[<<] [>>] by James Hawkins
23rd April 2001 (AC)

Southport's first tournament of the season saw one day of constant sunshine and one of continual rain, but with icily cold winds throughout. Trouble around hoops ended David Maugham's long unbroken hold on this event, giving him his first loss on Southport soil for several years. He provided little resistance to a determined onslaught from Peter Taylor.

Round One

Martin Gill beat Lawrence Whittaker +7
David Maugham beat Phil Tidswell +26
Alan Pidcock beat Louise Bradforth +5
Ian Lines beat Peter Wardle +25TP
Ailsa Lines beat James Hawkins +21
Bob Burnett beat David Kibble +14
Dave Nicholson beat Brian Medley +2

Round Two

Maugham beat Gill +26TP
Pidcock beat I.Lines +18
A.Lines beat Burnett +18
Peter Taylor beat Nicholson +16

Semi-Final

Maugham beat Pidcock +17 +26TP
Taylor beat A.Lines +15 +25

Final

Taylor beat Maugham +23 +26TP

Plate Event

Taylor beat Tidswell (+26TP)
Tidswell beat Wardle
Kibble beat Whittaker
Medley beat Hawkins
Bradforth beat Gill
Maugham beat Kibble (+6TP)
Bradforth beat Tidswell
Medley beat Wardle
Nicholson beat Gill
Burnett beat Whittaker
Kibble beat I.Lines (+17TP)
Pidcock beat Medley
Taylor beat Kibble
Gill beat Tidswell
Nicholson beat A.Lines
I.Lines beat Whittaker
Wardle beat Hawkins
Burnett beat Bradforth
Nicholson beat Burnett
I.Lines beat Bradforth
A.Lines beat Gill
Kibble beat Tidswell
Nicholson beat Whittaker

Manager : James Hawkins

Handicap Changes

Ailsa Lines : 1 to 0.5
Bob Burnett : 1.5 to 1
James Hawkins : 0 to 1