Dan Taylor & Scott Harries won the 2 Man Team again this time at St Georges. They came out on top of 14 teams today to land the first prize again. They beat Darrell & Kevin Handley in the final. Scott beat Kevin 9, racing 13-3 up over the middle and holding off any fightback. Darrell Handley was 16-11 up on Dan Taylor, having gone from 9-6 down to 13-9 up in the corners.
In the Semi Finals Scott & Dan defeated Sir John Bayley team mates Scott Simpson & Chris Worthington. Dan was only 12-10 ahead of Chris but only conceded two more. Harries had led Simpson 13-9 but was only 16-15 up when Dan came off. The other Semi saw Kevin defeat Mark Parsons 15 after going 18-10 up, while Darrell had got back to 18-16 down to Rhys Marshall after being 18-12 behind.
Thank you to St Georges for hosting and well done to Dan Taylor and Scott Harries on retaining it.
Quarter Final:
Scott Simpson beat John Roberts 15 after going 16-10 up, and Chris Worthington defeated Gavin Bridge 19 from 18-16 down.
Scott Harries went 17-2 up on Joe Killen, and won 8, and Dan Taylor was 17-9 up on Andy Armstrong and came off.
Darrell Handley was 8-6 down to Mick Cross but ran out in the corners. Kevin Handley was 18-6 down to Darren Kerr but got the chalks he needed and got 18.
Mark Parsons ran out from 12-10 up against Rob Roden, and Rhys Marshall was 13-12 up on Jamie King but lost 15.
1st Round:
Chris Worthington from 6-4 down against Ayden Smith went 11-6 up and won 11. Scott Simpson was 19-12 ahead of Emmet McKinley who got back to 16.
Gavin Bridge went 11-2 up on Chris Dodds and from 19-9 ahead won 13. John Roberts was 7-3 down to Jon Lea but went 13-7 up. From 15-14 ahead he won 16.
Andy Armstrong was 10-6 down to Owen Evans but then from 13-12 ahead ran out. Joe Killen was 10-6 down to Joe Dicken as well, but from 17-16 up ran out.
Dan Taylor was 5-1 down to Steve Reeves but from 13-8 up won 10. Scott Harries was 15-13 down to Gareth Jones when they came off.
Rhys Marshall was 12-10 down to Pete Grimston but won 14. Mark Pasraons was 15 across with Stuart Rutter and ran out.
Rob Roden was 14-10 ahead of Will Childs and run out. Jamie King was 9-4 and 16-6 up on Tom Killen and won 10.
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