26 players took part today in the 2021 Christmas Melee on a grey rather nippy December day but the promise of mince pies and mulled wine took off the chill. As usual the parings had been selected at random by the computer.
Round 1 threw up a wide disparity of results with the 13 winners spread between +1 and +11.
Round 2 saw things tightening up with only 8 players on 2 wins but there was still a large range between +3 and +19. There was all to play for in the final round with John “Barney” Barnes (+11), Peter Kensett (+15) and Bernard Adshead (+19) all in contention but this would have to wait as a time out for mulled wine and mince pies was called.
The Third round got underway and Barney and Bernard were on adjacent pistes. With the score in his game at 6-6, Bernard looked across to see that Barney had just won 13-0. Doing a quick calculation by taking off his shoes and socks, Bernard realised that if they dropped 2 more points there would be a tie between him & Barney but he had no idea how Pete was doing. Fortunately Bernard & Tony Smith took the game without dropping any more points to put an end to Barney’s challenge, but what about Pete? The game was still in progress so there was a wait before Pete’s challenge faded with a 6-13 loss and Bernard was confirmed as the winner of the 2021 Christmas Melee.
WINNER – with 3 wins (+26), BERNARD ADSHEAD
RUNNER-UP – with 3 wins (+24), JOHN BARNES
3RD PLACE – with 3 wins (+11), ASH SEATH
4TH PLACE – with 3 wins (+7), KEITH NOTT
Thanks to everyone who supported today’s competition. Well done to our latest old member, John “Barney” Barnes on being a very close runner up and CONGRATULATIONS to BERNARD
FINAL RESULTS
