The Ball and Chain October 2011

This year Mijas Lawn Bowls club managed to fit the Ball and Chain in to our schedulel. It was held from the 3^rd to the 5^th of October. The weather was still quite hot and all the participants did well in the heat. The semi finals and the finals where played on the Wednesday.

Into one Plate semis was Margret and Harry Tristram, against Chris Jewson and Alan Cox, Chris and Alan winning. In the other semi Sheila & Roy Graveling played Barbara and Tony Land, Barbara and Tony had a very good game and were the victors. The final was now between Barbara and Tony and Chris and Alan. This was beautifully played by Barbara and Tony who won convincingly.

In the first Ball and Chain semi, Terry and Maureen Barret played Roberto and Carol Wright. In this game Terry and Maureen went through to the final. In the second semi Val and Tony Thornton played Rob and Geraldine Robinson, in this game Rob and Geraldine won through.

The final between Rob and Geraldine, and Terry and Maureen started well for Terry and Maureen but Rob and Geraldine soon got the measure of the green and came through to win.

Both winning couples played extremely well and deserved the title.

The competition was sponsored by Restaurant Valparaiso and the Hotel Tamisa Golf and the prizes were awarded by Roberto Wright who thanked all who entered and gave out the prizes to the winners on their behalf. Rob Robinson said it was a shame that more people did not enter the competition this year. The Ball and Chain is one of our longest running competitions and we will continue to try to fit it in to the busy bowls schedule, it is a good and enjoyable experience for couples.