Wrockwardine Wood C ended Newport Ds 3 year winning streak in the Ashton Cup with a comfortable victory tonight by 18.
They flew out the traps, Rowan Fuller starring at number one, going 9-3 and 13-8 up in front of vociferous support against Dave Oldcorn. But Dave did get back to 17-14 down but Rowan ran out. Steve Weston was 10-7 down to Chris Gill but went 17-10 up and won 15. Chris Jones from 12 across went 16-12 ahead and won 17 against Simon Trotman, and a clean sweep was complete when Sam Price held off a fightback by Jeff Badderley who from 16-3 down got back to 16 across, but Sam won 18.
After four Wrockwardine were 23 up.
This extended to 35 when Keith Millington, who was voted player of the match, went from 7-0 down to 17-7 up and won 9 against Gerald Atkin. Newport then did stage a fightback with the next three winners. Steve Anyon was 15-6 up on Liam Bremner and won 15, Patrick Evans was 11-4 down to Tony Farr but from 14-11 down ran out, and Glyn Lawrence from 12-7 ahead of Jack Morgan won 15.
This meant Wrockwardine were only 16 up now.
However Sean Keeshan from 5-4 down went 13-6 up on Neil Smallman and won 15 to get Wrockwardine over the line. This left Newport captain Mick Jones on with Timothy Trehearne, with Mick winning 17.
Overall Wrockwardine Wood C won by 18.
Well done to Wrockwardine on their success.
Pictures will follow.
| No | Wrock Wood C | Score | Score | Newport D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rowan Fuller | 21 | 14 | Dave Oldcorn |
| 2 | Steven Weston | 21 | 15 | Chris Gill |
| 3 | Chris Jones | 21 | 16 | Simon Trotman |
| 4 | Sam Price | 21 | 17 | Jeffrey Baddeley |
| 5 | Keith Millington | 21 | 9 | Gerald Atkin |
| 6 | Liam Bremner | 15 | 21 | Steve Anyon |
| 7 | Tony Farr | 14 | 21 | Patrick Evans |
| 8 | Jack Morgan | 15 | 21 | Glyn Lawrence **** |
| 9 | Sean Keeshan | 21 | 15 | Neil Smallman **** |
| 10 | Timothy Treharne | 17 | 21 | Mick Jones |
| Games | 6 | 4 | Games | |
| Aggregate | 187 | 170 | Aggregate | |
| Handicap | 1 | 0 | Handicap | |
| Total Points | 188 | 170 | Total Points |
