The Mary Rose is an advanced play inter-club competition for players with handicaps of one or more. This year Dulwich drew Medway in the first round to be played at home on May 10th. Ed Dymock, David Collins, John Reddish and Mark Ormerod represented Dulwich. Each player plays two games, with the strongest 2 players playing doubles in the morning, and the other seven games are singles.
In what proved to be a tightly fought match, Dulwich trailed 1-2 at lunchtime, but finally triumphed 5-2 over a strong Medway team (average handicap 1.5), thereby progressing to the next round of the competition. The final game to finish provided some entertainment for the gallery. Mark came back from a long way behind, and in a tense finish pegged out David Parkins’ red ball, leaving David with yellow on penultimate. However, attempting to position his black ball close to the peg for the peg out, Mark accidentally rushed black onto the peg, prematurely ending his turn and leaving him with blue for the peg. Despite twice missing the peg with blue, Mark eventually won +1.
The Morning
| Dulwich Team | - | Medway Team | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| E Dymock(1) & D Collins(1.5) | lost | P Miles(1) & R Alexander(1) | -8 |
| J Reddish(2) | lost | D Parkins(1) | -12 |
| M Ormerod(3.5) | beat | P Mann(2.5) | +13 |
The Afternoon
| Dulwich Team | - | Medway Team | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| E Dymock(1) | beat | P Miles(1) | +8 |
| D Collins(1.5) | beat | R Alexander(1) | +11 |
| J Reddish(2) | beat | P Mann(2.5) | +5 |
| M Ormerod(3.5) | beat | D Parkins(1) | +1 |