The Griffin inn

Champion of Champions Preview - provided by Neil Slattery:

Gareth Metcalf 50/1 v Danny Sillitoe 16/1

Gareth comes into the final showdown as the rank outsider. He qualified for the event claiming a Saturday sweep a very wet one should be mentioned so will he enjoy the green once the green keeper shaves it to an inch of its life.
Silllitoe qualified with a win early on in the season and hasn't been so much since the turn of the year but he's a solid performer and goes into the clash a strong favourite with the bookie.
Metcalf 5/2 Sillitoe 1/5

Wayne Moseley 11/2 v Gary Siswick 11/2

Wayne qualified for the event claiming multiple wins and comes into the event as the 2nd biggest earner £880 so he's currently off spending his winnings in Magaluf and will hope he brings back the sunshine with him.
Siswick will tell you he's had a dreadful season but managed to claim a victory back in December. Some decent form lately but will be hoping he can add to last year's victory in this prestigious event.
Despite Moz beating Siz to 5 just a fortnight back the bookie can't split this one.
Moseley 4/5 Siswick 4/5

Chris Davies 25/1 v Terry Brook 16/1

Davies qualified picking up a win ealry on in the season also and his form hasn't been strong lately. But he's had a nice break in Costa Rica lately and will be ready to find some form and will be raring to go.
Brook arrives in this event as the only non winner even after his attempts to run a 16 almost every spare Saturday. He does arrive sitting 3rd in the money table £580 he's accumulated over the season reaching 5 finals and as many semis I believe. Terry will be hoping he can finally claim a win this season.
The bookie has Terry as slight favourite for this battle Davies will be heavily supported.
Davies 1/1 Brook 4/6

Jack Dyson 9/4 v Mark Atkinson 12/1

Jack comes into the event topping the money list with £1080 that pot was filled through March mainly and he will tell he struggled for some serious form prior to his amazing run of claiming 6 sweeps on the bounce only Barry Tinker an 8/1 shot could stop him. Jack will be keen to add to his 3 champ titles he's already claimed.
Atkinson not someone you had down as a winter bowler has taken to the green superb and will be looking to go one better than last year. Mark's recent form has been superb losing in close final to Jack recently he soon forgot about that and claimed his second success of the season the following weekend.
The bookie has Jack a solid favourite at 1/3 but Mark will have his backers at 2/1.

Ashley Daykin 7/1 v Ray Whitwam 10/1

Ashley another who qualified with a win in the first few weeks hasn't been at his best in recent weeks. But will be looking to add to his champ of champ wins. With the green starting to shift he'll enjoy nibbling over the crown.
Ray hasn't managed to get his hands on this title but he has claimed many 16s this year playing off minus 3 in recent weeks because of that great run he had after the turn of the year. Ray will sure to be in Terry's ear this week telling him to leave the mower locked away until September time.
Another close betting heat.
Daykin 4/6 Whitwam 1/1

Duncan Reeves 33/1 v Craig Gant 2/1

Well I've heard players doing the rain dance but Dunc will be hoping for snow for Easter weekend. Claiming his victory in 9 inch snow he's found his running.
Craig starts the day off as the favourite to go on and claim his 4th champ of champs title. Craig's hasn't entered so many comps but has taken home £450 his win ratio will leave him on top of the list.
The bookie doesn't give himself much chance the weather forecast does look pretty good.
Reeves 3/1 Gant 1/6

Josh Brown 8/1 v Dave Scott 33/1

Josh another player that hasn't entered many comps this year but he's managed to get in the winners enclosure and he did that day at a canter.
Dave comes into this event as the most experienced player on the green and has claimed this title in the past and that was before half the field had picked a wood up.
Josh is a strong favourite with bookie but this will be a great game to watch.
Brown 1/3 Scott 2/1

Neil Slattery 16/1 v Kieran O'Prey 25/1

Slattery worked his way into this event with victory in the non winners event last weekend so will be hoping to keep that form and join a list of very few players I believe to win this title in there first season.
O'Prey claimed a 16 in recent weeks so will also be hoping his recent form continues and he's looking to add to his 1 win in this event he claimed after scraping in via the points table.
Slattery goes off favourite but can't split this one.
Slattery 4/7 O'Prey 5/4

Today we have our season finale Easter Sunday Champion of Champions event, the one we have all been competing towards all winter. Today’s event has been kindly sponsored by Alan Pogson of Abacus Stone.

Start time 11am:

Draw with heat and long odds:

5/2 - Gareth Metcalf - 50
1/5 - Daniel Sillitoe - 16
——-
4/5 - Wayne Moseley - 11/2
4/5 - Gary Siswick - 11/2
——-
Evs - Chris Davies - 25
4/6 Terry Brook - 16
——-
1/3 - Jack Dyson - 9/4
2/1 - Mark Atkinson - 12
———————
4/6 - Ashley Daykin - 7
Evs - Ray Whitwam - 10
——-
3/1 - Duncan Reeves - 33
1/6 - Craig Gant - 2
——-
1/3 - Josh Brown - 8
2/1 - David Scott - 33
——-
4/7 - Neil Slattery - 16
5/4 - Kieran O’Prey - 25

Usual hot and cold food / drinks available throughout the day, bookmaker in attendance. All spectators are welcome and entry is free.

The winners of yesterday’s C D Electrical Installations and Graham Stocks sponsored Member and Guest were Wayne Moseley and Ashley Tattersley, who beat Neil Slattery and Bob Dickinson 21-17 in a very close final.

A fantastic day was had by all and I expect some very sore heads this morning - these days are all about raising much needed funds for the host bowling club and without the committee, sponsors, canteen staff, our green keepers, bookie, members, their guests and our usual supports this would not be possible - do a massive thanks to all those that have been involved in making it such a successful day.

Congratulations to Wayne and Ashley, a fantastic pair who together have won some top prizes in the game, including the Old Bank Autumn Doubles. Hard line the Neil and Bob on a great run to the final, falling short by the narrowest of margins.

Full results sheet below.

A double header this Easter for the final weekend of the Griffin winter season - first up today we have our member and guest competition which has been kindly sponsored by both C D Electrical Installations (Chris Davies) and Graham Stocks.

Play starts at 10:30am.

Usual hot / cold food and drinks available throughout and I have been assured the fridge is well stocked. Our resident bookmaker will also be in attendance. The ☀️ has been ordered too so it’s set to be a fantastic day. All spectators are well and entry is free.

Tomorrow we have our season finale, the Easter Sunday Champion of Champions. Play starts at 11am for this and the draw will be published later on, along with a preview kindly written by Neil Slattery.

Todays draw can be found below (Griffin names only)

Today we have our Non winners competition which is very kindly sponsored by Clive Beaumont.

This is the last chance for our members to grab a spot in next week’s Champion of Champions.

Start time: 11am

Prelims:

Andy Cairns (A)
James Baillie (A)
——-
Dennis Tattersley (B)
Danny Radcliffe (B)

First round:

Robert Mudd
Barry Gibson
——-
Graham Sigsworth
Roy Sutton
——-
Neil Slattery
Fin Hickey
——-
Liam Fallas
Terry Brook
———————-
Frank Griffin
Peter Hopkinson
——-
Frank Greenwood
Billy Smyth
——-
Graham Stocks
Mathew Richardson
——-
Winners of prelim A
Winner of Prelim B

Usual hot / cold food and drinks will be available throughout and our resident bookmaker will be in attendance. All spectators are welcome with free entry.

Today we have the Geoff Sigsworth memorial which is kindly sponsored by the Sigsworth family.

Play starts at 11am

Draw below.

Usual hot / cold food and drinks available throughout the day and resident bookmaker in attendance. All spectators welcome and entry is free.

Draw for today’s 16 - kindly sponsored by Robert Hitchen

Start time 11am

Paul Ingleby
Mitchell Toth
——-
Terry Brook
Gary Smith
——-
Matthew Richardson
Graham Stocks
——-
Daniel Sillitoe
Neil Slattery
———————-
Andy Mailer
Mark Allman
——-
Gareth Metcalf
Dale Kenyon
——-
Barry Tinker
Robert Mudd
——-
Geoff Price
Kieran O'Prey

Results of the PM Autos (Paul Manning) sponsored Griffin Classic - played on 20th March.

Prelims:

Gareth Metcalf - Scr
Mark Brammall - W/O
——-
Terry Brook - 21
Liam Fallas - 09
———————-
Duncan Reeves - 21
Graham Stocks - 20
——-
Fin Hickey - 21
Dale Kenyon - 16
——-
Mark Atkinson - 21
Frank Griffin - 04
——-
Ashley Dayton - 21
Robert Mudd - 16
——-
David Scott - 21
Robert Hitchen - 13
——-
Gary Siswick - 17
Paul Wilczynski - 21
——-
Barry Tinker - 12
Wayne Moseley - 21
——-
Paul Ingleby - 19
Billy Smyth - 21

First round:

Neil Slattery - 21
Dennis Tattersley - 18
——-
Jack Dyson - 21
Jason Moore - 06
——-
Gary Smith - 13
Graham Flicker Hickey - 21
——-
Mark Bramall - 13
Terry Brook - 21
———————-
Duncan Reeves - ??
Fin Hickey - 21
——-
Mark Atkinson - 21
Ashley Dayton - ??
——-
David Scott - 16
Paul Wilczynski - 21
——-
Wayne Moseley - 21
Billy Smyth - 08

Quarter finals:

Neil Slattery - 17
Jack Dyson - 21
——-
Graham Hickey - 19
Terry Brook - 21
———————-
Fin Hickey - 18
Mark Atkinson - 21
——-
Paul Wilczynski - 08
Wayne Moseley - 21

Semi finals:

Jack Dyson - 21
Terry Brook - 16
———————-
Mark Atkinson - 21
Wayne Moseley - ??

Final:

Jack Dyson - 21
Mark Atkinson - 18

Congratulations to Jack Dyson, who took victory for his 6th Griffin comp in a row, with a hard fought win over Mark Atkinson.

Jack opened up with a comfortable win over Jason Moore (06) in the first round then was made to work extremely hard to en route to the final by both Neil Slattery (17) and Terry Brook (16).

Mark, taking the longer route to the final having been drawn in the prelims, also opened up with a comfortable win, over Frank Griffin (04). From here, despite not knowing all the scores, he has also had a tough journey to the final with wins over Ashley Daykin, Fin Hickey and Wayne Moseley.

The final lived up to the billing with both players having played exceptionally well throughout the day. This certainly continued in the final with neither Jack or Mark being able to break away. It was Jack though who managed to get over the line to claim another victory this season. Well done Jack and hard lines Mark.

Usual thanks to our resident canteen staff, bookmaker and green keepers.

Special thanks to Paul Manning of PM Autos for his continued support of the Griffin Classic.

Picture shows (L to R) runner up Mark Atkinson and winner Jack Dyson

Results of an extra competition that was played on a nice Sunday day on the 19th March.

Unfortunately I don’t have a full set of results, however, from a field of 16, Jack Dyson beat Terry Brook in the final.

This was Jack’s 5th competition win on the bounce after recent 16 wins against Graham Sigsworth, Ray Whitwam and Mark Richardson and the Fox’s Engraving Classic win over Wayne Moseley.

Results of the 13th March 16.

First round:

Mark Booth - 13
Duncan Reeves - 21
——-
Barry Tinker - 08
Liam Fallas - 21
——-
Terry Brook - 14
Gary Smith - 21
——-
Barry Gibson - ??
Josh Brown (res) (-1) - 21
———————-
Gary Siswick (-1) - 21
Dennis Tattersley - 02
——-
Jason Moore - 11
Christopher Davies (-1) - 21
——-
Ashley Daykin (-1) - 21
Ryan Clark - 21
——-
Neil Slattery - 21
Gary Wike (res) (-1) - 15

Quarter finals:

Duncan Reeves (-1) - 12
Liam Fallas - 21
——-
Gary Smith - 09
Josh Brown (-1) - 21
———————-
Gary Siswick (-1) - 10
Christopher Davies (-1) - 21
——-
Ryan Clark - 21
Neil Slattery - 14

Semi Finals:

Liam Fallas - 21
Josh Brown (-1) - 15
———————-
Christopher Davies - ??
Ryan Clark - 21

Final:

Liam Fallas - ??
Ryan Clark - 21

Congratulations to Ryan Clark who picked up his first Griffin win after beating Liam Fallas in the final.
Both players were looking to cement a place in our Easter Sunday Champion of Champions but it was Ryan, playing in his first season at the Griffin, who came out on top.

Picture shows (L to R) winner Ryan Clark and Runner up Liam Fallas.

Tomorrow at the Griffin we have the first running of our new over 60’s competition, which has been kindly set up and sponsored by Tommy Moseley.

Play starts at 11am

Prelims:

David Scott
John Wright

First round:

Barry Tinker
Billy Smyth
——-
Graham Stocks
George Fellows
——-
Robert Mudd
Roy Sutton
——-
Graham Flicker Hickey
Graham Sigsworth
———————-
Frank Griffin
Gary Smith
——-
Clive Austin
Bobby Gartside
——-
John Abbot
Barry Gibson
——-
Frank Greenwood
Winner of prelim.

Hot / cold food and drinks will be available throughout and the sun is set to shine ☀️. All spectators welcome.