{"id":1040,"date":"2007-10-05T21:07:32","date_gmt":"2007-10-05T21:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thespbl.co.uk\/news\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2015-02-19T21:19:41","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T21:19:41","slug":"2007-play-off-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thespbl.co.uk\/news\/?p=1040","title":{"rendered":"2007 Play Off Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday 5th October<\/p>\n

Newport retained their Premier League status tonight with 10 chalk victory over Pontesbury. Newport had three of the first four winners but found themselves 1 shot down as Daryl Edwards won to 15. On reflection Pontesbury had a number of good cards with big leads in the first four and this ultimately cost them as Newport had a clean sweep of the middle four and put themselves 31 chalks ahead. Once again Pontesbury threatened a remarkable comeback with Tony France winning 21-6 to reduce the deficit to 20 with just two games on the green, Dave Povey 18-9 and Andy Jones 16-9, they were only 8 shots from glory, but a great fight back by Martyn France and a valuable 13 by Jeff Smith secured the vital chalks and Newport won 221-211 and will play Premier League bowls next season.<\/p>\n

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\nThe two captains shake hands before the match with Match referree John Coxill (centre) Dale Rudrum (left) and Alan Potter<\/p>\n

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\nThe winners Newport, from left, Cliff Emery, Dan Hand, Jeff Smith, Alan Davidson, Brian Perry, Wayne Lawrence, Phil Emery, Dale Rudrum, Ian Whittington, Martyn France, Nail Hallett, Dave Westwood.<\/p>\n

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\nThe gallant losers, Pontesbury, from left, Emlyn Jones, Danny Blythe, Tony France, Pete Thomas, Gareth Ingram, Dennis Walton, Alan Potter, Daryl Edwards, Dave Povey, Steve Williams, Barry Challinor, Andy Jones<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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