The annual Valero Pairs open tournament was played at the Tenby green last week-end in glorious sunshine. The popular two-day event attracted 40 entries (80 players), who were split into four groups of 10 to initially play on a robin-robin basis in games of six ends each Come Sunday afternoon, the winners and runners-up of the four groups then went through to play in the knockout stages, and perhaps not surprisingly, these featured some well-known names, including both this year's Gold Cup and Silver Bowl winners, David Kingdon and Jon Williams. while the host club's only remaining representatives were Aaron Lloyd and successful Tenby team captain Joe Richards. Quarter-finals (six ends); Keith Evans and Mike Morgan 2 Mark Howells and Jon Williams 9; Ashley Williams and Huw John 9 Danny Price and Roy Launchbury 2; Mark Davies and Matthew James 5 Neil Harris and Keith Williams 4; Joshua Jones and David Kingdon 5 Aaron Lloyd and Joe Richards 4 (following a sudden death end after the pairs had tied 4-4). Semi-finals (eight ends): Mark Howells and Jon Williams 5 Ashley Williams and Huw John 8; Mark Davies and Matthew James 5 Joshua Jones and David Kingdon 11. Final (10 ends): Ashley Williams and Huw John 7 Joshua Jones and David Kingdon 15. Prizes were kindly presented by William James, of Valero, with the Tenby club being grateful to Valero for their valued and continued sponsor-ship of this annual tournament.