From an entry of 16 teams representing 9 clubs from around the Southern region, the following 6 teams qualified for the final of the Winter Doubles at Burridge on Saturday, March 23rd.
1 | Dave Stubbs (Cobbetts) | Richard Greeves (Cobbetts) | 12 wins +74 |
2 | David Franco Cruz (Cobbetts) | Marc Franco Llado (Cobbetts) | 11 wins +90 |
3 | Hassi Leverett (Cobbetts) | Mark Robertshaw (Fareham) | 10 wins +46 |
4 | Mike Tull (Cobbetts) |
Sam Thatcher (River Hamble) |
10 wins +44 |
5 | Glenn Floyd (Cobbetts) | Graeme Cann (Cobbetts) | 9 wins +26 |
6 | Alison Stubbs (Cobbetts) | Mike Porter (Cobbetts) | 9 wins +25 |
Reserves | Dave Lucas (Ship) | Matt Slater (Bordon) | 9 wins +14 |
It was a cloudy but dry day and the format was a round robin with all teams playing each other. Unfortunately Glenn and Graeme were unavailable for finals day but with Dave & Matt taking their place it was a very strong line-up of teams and difficult to predict who would be the winners.
Lunch was taken after 3 games and at this point the top 2 seeds, Dave & Richard and David & Marc, were well placed as the only teams to win all 3 games.
The fourth round saw David and Marc well beaten by Mike & Sam. This victory for Mike & Sam turned out to be the crucial result that won them the title on points difference from David & Marc, with Dave & Richard suffering a post-lunch slump, losing a close game against Hassi & Mark before being beaten by David & Marc. Hassi & Mark won both their afternoon games pushing Dave & Rich down into 4th place but they did have the consolation of being the only team to beat the champions on the day.
Winners | Mike Tull (Cobbetts) |
Sam Thatcher (River Hamble) |
4 wins +26 |
Runners-up | David Franco Cruz (Cobbetts) | Marc Franco Llado (Cobbetts) | 4 wins +12 |
3rd | Hassi Leverett (Cobbetts) | Mark Robertshaw (Fareham) | 3 wins +14 |
4th | Dave Stubbs (Cobbetts) | Richard Greeves (Cobbetts) | 3 wins -4 |
5th | Dave Lucas (Ship) |
Matt Slater (Bordon) | 1 win -23 |
6th | Alison Stubbs (Cobbetts) | Mike Porter (Cobbetts) | 0 wins -25 |
Dave Stubbs