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The Gourock Park Singles Championship 2005 |
Champion 2004 Joda Reid |
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Preliminary Round |
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John Campbell |
9 |
21 |
Ian Brown |
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Terry Duffy |
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Hugh Wilson |
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Alan Jack |
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John Kane |
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A Ballentyne |
21 |
11 |
Russell Clark |
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Eddie Mc Neil |
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Hamish Ramsay |
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Andy Mc Cabe |
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Harry Mc Lucas |
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Tommy Purdue |
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Barry Mc Clafferty |
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Michael Stevenson |
21 |
20 |
William Thomson |
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Archie Forbes |
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Bertie Davidson |
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Jimmy Bradley |
21 |
18 |
John Gibson |
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Peter Jack |
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Robert Grant |
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1st
Round |
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Ian Brown |
19 |
21 |
Terry Duffy |
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John Kane |
21 |
8 |
A Ballentyne |
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Eddie Mc Neil |
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Andy Mc Cabe |
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Barry Mc Cafferty |
7 |
21 |
Michael Stevenson |
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Bertie Davidson |
16 |
21 |
Jimmy Bradley |
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Robert Grant |
21 |
18 |
Ramsay Crawford |
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Tommy Monkhouse |
14 |
21 |
Jim Cameron |
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John Mc Cready |
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J O Brian |
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Peter Hendry |
12 |
21 |
J Mc Monagle |
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Ian Mc Swan |
21 |
11 |
Gary Bradley |
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George Dyer |
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Alex Mc Ilravey |
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Andy Kearns |
13 |
21 |
George Twaddle |
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Jack Lang |
8 |
21 |
Jim Crawford |
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John Ellis |
11 |
21 |
John Hagen |
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Joda Reid |
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Phil Owens |
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Archie Keenan (Jnr) |
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John Mc Fetrich |
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2nd
Round |
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Terry Duffy |
9 |
21 |
John Kane |
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Eddie Mc Neil |
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Michael Stevenson |
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Jimmy Bradley |
9 |
21 |
Robert Grant |
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Jim Cameron |
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John Mc Cready |
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J Mc Monagle |
6 |
21 |
Ian Mc Swan |
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Alex Mc Ilravey |
16 |
21 |
George Twaddle |
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Jim Crawford |
21 |
8 |
John Hagen |
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Joda Reid |
21 |
3 |
John Mc Fetrich |
Quarter-Finals |
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John Kane |
21 |
9 |
Michael Stevenson |
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Robert Grant |
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Jim Cameron |
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Ian Mc Swan |
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George Twaddle |
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Jim Crawford |
21 |
11 |
Joda Reid |
Semi-Finals |
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John Kane |
21 |
15 |
Robert Grant |
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Jim Crawford |
21 |
19 |
Ian Mc Swan |
Final |
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John Kane |
21 |
9 |
Jim Crawford |
Jim Crawford must be thinking that he is the 'Jimmy White' of the bowling world after he yet again failed to win the Gourock Park Championship in what was his third final appearance. The Title went to John Kane after a match that failed to match the high standards that both players expect. Jim got the better of John in the first ten ends and he lead by 8 shots to 3 with both players trying to get to grips with a fast green which appeared to have just one good hand in both directions. John eventually mastered his weight and quickly closed the gap to just two shots at the eleventh end and then took control as he powered his way into a 19 shots to 8 shots lead after twenty ends played. Jim Crawford, who in the earlier 15th end, delivered what is every bowlers dread, the wrong bias, kept plugging away in the hope that he could somehow re-discover the form that took him to the final and he stopped the John Kane charge in the 21st end with a cool single, to finally get him off that eight shot mark that he had been stuck on for ten ends. Any hopes he had of a full recovery were well and trully dashed in the next end when John gained the two shots required to enable him to add the 2005 Championship to the one he claimed in 1996. |
