Thurs 29th June at Moira
Ashby were drawn against Hunstanton at Moira, but unfortunately neither club could raise a regulation team of 4 by the closing date, but the clubs agreed to press ahead anyway with an unofficial version of the tie, contested by teams of 3, with the winning club progressing to the next round.
Mick reports: The weather was cold and miserable and there was light drizzle for most of the day. There were some very close games but Hunstanton played just that bit better and deserved to progress to the third round. Adam Wheatley in his first competitive event started nervously but once he had settled down produced some excellent play and was easily the best Ashby player. With the scores tied at 2-2 everyone was watching the deciding match between Tim and Bryan which couldn’t have been closer.
Results, Ashby names first:
Mick Haytack (7) and Adam Wheatley(20) beat Bryan Saddington (4.5) and David Haslam (12) 26-13
Tim King (4) lost to Charles Ostler (5) -6T
Adam beat David 26-14
Mick lost to Charles 26-19
Tim lost to Bryan -1T