PREMIER THREES PLAYERS ANNOUNCED

The 48 players who will compete in the inaugural East Midlands Premier Bowls’s Premier Threes competition sponsored by Brewin Dolphin on Saturday 1st May 2010 at Nottingham Indoor Bowls Centre, Beechdale Road, Nottingham have been confirmed.

Amongst the players are current World Champions Greg Harlow and Debbie Stavrou along with two Nottingham IBC players Pam Cutts and Simon Skelton.

The draw is: -

Round 1

1.   Andrew Reeson (Boston) v Alex McWhinnie (Bromsgrove)
2.   Josh Moore (Barwell) v Pam Cutts (Nottingham)
3.   Rob McDonald (Spalding) v Matthew Hyde (Desborough)
4.   Nigel Eagle (Peterborough) v Kevin Rands (Lincoln)
5.   Andrew Dawson (Spalding) v Richard Speke (Cotswold)
6.   Dean Tute (Lincoln) v Robert Parker (Acle)
7.   Martin Tomlin (Boston) v Ray Cutting (Pinewood Park)
8.   Nic Eatch (South Forest) v Derek Johnson (Lincoln)
9.   David Stone (Acle) v Lawson Bailey (Barwell)
10. Chris Moore (Barwell) v Martyn Allsopp (Leicester)
11. Andy Easy (Ely) v Adrian Field (Boston)
12. Michael Knight (West Berks) v Darren Allsopp (Leicester)
13. Edward Elmore (Ely) v Robert Elmore (Ely)
14. Andy Ware (Ely) v Debbie Stavrou (Desborough)
15. Simon Lilley (Spalding) v Brenda Barlow (Lincoln)
16. George Tubby (Acle) v Paul Flatters (Boston)

Round 2

Winner of 1 v Jamie Chestney (Gallow)
Winner of 2 v Simon Skelton (Nottingham)
Winner of 3 v Chris Rodgers (Leicester)
Winner of 4 v Danny Brown (Lincoln)
Winner of 5 v Billy Jackson (Lincoln)
Winner of 6 v Greg Harlow (Ely)
Winner of 7 v Gary Morris (Boston)
Winner of 8 v Nick Brett (Ely)
Winner of 9 v Ben Wilson (Spalding)
Winner of 10 v Paul Simpson (Spalding)
Winner of 11 v Tim Stone (Acle)
Winner of 12 v Martin Spencer (Spalding)
Winner of 13 v Steve Winter (Lynnsports)
Winner of 14 v Calvin Leuty (Spalding)
Winner of 15 v Simon Reeson (Boston)
Winner of 16 v Les Gillett (Leicester)

The day will see top Club players compete against International players in their quest to become Champion.

The Premier Threes is a brand new format for the sport of Indoor Bowls and will see the players compete in a knock out tournament where games will last between 25 and 45 minutes.
The Club will be open from 9am with the first round commencing at 10am. There are still a limited number of tickets available at £5.00 for adults and Free of Charge for Under 16s.

To be part of the ‘New Face of Bowls’ please phone Nottingham IBC on 0115 929 6865

For further information please contact:

Peter Thompson
Chief Operating Executive
EIBA Ltd
0785 2282998 or peterthompson@eiba.co.uk

23rd April 2010