ENGLISH INDOOR BOWLING ASSOCIATION David Cornwell House, Bowling Green, Leicester Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire LE13 0DA
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	Report on  National Championship Finals
National Pairs Championship 1999/2000 played at Melton Mowbray from 4th to 7th April 2000 Full Team details appear at the end of this Report
The Final was played on Friday afternoon between Cyphers (Paul Butcher & Martyn Secker) and Whiteknights (Mark Bantock & Robert Newman). Whiteknights took an early lead, after four ends  the score stood at 10-2, and after seven ends had extended to 14-2. In the next ten ends, Cyphers picked up three 4's to reduce the deficit 17-22. Going into the last end Whiteknights, who by then had a lead of only one shot, succeeded in taking a two to Win the Pairs Championship 24-21. The First Round had started on Tuesday evening saw the start to the First Round, with Robert Newman of Whiteknights playing his third game of the day, having earlier played his Quarter and Semi-Final of the Triples. He was to be busy again on Wednesday, with his Triples Final at 2.30pm, and the Second round of the Pairs at 6.30 p.m., after Whiteknights beat Wey Valley  21-11. Cheshunt took a 4 on the 18th end to head off a recovery from Leicester, eventually wining 23-21. Preston needed a 5 on the 16th end to seal their game against Perdiswell. Wednesday morning saw the final First Round games, with Dorchester needing an extra end to beat Isis, and Hull & District taking the last three ends to beat Bridgwater BCL. In the Second Round games there were comfortable wins for Wymondham Dell, Stanley, Torquay, Cyphers & Whiteknights. In the Quarter Finals, Torquay & Stanley pulled away in the last third of their games, whilst Cyphers had to wait until the last end so that they could join Whiteknights  in the Semi-Finals. Whiteknights and Cyphers had easy wins in the Semi-Finals.                                                       Names of Players BLACKPOOL     David Lockhart, Jason Parkinson** WORTHING     Tom Campbell, Chris Young WEY VALLEY     Paul Coleman, John Kenton WHITEKNIGHTS     Mark Bantock*, Robert Newman* PRESTON     Glyn Hesketh, Richard Moses PERDISWELL     Mark Atkins, Adrian Burbridge NOTTINGHAM     Keith Burton, Bob Dickens AVON VALLEY     Andrew Smith, Greg Moon WYMONDHAM DELL     Kevin Guy, Roger Guy NORTH WALSHAM     M.Landemore, Martin Christmas SPENNYMOOR     Stuart Land, Bill Condron WELLINGBOROUGH     Walter Campen, Maurice Allen STANLEY     Chris Palmer, John Leeman* WATFORD     Gary Silver, John Hay CHESHUNT     Fred Hurst, Jim Brooks LEICESTER     Steve McAlister, Stuart Thomas HULL & DISTRICT     Sam Winter**, Alan Croft BRIDGWATER BCL     Mark Horsman, Richard Billington DORCHESTER     Shaun Nutman**, Adam Tidby ISIS     Norman Wallace, Ian Snowdon PLYMOUTH CS     Andrew Tout, Cliff Escott CYPHERS     Paul Butcher, Martyn Sekjer SPALDING     David Broadhurst, Graham Smith PADDINGTON     Malcolm Bowden, Richard Bennett MOTE PARK     Paul Barrett, Paul Barnicott TORQUAY     John Evans, Danny Denison* ESSEX COUNTY     Nathan Birkett, Richard Hart CUMBRIA     Andrew Graham, Rae Graham CLEVEDON     James Branfield, Pip Branfield SUDBURY     Robin Thomason, Malcolm Grimwood EAST DORSET     Darren Clark, Bill Belcher CITY OF ELY     Ian McWhinney, Greg Harlow*
*  Senior International ** U25 International
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Secretary D N Brown	Deputy Secretary / Press Officer S A Rodwell	National Competitions Officer A D Ward