 2012. 

Ladies County Finals

Youth to the fore in ladies' county bowls finals

Welsh junior internationals Ysie White and Gemma Amos have swept the board at the West Wales Ladies Bowling Association finals. Anyone who thinks bowls is for retired people would have certainly had their eyes opened at the two-day event held at Neyland Bowls Club, home of this year's president. Margaret Sanders. Ysie, a member of Tenby Bowling Club, won both the two and four-wood singles, two days before her 21st birth-day, while Gemma, 22, who bowls for Saundersfoot, chalked up success in all four finals she reached. Ysie was crowned four-wood singles champ after a hard-fought contest with three times winner Saundersfoot's Ceris Hewlings, while in the two-wood singles. she beat immediate past county president Cally Jones, of Whitland.

Gemma and her mum Steph made history when they became the first mother and daughter to win both the two and four-wood pairs competitions. In the two-wood pairs they beat Mary Codd and Win Howells. of Haverfordwest, while in the four-wood pairs they overcame Sara John-Davies, who was making her first finals day appearance, and county secretary Ann Thomas, also of Haverfordwest. Gemma and Ceris teamed up with club mate Marion Evans to lift the triples title against Margaret Lewis, Anne Rosin-Dann and Ann Thomas, of Haverfordwest, while Steph joined the winning trio to clinch the rinks after a nip-and-tuck game with Moira Chadd, Anne Wilks, Margaret Caley and Penny Brickle, of Pembroke Dock.

Saundersfoot Ladies v Tenby Arches Ladies

SAUNDERSFOOT LADIES 6 pts. TENBY ARCHES LADIES 0
19 August 2014

Tenby Arches Ladies travelled to Saundersfoot last Tuesday for an evening fixture with the league leaders who had already beaten them on their home green earlier in the season. It was decided to play this game over 18 ends and finished with Saundersfoot ladies winning by 43 shots to 23 and collecting all six points to secure their pole position in the league. Arches skip Lon was supported by Liz. Meryl and Carol and were against a strong Saundersfoot rink skipped by Marion Evans. The Tenby ladies did not get onto the score sheet until the eighth end and were then 10 shots down. They managed to pick up another 10 shots from three ends, but were well-beaten by 24 shots to 12. Alison skipped the second Arches rink. with Margaret. Audrey and Mair in support. This was a tighter game and at 11 ends the game was tied nine-all. The Saundersfoot rink, skipped by Ceris Hewlings, then found some good form, picking up nine shots in the remaining seven ends to win by 18 shots to 11.

Gold Cup Week 2014

It's six of the best for golden Dai, but 'awesome' Jonathan goes close to coveted Open Week double. As we went to press last week, we reported that four players still had dreams of achieving the coveted 'double' at Tenby Bowling Club's 90th prestigious Open Week tournament. They were Welsh international and reigning British Isles singles champion Dai Kingdon, of Kidwelly, inter-national John Roberts, of the host club, David Weak (a name synonymous with Welsh bowls), of Presteigne... and Glyncorrwg's Jonathan Williams. As Friday morning dawned for finals day, though, only one of those players still held those aspirations of lifting both the magnificent Gold and Silver trophies, as one by one the other three had fallen by the wayside. And perhaps a little surprisingly. considering the elite company he was in, that was the man from Glyncorrwg, Jon Williams, who enjoyed a remarkable week on the Sutton Street green. In fact, indefatigable tournament organiser Lynne Delabertouche Rafferty later described his performance as 'awesome'. But still the question on everyone's lips on Friday was, `Could he go on and achieve that coveted double?' The answer following the Silver Bowl final was 'yes perhaps he could', as he again produced an impressive performance to defeat Tenby's own Dai Spencer. who himself had a week to remember. Dai, still the only player to captain Tenby to Carruthers Shield glory - and that was some five years ago - now 'plies his trade' with the club's second string, the Five Arches. but he rolled back the years with a series of superb dis-plays and victories. One of those was in the morning's semi-final when he cruised through against Josh Jones 21-9. while Williams came through a tough encounter with another tournament favourite, Paul Diment, of Tenby. 21-18. And the man from Glyncorrwg maintained that form in the final, producing some excellent bowls through-out to claim the trophy with a comfortable 21-6 victory - an early birthday present for him, as he turned 25 this week. One down, one to go! Was the Gold also within his grasp? If he was to lift it later that afternoon, he would have to overcome one of the tournament's legends, Dai Kingdom to do so - no simple task, as many before him could no doubt testify. Kingdon, who plays for the Kidwelly club, was bidding for a remarkable sixth success in the blue riband event having won Gold no fewer than five times before - the last time 11 years ago in 2003. On his way to the final, Kingdon (also Silver Bowl holder before Friday) had accounted for, among others, former Gold Cup winner, Steve Reese, of Whitland, Tenby's John Roberts. himself a past Silver Bowl winner, in the quarter-final, and Ashley Williams, conqueror of David Weale, in the semi-final. So, as already mentioned, no easy task for the newly-crowned Silver Bowl holder. And so it was to prove. Although buoyed by his earlier success, Williams found it a 'bridge too far' as Kingdon again showed all his silky skills and experience to march to glory with a 21-14 victory. Fittingly, it brought the curtain down on another memorable week at the ever-popular Tenby tournament, which was again generously sponsored by Molson Coors Brewing Ltd. to the tune of £2,330 in prize money, for which the club is truly grateful.