A dream came true for Dan Ticehurst and Don Chapman as they defeated Eric Willacy and Paul Leverett 20-11 in a semi-final match of the major pairs.
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They were rank outsiders when the 1st round was played and to reach the final .
After the match Ticehurst and Chapman were very happy, like hoverboards which floats in the air. I hope they keep a video on the win.
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Ticehurst and Chapman in hot form early could not do a thing wrong and from top play this was to enable them to have a 10-1 lead after 11 ends.
The match tightened up after 17 ends when Willacy and Leverett had got themselves back into the match to trail by four shots 14-10.
But Ticehurst and Chapman hit their straps again to come away with a nine shot win. It was certainly a giant killing act.
Now they will have to wait to see if they can bring the same game plan to the final.
In the other semi-final, Mick Spong and Josh Woodcock defeated Stephen Della and Dougald Braithwaite 22-14.
They proved that from round one they have been favourite to take out the title.
In the first half of the match everything went right for Della and Braithwaite and after 11 ends they had a 12-8 lead.
And with six ends to play they had a 14-12 lead.
Spong and Woodcock then shook themselves up and came back with a vengeance to win the last six ends picking up ten shots to move into the final.
In a club triples championship round, Noel Fraser, Jim Neely and Nathan Boyers defeated Joel Hunt, Alistair McGhee and Carl Spilker 21-13 to move into the next round.
The first half was very tight with team Boyers having a narrow lead 9-6 and with four ends to play team Boyers had a 19-8 lead.
Team Spilker tried hard to get back into the match but it was team Boyers going into the next round by winning by six shots.
