By Stephen Helliwell
John and David Hamer of West End won the Sowerby Bridge Mens Pairs at Akroydon Victoria on Sunday. They defeated Simon Robinson and Tom Robertshaw of Ripponden by 15-10 in the final of the event sponsored byRay Davis.
In their semi-final, the Hamers faced homesters Julian Dawson and Jack Walton and were ahead by 8-1 before the Akroydon Victoria duo fought back to within a single chalk at 7-8. Dawson and Walton went on to take the lead by 10-9 but the Hamers recovered with a break of five to reach all-but and went on to win by 15-11.
In their semi-final, Robinson and Robertshaw found themselves 6-0 behind after three ends against Martin Greenwood and Brendan Malone of Siddal. The Siddal pair were still ahead by 9-4 but their opponents produced a break of five to draw level and remained in control to win by 15-11.
In the final, the Ripponden pair were 3-0 ahead but the Hamers recovered to level the scores at 4-4. Robertshaw and Robinson again went ahead to lead by 9-4 . That gap ha been reduced to two points at 10-8 before the Hamers seized control to run out with two threes and a single to claim the George Parkin Trophy by 15-20.
Quarter final Scores: J.Beard/M. Bolton 6 M. Greenwood/B. Malone 15; S. Robinson/T. Robertshaw 15 G. Swain/C. Holt-Conway 10; J. & E.Craven 2 D. & J. Hamer 15; M. McLoughlan/P. O’Callaghan 14 J. Dawson/J. Walton 15.