The title in the Fours League was decided and in the Mixed Triples the title goes down to the final rearranged game.
While Cumbria left it to the final week of the National Championships to make a final and then they claimed two titles.
West Cumbria Mixed Triples League
The scheduled final round on Tuesday, August 27, ended with all games being postponed due to the weather.
Cleator Moor and Wigton rearranged their final game with Cleator Moor ending Wigton’s title hopes with an 8-1 win.
Harris Park A and Seascale to share the points with each team getting 4.5 points to finish their season.
- Whitehaven A – 74
- Wigton – 70
- Workington – 69
- Croft – 67
- Cleator Moor – 59
- Harris Park A – 50.5
- Seaton – 49
- Seascale – 43.5
- Whitehaven B – 43
- Maryport – 40
- Harris Park B – 35
- Vulcan Park – 28
- Egremont – 20
West Cumbria Fours League
The two games that were postponed were played and resulted in 7-0 wins for Workington A and Whitehaven A over their B teams.
This result seals the league title for Workington A and with more wet weather forecast the game between them and Whitehaven A was split with both teams getting 3.5 points each.
- Workington A – 96.5
- Whitehaven A – 84.5
- Fitz Park – 80
- Cleator Moor – 62
- Maryport – 59
- Workington B – 37
- Vulcan Park – 35
- Seaton – 29
- Whitehaven B – 23
County News
Cumbria left it late at the National Finals after making the semifinals in two competitions they made it all the way into two finals.
Opening the week in Monday, August 26, the Mixed Fours of Rachel Forster, Vicky Cook, Steven Cook and James Park from Workington went out 4-25 to Northumberland.
The Women’s Senior Fours got underway on Tuesday with Wigton’s Angela Hayton, Anne Dalziel, Penny Peile and Jeanette Bell winning their opening game 13-18 against Oxfordshire before losing 13-16 to Yorkshire on Wednesday.
The Two Wood Singles competitions got underway on Thursday with Workington’s Tina Smitham losing 5-18 to Northamptonshire’s Rebecca Wigfield.
While Workington’s Noreen Fleet won her first game 3-15 against Kent’s Eileen Pickering before losing 6-17 to Oxfordshire’s Lorraine Kuhler.
In the Men’s competition Aspatria’s Kevin Harrison won his first game 14-6 against Warwickshire’s Andy Prickett and his second 16-8 against Howard Watts of Oxfordshire.
However his third game in the second round ended in a 6-17 defeat to Surrey’s Jamie Tindall.
It was a golden Friday for Cumbria as they won two finals.
In the Men’s Junior Pairs Whitehaven’s Ryan Corkill and Wigton’s Callum Hodgson started on Wednesday with a close 11-12 victory over Cornwall before an extra end decided a 19-18 win against Cambridgeshire.
Thursday was a slightly more relaxed day as the pair won 20-16 against Hampshire and then dispatched Gloucestershire 17-10 to make the final where they beat Berkshire 14-18.
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In the Men’s Senior Fours Carlisle Subscription’s David Lee, Laurence Kelly, Tom Prescott and John Baird started on Tuesday with a 13-24 win over Hertfordshire.
On Wednesday the Carlisle team beat Hampshire 18-12 and then Kent 22-5 to book their place in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
A 18-14 win against Bedfordshire and a closer 16-15 victory over Oxfordshire set up a final showdown with Buckinghamshire which the Cumbrians took 18-11.
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