GRIMSBY Open Bowls Tournament continued to enjoy fine weather for the fourth day of competition, which featured the Mixed Pairs event.

The excellent condition of the greens at Sussex Rec encouraged some competitive play throughout the day.

The current Mixed Pairs title holder Caroline Cullum, this year partnered by father Gordon Peck (Kingsway Printers BC), who together previously held the Cleethorpes title in 2001 and 2003, are on course to retain their title – if they can repeat the result which they achieved in last year's final.

In Friday's semi-finals, the pair will come up against David Rutt and Eva Dayes (Market Weighton BC), who they beat in last year's final.

The game should be a close contest as Rutt and Dayes held the title in 2007 and were runners-up at both the 2009 Cleethorpes and Grimsby Open tournaments.

The second semi-final will feature – on finals day for the first time – the local pairing of Gwen and Dave Jarrett (Vikings BC), who had an outstanding day beating Ted Coulson and Jenny Whattam (Eagle BC), and Bob Stevens and Julie Colella (Bilsthorpe BC) – both of whom have already booked places in other semi-finals this week.

Their semi-finals opponents, the mother and son pairing of Anita and Colin Barks from Lincoln's Eagle BC, are no strangers to finals day, having been runners-up in the 2006 Mixed Pairs and joint Players of the 2005 Grimsby Open Tournament.

MIXED PAIRS COMPETITION RESULTS

(All Grimsby/Cleethorpes except were stated otherwise)

ROUND ONE: Fred Eames & Jean Burt Laceby BC 9 Peter Noble & Shirley Crane Retford Ordsall BC 17; Barry Tutty & Susan Swan Laceby BC 21 George Hilton & Pat Shay Retford Ordsall BC 9; Grahame Harris & Alison Chatham Waltham BC 16 Steve & Margaret Leggett Waltham Park BC 10; Pat Belton & Ron Newell Waltham BC 18 Bill Johnson & Brenda Land Waltham BC 15; Marion Williams & Bill Pickering Lincoln Boultham Park BC 15 Caroline Cullum & Gordon Peck Waltham Kingsway Printers BC 20; Norman Dodsworth & June Smith Sussex BC 17 Bill Gibbins & Marie Nuttall Barnsley Barretts BC 9; Margaret Upton & John Goodwin Sussex BC 20 Janet & Colin Bedford Market Deeping Market Deeping BC 13; Terry Marshall & Val Croft Keelby Grant Thorold BC 17 Brian & Susan Kilby Skegness BC 8; David Cole & Thelma Scrimshaw Scartho Clee BC 15 Extra End Maureen Bush & Martin Nurse Healing BC 14; David Remington & Brenda True Ulceby Healing BC 15 Hedley Snow & Dorothy Jerrison Barretts BC 13; Janet & Darrell Eames Warsop Longden Terrace BC 10 David Rutt & Eva Dayes Brough Market Weighton BC 16; John Brown & Barbara Thompson Scotter Blossom Way BC 15 Rose & John Stokes Bilsthorpe BC 16; Terry Wood & Laura-Jane Duncan Carr Lane BC 11 Tina Morris & Harold Dixon Goxhill BC 20; Andy Arundel & Sue Page Waltham Park BC 19 Michael Barratt & June Allender Waltham BC 6; Jim Cole & Margaret Roberts Killingholme Habrough BC 9 John & Denise Weeden Humberston Sussex BC 22; Jim & Denise Sorley Humberston Waltham BC 15 Extra End Eddie Ling & Kathy Reid Clee BC 13; Ted Coulson & Jenny Whattam Eagle BC 19 Tony Hebblewhite & Christine Ellis Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 15; Alan Dent (Snr) & Julie Howram Immingham Louth IBC 17 Jean King & Roger Lockwood Humberston Grimsby BC 11; Tom & Doreen Green Immingham Blossom Way BC 15 Graham Coxon & Janice Oxley Worksop CSC BC 14; Geoffrey & Doreen Milborn Sussex BC 9 Bob Stevens & Julie Colella Bilsthorpe BC 21; Helen Pulfrey & Andy Parrott Vikings BC 9 Doug Stolworthy & Pat Lewis Grant Thorold BC 21; Martin & Kay Steer Immingham Sussex BC 13 Steve Moore & Jan Mountain Alford BC 15 Extra End; Ernest Elkington & Rose Amos Hucknell Friskney BC 16 Jonathan Darley & Marion Burgess Clee BC 13; David Whittinton & Sheila Childs Laceby Barretts BC 12 Iris Coulson & Kevin Lewis Eagle BC 18; David & Christine Hempsall Lincoln Hykeham BC 16 Mike & Julia Heath Goxhill BC 11; Raymond & Hilary Maskell Bilsthorpe BC 21 Ted Marsh & Dot Dernie Retford Ordsall BC 14; Rhona Watts & David Langley Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 16 Pat McKeon & Cliff Deighton Sussex BC 12; Betty Cuthbert & Gordon Hall Goxhill Blossom Way BC 4 Tracey & Martin Dent Clee BC 20; Ann Johnson & Andy Marshall Habrough BC 14 v Ian Jackson & Sheila Smith Unattached 16.

ROUND TWO: Peter Noble & Shirley Crane 15 Barry Tutty & Susan Swan 13; Grahame Harris & Alison Chatham 18 Pat Belton & Ron Newell 14; Caroline Cullum & Gordon Peck 19 Norman Dodsworth & June Smith 12; Margaret Upton & John Goodwin 13 Terry Marshall & Val Croft 18; David Cole & Thelma Scrimshaw 13 David Remington & Brenda True 15; David Rutt & Eva Dayes 31 Rose & John Stokes 2; Tina Morris & Harold Dixon 22 Andy Arundel & Sue Page 7; John & Denise Weeden 12 Jim & Denise Sorley 17; Ted Coulson & Jenny Whattam 21 Alan Dent (Snr) & Julie Howram 9; Gwen & Dave Jarrett 17 Tom & Doreen Green 11; Bob Stevens & Julie Colella 13 Doug Stolworthy & Pat Lewis 9; Steve Moore & Jan 17 Ernest Elkington & Rose Amos 16; Iris Coulson & Kevin Lewis 11 Anita & Colin Barks 16; David & Christine Hempsall 20 Alan Beavis & Wendy Ryan 7; Raymond & Hilary Maskell 11 Rhona Watts & David Langley 14; Tracey & Martin Dent 15 Ian Jackson & Sheila Smith Unattached 16.

ROUND THREE: Peter Noble & Shirley Crane 13 Grahame Harris & Alison Chatham 14; Caroline Cullum & Gordon Peck 23 Terry Marshall & Val Croft 9; David Remington & Brenda True 9 David Rutt & Eva Dayes 19; Tina Morris & Harold Dixon 19 Jim & Denise Sorley 9; Ted Coulson & Jenny Whattam 10 Gwen & Dave Jarrett 18; Bob Stevens & Julie Colella 19 Steve Moore & Jan Mountain 4; Anita & Colin Barks 14 David & Christine Hempsall 13; Rhona Watts & David Langley 18 Ian Jackson & Sheila Smith 13.

QUARTER-FINALS: Grahame Harris & Alison Chatham 7 Caroline Cullum & Gordon Peck 19; David Rutt & Eva Dayes 15 Tina Morris & Harold Dixon 7; Gwen & Dave Jarrett 17 Bob Stevens & Julie Colella 12; Anita & Colin Barks 18 Rhona Watts & David Langley 6.

SEMI-FINALS: To be played Friday morning August, 20. Caroline Cullum & Gordon Peck v David Rutt & Eva Dayes – Brough; Gwen & Dave Jarrett v Anita & Colin Barks.