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Steve Rimmer Memorial Shield Results 2008
Finals held at Fleetwood BC on Friday 25th July
Last 16 - Each losing player receives £5
| A.Woof | (New Longton) | 21 | V | 10 | C.Moore | (London Hotel) |
| N.Gregson | (Mere Brow) | 21 | V | 19 | M.Forshaw | (Burscough RBL) |
| A.Draper | (Banks St Stephens) | 21 | V | 19 | G.Butler | (New Longton) |
| J.Cragg | (Mere Brow) | 21 | V | 13 | N.Coupe | (New Longton) |
| C.Print | (Mawdesley) | 21 | V | 20 | B.Coleman | (Zetland) |
| W.Ditchfield | (New Longton) | 21 | V | 07 | R.Jones | (Fleetwood Hesketh) |
| E.Weekes | (Banks St Stephens) | 21 | V | 16 | F.Benson | (Hoole Village Hall) |
| K.Taylor | (New Longton) | 21 | V | 14 | J.Turney | (Mere Brow) |
Last 8 - Each losing player receives £ 10
| A.Woof | (New Longton) | 21 | V | 04 | N.Gregson | (Mere Brow) |
| A.Draper | (Banks St Stephens) | 21 | V | 10 | J.Cragg | (Mere Brow) |
| W.Ditchfield | (New Longton) | 21 | V | 10 | C.Print | (Mawdesley) |
| E.Weekes | (Banks St Stephens) | 21 | V | 09 | K.Taylor | (New Longton) |
Semi-Finalists - Each losing player receives £ 15
| A.Woof | (New Longton) | 21 | V | 16 | A.Draper | (Banks St Stephens) |
| W.Ditchfield | (New Longton) | 21 | V | 11 | E.Weekes | (Banks St Stephens) |
Final - winning player receives £ 60 + The Steve Rimmer Memorial Shield & losing player receives £ 35
| W.Ditchfield | (New Longton) | 21 | V | 09 | A.Woof | (New Longton) |
In front of a large crowd of around 100 spectators, Wayne Ditchfield (New Longton) made it back-to-back Steve Rimmer Memorial Shield singles titles in comfortable style. He was in excellent form with comfortable wins of 21-07 & 21-10 in the early final night rounds. This set up a semi-final clash with his North Lancs & Fylde County Colleague, Emlyn Weekes (Banks St Stephens) , in what was expected to be the match of the night, but Wayne was in dominate form in the early stages taking a 7-0 advantage in the first 6 ends & leading 17-4 after 15 ends with some excellent leading & devastating pinpoint accurate striking in the corners, before closing out the match 21-11 to take him into the final against his team-mate & friend, Ashley Woof. In the other half of the draw, Ashley Woof (New Longton) had wins of 21-10 & 21-04 with some excellent pinpoint accurate bowling on three quarter round peg marks to set up other New Longton versus Banks St Stephens semi-final clash with Andy Draper. In a tough tussle, Ashley finally won 21-16 to reach the final. The early stages of the final were nip & tuck up to end 15 when the score was 11-9 to Wayne. However, Wayne, showed his class, by running out from this position in the next 9 ends with superb corner play, with most of his lead bowls finishing just inches from the jack, to take the game 21-9 & the title for the second year running. The League & competitors would like to give many thanks to Yvonne Rimmer for presenting the trophy & prizemoney, Fleetwood Hesketh Bowling Club for the use of their excellent facilities including the superb condition of their green & their members who helped in the running of this competition, as well as to the many league members who supported this competition, making it a very memorable & fitting tribute to Steve Rimmer.