European Masters 2017

Perry Martin from Swale takes the final away from Billy Jackson

In the second Final for the Co-op European Masters Tourcard Trophy No 2 it was a great battle between Lincoln & District’s Billy Jackson against newcomer from Swale, Perry Martin. By the end og the 7th end it was 7-4 to Martin. Jackson made a single on the 8th but it was over to Martin

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Danny Denison wins Tourcard 1 at Blackpool Newton Hall

Finals day of the Co-op Funeralcare European Masters at Blackpool Newton Hall Holiday Park with all the entrants whittled down to the last four saw Danny Denison (Torquay United) against Simon Skelton ( Nottingham ) playing in the final of Masters Section 1 for the coveted Tourcard 1 for a space into all the 2017-18

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Billy Jackson takes the semi from Trevor Taylor with a drive

In the last remaining semi final here at Newton Hall Holiday Park bowls centre it was Lincoln’s Billy Jackson to go head to head with Cumbria’s Trevor Taylor. Both these players have been here before so are totally used to playing in the arena with the match officials, shot clock and all the WBT variances

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Perry Martin from Swale gets to go to the final

First match of the afternoon in semi final 1 of section 2 was between Blackpool’s Jason Parkinson and Perry Martin from Swale. Both players settled in straight away and neither were giving way to the other with scores being level at 3 all each on the 5th end. Parkinson picked up 3 shots in the

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Simon Skelton on track after beating Blackpool’s chris gale

The second semi final in the first section saw Blackpool’s Chris Gale step out to face the ex top 16 player Simon Skelton from Nottingham. Skelton came out determined to get his place in the Tourcard Final sealed and he kept just inching in front of Gale at every end. Gale had his slice of

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Danny Denison overturns paul hartley for a place in the finals

Day three of the Co-op Funeralcare European Masters at Blackpool Newton Hall Holiday Park with the last 8 in the two halves of the draw for the two tourcard prizes started with Paul Hartley from Hartlepool facing Danny Denison from Torquay United playing on the grandstand rink with full WBT rules and shotclock. The first

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Section Semi Finals Line up is complete

In the afternoon matches Paul Hartley (Hartlepool) was up against Brian Hawkins (Clarrie Dunbar) and despite a valiant effort it was Hartley that polished off this match with a scoreline of 10-7, 14-2 and he goes through to the semis tomorrow to go against Danny Denison (Torquay) who beat Paul Maynard (Foxhills) in two straight

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Charlie Bence from Blantyre is on a roll

Here at the Co-op Funeralcare European Masters Charlie Bence, the man that made all the news at the recent World Indoor Championships where he took the World Number 1 Nick Brett to a tie break, is at it again. He took his first match here yesterday against Pat Briscoe from Betteshanger in a nail biter

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Billy jackson and Michael Laydon in one bowl shoot out for match

Day two of the Co-op Funeralcare European Masters got off to a flying start at Blackpool Newton Hall Holiday Park with 48 competitors looking to grab the two winning ‘Tourcard’ spots into next season’s WBT TV Ranking events. Match of the morning though has to go to Billy Jackson ( Lincoln & District) who was

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Co-op Funeralcare European Masters 2017 day 1

Day one of the Co-op Funeralcare European Masters got off to a flying start at Blackpool Newton Hall Holiday Park with 48 competitors looking to grab the two winning ‘Tourcard’ spots into next season’s WBT TV Ranking events. With a really strong field out there it was a great start to the day for Paul

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