Triples team scores trophy hat-trick
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SIXTEEN triples contested the Construction Triples at Thurso last Saturday.
Judy Mowat, Nigel Gower and Douglas Morrison moved smoothly through the top half of the draw with some comfortable wins.
They came through their semi-final 20 shots to eight against Betty MacDonald, Ian Pickthal and Charlie Newlands.
In the bottom half, Douglas Fraser, Brian Cormack and Lorna McDermid, bidding to win the competition for a third straight year, found their passage to the final a little harder.
After a difficult opening game they reached the semi-final stage a little easier but came up against the strong triple of Ronnie Bain snr, Alan Morrison and Marina Bain. With the game tied at 11 all after 13 ends, Lorna and co picked up two shots on the 14th end and managed to secure the win in the last end.
In the final, Douglas, Brian and Lorna built up an early lead but Judy, Nigel and Douglas picked up a six on the sixth end to give them some hope of a comeback. However, Lorna and co pushed on and ran out 22-7 winners to pick up the DSRL-sponsored Construction Triples title for the third year running.
Tomorrow sees the Thurso club hold its finals day with 12 being decided. Play gets under way at 1pm with the men’s championship, the president’s singles, gents’ beginners and ladies’ triples.
The second session starts at 3.30pm with the concluding finals at 6.30pm.
Recent helter-skelter winners include Maggie Patterson and Gary Henderson, Alan Swanson and Janet Sinclair, Iain Pollock, Bonnie Dymond and Jim Campbell, Alexander Hunter and Harry Cormack, Hugh Irons and Peter Knapp, Jackie Swanson, Derek Rhodes and Cliff Bell, Gary Henderson and Iain Elder, Jocky MacDonald and Callum Elder and Jocky MacDonald, Luke Manson and Derek Rhodes.
