{"id":16080,"date":"2025-04-28T00:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T23:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thespbl.co.uk\/news\/?p=16080"},"modified":"2025-04-28T00:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T23:27:10","slug":"dennis-lewis-open-2025-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thespbl.co.uk\/news\/?p=16080","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Lewis Open 2025 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sam Millward won his first big open competition in Shropshire after winning the 2025 Dennis Lewis Open. He defeated former home bowler Steve Burroughs 13 in the final, going 17-6 up from 7-6 ahead and not letting Steve back into the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Semi Finals Sam went 11-3 up on Jamie King and won 9, while Steve Burroughs beat former winner Pete Farmer 18 after going 9-3 up and holding of a fightback after Pete got back to 18 across. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well done to Sam Millward and thank you to the Bayley for putting on a great competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full results are here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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June Lewis, widow of Dennis Lewis, presents the trophy to winner Sam Millward. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Steve Burroughs collects his prize money from June. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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The two finalists with June. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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The four Semi Finalists with June. From left: Pete Farmer, Steve Burroughs, Sam Millward & Jamie King. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Please find a report of the other rounds below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quarter Finals:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamie King from 8-6 down went 17-8 up on Alan Boulton and won 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam Millward was 5-4 down to Elliot McGuinness but went 16-6 up and won 8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pete Farmer was 15-2 up on Clay Flattley and won 12. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Burroughs raced 17-5 ahead of Gary Neal and won 11. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Round 3:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamie King was 12-7 down to Kiah Roberts but from 17-14 down won 19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alan Boulton was 15-4 up on Jon Ball and held off a fightback to win 16. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elliot McGuinness was 6-4 and 13-11 down to Tom Killen, but won 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam Millward was 11-2 up on Glynn Storer but Glynn got back to 11-10 down in ones. Sam kicked on again to lead 20-13 and won 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pete Farmer was 8 across with Paul Reeves but went 17-8 up and won 15. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clay Flattley was 14-5 ahead of Ronan Allen and won 8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Burroughs was 9-7 up on Martin Gaut and won 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gary Neal was only 11 across with Kane Beaman but went 19-12 up and won 17. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Round 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Reeves was 13-3 up on Darren Plenderleith and won 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pete Farmer was 7-0 up on Chris Kearns and won 6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clay Flattley was 12-4 up on Rhys Marshall but Rhys came back to lead 18-16. Clay though won 19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronan Allen was 3-0 down to Shaun Swinton but went 7-3 up and won 12. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Burroughs from 10-6 down went 19-10 up and won 13. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin Gaut was 9-7 down to Harr Chapman but went 12-9 up. From 17 across he ran out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kane Beaman was only 8-7 ahead of Ron Millar but then won 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gary Neal raced 14-1 up on Rob Roden and won 2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiah Roberts was 12-3 up on Nick Wyer and kept this lead to win 13. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamie King from 12-10 up on Andrew Judson won 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alan Boulton was 10-7 down to James Berrisford but went 17-15 ahead and won 19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Ball was 15-8 ahead of Laura Doherty and ran out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elliot McGuinness was 14-4 up on Lee Walmsley and won 15. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom Killen was 10-4 up on Mark Taylor but Mark got back to 17 across. However Tom got out 20. 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam Millward from 10-3 up on Moggy Barsby ran out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glynn Storer from 10-8 up on Paul Beer led 16-9 and won 14. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Round 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nick Wyer was 12-4 up on Rees Jones but Rees got back to 18-17 down from 18-10, however Nick got out 17. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiah Roberts was 12-5 down to Mark Parsons but got back to lead 15-14 and won 20. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamie King was 15-3 up on Jon Lea but was pegged back to 19-15, however got the two he needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Judson was 15-5 up on Adrian Owens and won 8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Berrisford was 11-7 ahead of Gareth Davies and won 9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Ball was 14-2 up on Andy Garbett and won 11. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Reeves was 19-13 up on Ash Wellings but went 20-19 down, however got the two he needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pete Farmer was 16-12 up on Nathan Lacey but only got out 20. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Kearns was 16-15 down to Simon Lane but won 17. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shaun Swinton was 8-3 and 14-10 down to Lee Cavill but then won 15. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronan Allen was 7-1 up on Ali Cotton and ran out from 16-12 up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clay Flattley was 13-8 up on Alex Hassall but got pegged back to 13 across. He went 19-14 up and won 17. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rhys Marshall was 7-4 ahead of Dave Evans and ran out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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