THE annual Westlecot Indoor Club Championship finals will be staged at the Old Town club over the next week.

All 11 finals were scheduled to be played and completed today and tomorrow, but that plan has had to be shelved as essential maintenance work on the refurbished bowls hall is due to be carried out starting this afternoon.

Two events, ladies and men’s singles were therefore switched to last night (Friday) while four events were being contested this morning, starting at 10am with the remaining five finals to be played during next week.

Two ladies, Val Coles and Rosemary Nichols, have both reached three finals.

The former is in the ladies singles, ladies pairs and ladies Over 60s pairs, while Nichols competes in the mixed triples, mixed pairs as well as ladies pairs.

Five players, Ian Jefferies, Kevin Embling, Denis Holborow, Dave Matthews and Mike Titcombe Junior, have all qualified for two finals each, with the mixed triples event having been added this year.

Father and youngest daughter Neil and Katy Smith are back defending their men’s and ladies singles titles, hoping for success again in order to gain the nomination to represent the club in the respective Area 10 national champion of champions competitions.

Smith’s eldest daughter Lucy, 19, defends the U25 singles crown against Mike Titcombe junior.

Embling and Dave Snell will be defending their Over 60s men’s pairs title and face Matthews and John Thomas, who beat them 22-20 in the quarter-finals of this year’s Area 10 national O60s pairs, in the final.

Embling and Jefferies will be looking to go one better this time in the men’s pairs final after losing last year’s final 21-20 on an extra end.

Also seeking to go one better is Terry Walton who lost 21-16 in last year’s final of the New Open Singles. He faces Gary Jackson in the final this morning.

The New Open Singles was a new competition introduced last year and aimed at those members at Westlecot who have never won a singles competition at the Old Town club or anywhere else indoors.

FINALS PROGRAMME

Last night - Ladies Singles: Katy Smith (holder) v Val Coles. Men’s Singles: Dave Godwin v Neil Smith (holder).

Today (10am) - Mixed Triples: Denis Holborow, Rosemary Nichols & Dave Matthews v Gary Plant, Jim Green & Val Green.

Ladies Over 60 Pairs: Val Coles & Linda Perfitt v Judy Hallard & Margaret Douthwaite.

New Open Singles: Terry Walton v Gary Jackson.

Under 25 Singles: Mike Titcombe Jnr v Lucy Smith (holder) To be re-arranged (next week).

Mixed Pairs: Sheila Kenny & Mike Bowden v Denis Holborow & Rosemary Nichols.

Ladies Pairs: Jenny Vowles & Rosemary Nichols v Pat Waite & Val Coles.

Men’s Pairs: Tom & Barry Pittuck v Kevin Embling & Ian Jefferies.

Men’s Triples: Joe Mazzotta, Geoff Snowball & Mike Titcombe Jnr v Craig and Graham Hatherall & Ian Jefferies.

Men’s Over 60 Pairs: Kevin Embling & Dave Snell (holders) v John Thomas & Dave Matthews.