Report by John Auld
Notts reached half time in the Dawes and Porter matches in a strong position: up 102 and 107 respectively. Unfortunately as fast as imps had been collected on boards 1 to 16 so they were returned on 17 to 32. The Dawes team hung on for a 15-5 victory but the Porter lost narrowly 9-11. The Markham lost 4-16.
The teams with Butler imps:
Dawes
Willie Crook & Ankush Khandelwal 20
Steve Raine & Frank Ball 17
Lloyd Eagling & Gordon Fullerton 6
John & Irene Auld 6
Porter
Bill Whalley & Pravin Tailor 20
Ian Dovey & Shirley Ashtari 5
Phil Dale & Ray Furlonger -9
John Rolph & Gerry Franklin -13
Markham
Chris & Dorothy Close -20
Janet Jacques & Will Irving -8
Toni Smith & Steve Fordham 9
Jane Hall & Clive Wood -12
Given that I counted 8 slam hands it is surprising that the spread of Butler scores is the narrowest ever . At least the Dawes team had 4 pluses, always a good sign.
The turnround in fortunes in the Dawes was mainly down to board 19 which cost 44 cross imps:
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