* CYD NEWSLETTER

(August 14th, 2001)

 

Dicken Cup

 

The Dicken cup was a great success in its new format of a one day competition on two greens.

The winner was Tony Throup from Yorkshire who played very well all day beating county bowler Lee Lawton of Manchester 21- 13 in the final.

Dave Massey and Gary Roberts of CYD both reached the last 8 stage.

Pictured from left Dave Massey, Tony Throup and Mayor Brian Bertola

 

 

 

 

 

 

 British Merit Finals

Roger Morgan was unlucky to go out 21-20 in the last 16 at Llay. Many supporters from CYD were ther to see Matt Gilmore from the Wirral beat the favorite Graham Wilson in the Final.

Welsh Junior Merit Finals

Bryn Hughes and Dan Jones both gave a very good account of themselves at Bersham. Bryn lost in the semi finals. Hopefully they will both win this title in the years to come.

Gwynedd Cup Final

Craig-y-Don gave favorites Deganwy a big scare when they lost by the narrowest of margins in the final played on President Jim Mckay's Penmaenmawr green. After the first 4 blocks CYD were 9 behind, Gary Roberts and Terry Hampton being good winners in the first 4. When Gareth Williams came off next having won 21-13 there was only 1 point in it. The last 3 games were all very close affairs with John Steen being another winner for CYD but unfortunately we just lost overall by 6 points. A very good team performance was watched by a good crowd of supporters from CYD who joined the players in a buffet after the match, where Jim McKay did us proud.

 

 

TEAM REPORTS

The league fixtures are reaching their climax over the next few weeks and the Craig-y-Don teams are battling it out.

Llandudno and District League

In Section A the A team are secure in a mid table position while the B team are fighting to avoid relegation with Llanrwst and Rhos Park B.

North Wales Coast League

In Section B the A team are level on points with Eirias Park (who they play in their last game), just behind leaders Penmaenmawr. In Section D the B team are still in contention with Holyhead who lead the section.

Welsh Counties League

We are again battling with Penmaenmawr who we beat 7-3 at home (Tue 14.08) but on this occasion it is to avoid being at the foot of section B.

Gwynedd Senior Citizens League

The golden oldies are still top of the league having only lost 2 matches all season.

 

 

CLUB COMPETITIONS

 

H L Williams Salver

 

John Steen (pictured) beat Dave Massey 21-14 in the final, having beaten Bryn Hughes in the Semi. J D Jones was the other semi finalist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPEN COMPETITIONS

 

Junior Competition

 

Ian Pattinson (Jnr) from Conwy won the inaugaural Junior Competition sponsored By Geraint Jones Decorating Contractors. There were 16 entries and it is hoped that this competiton will become the leading open Junior competition in North Wales .

 

 

The Gwynedd Parks

Gareth Williams travels away to Sheffield (Sun 19.08) to represent Gwynedd in the semi final match against favorites South Yorkshire, the home leg being at Conwy.

 

The History Of CYD BC

Bill Hitchinson has completed the first draft of the 'History of CYD Bowls Club' which is currently 34 A4 pages long with approx 11,000 words. The next stage will be a meeting to discuss the contents and decide what pictures will be included.