THE second day of the 2010 Grimsby Open Bowls Tournament featured the Open Pairs competition, with all four greens playing exceptionally well and strong competition throughout the day.

For the second day running 22-year-old Simon Dent (Clee BC), partnered by his mother Tracy Dent, produced some outstanding form to reach his second semi-final of the week.

Tracy will be looking to add the Open Pairs title to the Mixed Pairs title won at this year's Cleethorpes Open.

The Clee BC pair will be the only local representatives in Friday's semi-finals, which will pair them against Rinks of Three runners-up Ted and Iris Coulson (Lincoln – Eagle BC).

The second semi-final will feature Bob Stevens (Bilsthorpe BC), who won the title in 2006 partnered by Janet Eames, face the Retford pair of Ted Marsh and Ian Ransby (Ordsall BC).

RESULTS

(All Grimsby/Cleethorpes except where stated otherwise)

PRELIMINARY ROUND: Charlie Gore & Steve Spencer-Davies Grimsby BC 14 Extra End v Barry & Mary Walls Scunthorpe Belton BC 13 Harold Dixon & Tony Gaytor Goxhill BC 20 v Andy Marshall & Ernie White Stallingborough Habrough BC 9 Ann Johnson & Margaret Roberts Habrough BC 7 v George Hilton & Peter Noble Retford Ordsall BC 20 Grahame Harris & Jim Sorley Waltham BC 10 v John Brown & Barbara Thompson Scotter Blossom Way BC 22 Peter Clarke & Barry Cammell Sussex BC 6 v Jonathan Darley & Steve Wells Clee BC 23 John & Rose Stokes Bilsthorpe BC 13 v Tony Hebblewhite & Ann Veal Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 15 Gwen & Dave Jarrett Vikings BC 9 v Pat Lewis & Doug Stolworthy Grant Thorold BC 18 Peter Pulfrey & Paul Wright Grant Thorold BC 14 v Victor Blake & Paul Spall Grimsby BC 11 James Duncan & Pat Anderson Waltham Park BC 16 v Ian Jackson & Jim Cole Unattached 14 Norman Dodsworth & June Smith Sussex BC 19 v Brian Elford & Roger Scales Blossom Way BC 11 Tracey & Simon Dent Clee BC 20 v Hedley Snow & Derek Burgess Barretts BC 16 David & Gary Langley Scartho Clee BC 9 v Terry Wood & Robert Dalby Carr Lane BC 14.

ROUND ONE: Laura-Jane Duncan & Malcolm Anderson Waltham Park BC 5 v Margaret Upton & Denise Weeden Sussex BC 16 Andy Parrott & Brian Eekhout Vikings BC 17 v David Thomas & Bernard Sanderson Owmby North Kelsey BC 10 Andy Arundel & Tony Stone Waltham Park BC 7 v John Holmes & Joe Barratt Sheffield Worksop CSC BC 23 Anita & Colin Barks Eagle BC 25 v Alan & Sean Brown Vikings BC 9 Kevin Lewis & Fred Mellows Lincoln Eagle BC 14 v John Hopkinson & Allan Trown Doncaster Haxey BC 15 Bob Stevens & Janet Eames Bilsthorpe BC 28 v Graham Coxon & Cyril Hayes Worksop CSC BC 6 Barry Tutty & Susan Swan Laceby BC 17 v Janine Mountain & Irene East Humberston CC BC 8 Bill Johnson & Brenda Land Waltham BC 20 v Colin Bedford & Brian Kilby Market Deeping Market Deeping BC 9 Martin & Kay Steer Immingham Sussex BC 17 v Wendy Newman & Bob Wheeler Vikings BC 13 Jean King & Eddie Edwards Humberston Grimsby BC 17 v Maureen Bush & Kath Reid Healing BC 10 John Morgan & Graham Campbell BC 15 v Michael Bingham & Gordon Macfall Haxey BC 16 Peter Croft & Jack Simons Grant Thorold BC 15 v Terry Smalley & Julie Howram Brigg BC 18 Dennis Duffield & Bernard Beel Waltham Park BC 10 v Ted Marsh & Ian Ransby Retford Ordsall BC 20 George Howard & Terry Marshall Grant Thorold BC 6 v John Weeden & John Goodwin Humberston Sussex BC 22 Alan Beavis & Wendy Ryan Grant Thorold BC 13 v Tom & Doreen Green Immingham Blossom Way BC 16 Pat Belton & June Allender Humberston Waltham BC 11 v Susan Kilby & Janet Bedford Skegness BC 17 Ernest Elkington & Neal Salmon Nottingham Friskney BC 8 v Tracey & Simon Dent Clee BC 16 David Remington & Neville Reid Ulceby Healing BC 13 v Thelma Scrimshaw & Sheila Smith Ulceby Blossom Way BC 15 John Belton & Dave Nicholl Waltham BC 5 v Caroline & Ruth Cullum Waltham Kingsway Printers BC 27 John Brown & Barbara Thompson Scotter Blossom Way BC 16 v Helen Pulfrey & John Higgins Vikings BC 11 George Hilton & Peter Noble Retford Ordsall BC 8 v Alan (Snr.) & Martin Dent Immingham Louth IBC 19 Jim Reynolds & Keith Perkins Laceby BC 9 v Jonathan Darley & Steve Wells Clee BC 18 Dave Bacon & Fred Croft Peoples Park BC 18 v Peter Pulfrey & Paul Wright Grant Thorold BC 15 Betty Cuthbert & Gordon Hall Goxhill Blossom Way BC 16 v Ray Maskell & Darrell Eames Worksop South Forest BC 12 Tony Hebblewhite & Ann Veal Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 15 v Doug Rook & Fred Golding Immingham Habrough BC 9 Norman Dodsworth & June Smith Sussex BC 14 v Howard & George Mellish Creswell BC 19 James Duncan & Pat Anderson Waltham Park BC 7 v Ted & Iris Coulson Eagle BC 23 Fred Eames & Eric Cockerill Laceby BC 14 v Terry Wood & Robert Dalby Carr Lane BC 5 Bill Bateman & Eddie Ling Alford BC 15 v Peter Tupton & Alex Holland Shirebrook BC 11 David Cole & Linda King Scartho Clee BC 13 v Rhona Watts & Colin Birkitt Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 12 Harold Dixon & Tony Gaytor Goxhill BC 14 Extra End v Pat Lewis & Doug Stolworthy Grant Thorold BC 13 Marion Williams & Bill Pickering Lincoln Boultham Park BC 18 v Charlie Gore & Steve Spencer-Davies BC 10.

ROUND TWO: Margaret Upton & Denise Weeden Sussex BC 8 v Andy Parrott & Brian Eekhout Vikings BC 20 John Holmes & Joe Barratt Sheffield Worksop CSC BC 12 v Anita & Colin Barks Eagle BC 17 John Hopkinson & Allan Trown Doncaster Haxey BC 10 v Bob Stevens & Janet Eames Bilsthorpe BC 17 Barry Tutty & Susan Swan Laceby BC 10 v Bill Johnson & Brenda Land Waltham BC 21 Martin & Kay Steer Immingham Sussex BC 10 v Jean King & Eddie Edwards Humberston Grimsby BC 20 Michael Bingham & Gordon Macfall Haxey BC 10 v Terry Smalley & Julie Howram Brigg BC 23 Ted Marsh & Ian Ransby Retford Ordsall BC 17 v John Weeden & John Goodwin Humberston Sussex BC 10 Tom & Doreen Green Immingham Blossom Way BC 24 v Susan Kilby & Janet Bedford Skegness BC 13 Tracey & Simon Dent Clee BC 20 v Thelma Scrimshaw & Sheila Smith Ulceby Blossom Way BC 9 Caroline & Ruth Cullum Waltham Kingsway Printers BC 12 v John Brown & Barbara Thompson Scotter Blossom Way BC 19 Alan (Snr.) & Martin Dent Immingham Louth IBC 12 v Jonathan Darley & Steve Wells Clee BC 17 Dave Bacon & Fred Croft Peoples Park BC 12 v Betty Cuthbert & Gordon Hall Goxhill Blossom Way BC 13 Tony Hebblewhite & Ann Veal Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 12 v Howard & George Mellish Creswell BC 14 Ted & Iris Coulson Eagle BC 15 v Fred Eames & Eric Cockerill Laceby BC 11 Bill Bateman & Eddie Ling Alford BC 21 v David Cole & Linda King Scartho Clee BC 9 Harold Dixon & Tony Gaytor Goxhill BC 9 v Marion Williams & Bill Pickering Lincoln Boultham Park BC 17.

ROUND THREE: Andy Parrott & Brian Eekhout Vikings BC 8 v Anita & Colin Barks Eagle BC 18 Bob Stevens & Janet Eames Bilsthorpe BC 20 v Bill Johnson & Brenda Land Waltham BC 11 Jean King & Eddie Edwards Humberston Grimsby BC 11 v Terry Smalley & Julie Howram Brigg BC 22 Ted Marsh & Ian Ransby Retford Ordsall BC 18 v Tom & Doreen Green Immingham Blossom Way BC 11 Tracey & Simon Dent Clee BC 13 v John Brown & Barbara Thompson Scotter Blossom Way BC 9 Jonathan Darley & Steve Wells Clee BC 10 v Betty Cuthbert & Gordon Hall Goxhill Blossom Way BC 23 Howard & George Mellish Creswell BC 12 v Ted & Iris Coulson Eagle BC 14 Bill Bateman & Eddie Ling Alford BC 11 v Marion Williams & Bill Pickering Lincoln Boultham Park BC 16.

QUARTER-FINALS: Anita & Colin Barks Eagle BC 10 v Bob Stevens & Janet Eames Bilsthorpe BC 15 Terry Smalley & Julie Howram Brigg BC 9 v Ted Marsh & Ian Ransby Retford Ordsall BC 14 Tracey & Simon Dent Clee BC 26 v Betty Cuthbert & Gordon Hall Goxhill Blossom Way BC 8 Ted & Iris Coulson Eagle BC 17 v Marion Williams & Bill Pickering Lincoln Boultham Park BC 8.

SEMI-FINALS: (To be played Friday morning): Bob Stevens & Janet Eames (Bilsthorpe BC) v Ted Marsh & Ian Ransby (Retford – Ordsall BC) Tracey & Simon Dent (Clee BC) v Ted & Iris Coulson (Lincoln – Eagle BC).

OPEN PAIRS PLATE COMPETITION: In the Open Pairs Plate Competition Alan & Sean Brown (Grimsby / Vikings BC) took first place with Jim Sorley & Grahame Harris (Humberston/Waltham BC) finishing as runners-up. Third place was taken by Kevin Lewis & Fred Mellows (Lincoln / Eagle BC) and David Thomas & Bernard Sanderson (Owmby / N. Kelsey BC) finishing fourth.