CHRIS DAVIES was the winner of the latest Griffin Inn Sixteen .
The competition, which was sponsored by Lesley Wood, saw Davies overcome Jack Dyson.
In the final Dyson led at 3-1 but never got in front again, although he levelled on five occasions, but the crucial end came with Dyson leading at 16-17.
With his second bowl Dyson knocked Davies in who then made two to go 19-16.
Dyson managed to get back to 19 across before Davies scored the next two singles for the game and his second Sixteen win of this season.
Scores, round one: Alan Crowther 9 Steve Parkin 21, Keith Midwood 11 Steve Pollard 21, Chris Davies 21 Dennis Tattersley 16, Craig Gant 21 Dave Scott 15, Jack Dyson 21 Peter Hopkinson 13, Donald Rae 21 Barry Tinker 18, Frank Greenwood 21 Ray Whitwam 5, Wayne Dews 21 Patrick Conneely 20.
Round two: Parkin 21 Pollard 16, Davies 21Gant 13, Dyson 21 Rae 13, Greenwood 21 Dews 20.
Semi-finals: Parkin 8 Davies 21, Dyson 21 Greenwood 8.
Final: Davies 21 Dyson 19.
The draw for the Sixteen to be played on Saturday (11.0), sponsored by Craig Gant, is (odds in brackets):
John Wright (20), Peter Hopkinson (16), Dennis Tattersley (20), David Walkden (8), Mark Bramall (6), Baldwin Walsh (100), Roger Crowther (6), Geoff Sigsworth (50), Richard Brook (10), Kieran O’Prey (16), Eddie Haigh (5), Gareth McMahon (8), Peter Ramsden (50), Ashley Daykin (5/4), Ray Whitwam (25), John Abbott (25).
The draw for the Bernard Sigsworth intermediate round, sponsored by the Sigsworth family, on Sunday (11.0) is:
Jack Dyson (5/2), Gareth McMahon (12), Steve Hirst (9/2), Andy Cairns (4), Dave Scott (12), Robert Taylor (33), Ray Whitwam (25), Duncan Reeves (6), Roy Sutton (20), Mark Richardson (20), Paul Ingleby (8), Frank Greenwood (12), Peter Kain (6), Brian Morley (20), Steve Pollard (33), George Fellows (33).
On completion the final will be re-drawn and played on Sunday, April 3.
