I look forward to meeting as many of you as I can during the Competition and wish everybody the best of luck and that you enjoy the occasion.
Everything is in English so please give them a chance to quote when considering your insurance renewal.
I have used the car insurance for more than 15 years and have found their service excellent with breakdown vehicles arriving quickly, even providing a taxi to take me home, to
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the 14th Championship and this year we have less concerns about Covid as most of us are fully vaccinated, but we must all still take precautions as it has not gone Onceaway. again Linea Directa have very kindly agreed to sponsor us, but in return they expect us to do our part.
the Competition Secretary who has put so much effort into organising this Finally,event.Iwould like to thank Kevin Reardon and The Leader for not only producing this programme without any costs to us, but provide us with Bowls coverage in the paper throughout the year.
Bob Donnelly Hello and welcome to The Valencian's Championship for 2022. This year we welcome back the Mixed Rinks discipline that was suspended during the pandemic, and I am pleased to announce that the Mixed Pairs that was brought in to the Championship during the past few years has been kept, therefore we now have 7 Greenlandsdisciplines.Bowls
providing legal services in the case of a collision and even informing me that I had a traffic offence in Barcelona of which I was not aware.
Cub is this years main Host and is assisted by Bonalba Bowls Club as the second venue. Both of these clubs have just been fitted with new carpets in the past few weeks, so I will be looking for new excuses as to why my bowls are not going where they are supposed to go. If your coming along to spectate this year, you will enjoy some excellent competitive bowling, also both venues have excellent parking facilities. To all of this years competitors, I wish you all the best of luck and hope that you have an enjoyable Re-captime.
2021 - Mens Singles: Peter Morgan Ladies Singles: Peta Rhodes Mens Pairs: Pete Bonsor/ John O'Brien Ladies Pairs: Kath Reid/ Carol Thorpe Mixed Pairs: Lisa Bonsor/Pete Bonsor Mixed Trips: Sheena Mallet/Dennis Wade/John Mallet John O’Brien NO EXCUSES AS BOTH VENUES BOAST NEW CARPETS WELCOME MESSAGE FROM THE VALENCIAN DELEGATE
I give special thanks to John O’Brien
I thank the host clubs owners, committees and players for offering their greens and facilities as well as the co-ordinators at each venue and the Umpires and Markers who I am sure will provide us with their usual excellent service.
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CONDITIONS OF PLAY (REVISED 20.7.22)
Controlling Body:The Controlling Body at each venue will be defined as the following:-
All competitors must be Federated.Any player who is changing clubs & wishes to play for the new club must have paid a minimum of their Club Membership Fee to their new club,and must have notified their change of club to the Federation Membership PaymentSecretary.of full green fee membership must be made prior to commencement of the competition. In team events all players at the time of entry must be members of the same club and have their Federation membership with that club. All games will be played on a "Knockout" basis, Pairs,Triples & Rinks :18 Ends.Singles:first to 21 Playersshots. are asked to be prompt and arrive at the venue 30 minutes prior to the scheduled start times. Any player arriving more than 15 minutes after the start time,or re-scheduled start time of a game,will be Onedisqualified.trialendin each direction before each game as per Law 5.1
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tailored trousers or Bermuda length shorts.Bowling skirts,skorts or tailored cutoffs may be worn by Ladies.Shirts must have sleeves and a collar,Ladies may wear sleeveless tops providing they have a collar.
For the singles discipline,if both players are from the same club,the first named player may be asked to use stickers provided by the controlling body.All singles players must ensure they have sufficient club stickers to put back onto their bowls should this situation arise. For semi-finals and finals,stickers will be provided by the controlling body.At this point,should opposing teams have the same colour sticker,the first named team in the draw will have the choice of changing stickers.Stickers must be adhered to the bowls in line with Law 52.1.8 In any game that becomes mathematically impossible to win the trailing team MUST concede. Practice will be allowed at the Host-Venues at the stipulated times. Once the Valencian Championships have commenced anyone practicing at any of the Host-venues will be Ifdisqualified.aplayeror team that has not yet played is due to meet a player or team that has already played on the same day,the player or team that has not yet played can practise provided (a) the Controlling Body gives approval,(b) there is enough time available without delaying the competition,(c) the Controlling Body allocates the rink on which a player or team can practise (where possible they should allocate the same rink as the player or team have already played Playerson.) will NOT be allowed to play on the same rink on the same day. Rinks to be used:The Controlling Body can restrict the rinks to be used. The team entered into the draw will be deemed to be the SUBSTANTIVE team,replacement players to the substantive team are allowed as follows:-
Pre-competition:Pairs 1 Replacement,Triples & Fours 2
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TIME WASTING:It is essential that all players understand that with the large programme of games their co-operation is required.Therefore,if the officials consider any player is time wasting they may take any action they consider necessary to remedy the MenDRESSsituation.CODE:&Ladies:Long
bowls (see law 52.1.1) must bear a legible stamp which has an expiry date of 1985 or Alllater.bowls used in the competition up until the semifinals must carry club stickers from the club through which the player has entered the competition.
BetweenReplacements.Rounds:Pairs,Triples & Fours 1 Replacement only.
Where a player/team is found to be in default of the competition rules,they will be disqualified from the competition and the non-offending player/team in the previous match will progress to the next round.
The Co-ordinator at the venue,the duty umpire at the venue,and at least one member of the Championship Committee,who will be responsible for resolving any issues arising on the day.
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POINTS NOT PROVIDED FOR: Any points not provided for in the above rules and conditions of play will be decided by the Championship Committee (or emergency Committee thereof) whose decision shall be final.
IMPORTANT CONTACT DETAIL COMPETITION SECRETARY
During every game there MUST be at least one of the original substantive team playing. No replacement will be allowed in Singles. Replacement players must fulfil the entry conditions above and cannot have already played in the same discipline,or have been a member of any substantive team in that discipline. A Substitute may be allowed in line with Laws 33.3, 33.4 and REPLACEMENT33.5 - is a change of player BEFORE the match has started and may play in any position, including SUBSTITUTESkip.- is a change of player DURING the match but cannot Skip. Changes to the substantive team pre-competition and between rounds are "Replacements" they are not "Substitutes".Substitutes during a game who continue to play in the next round of the competition will then be regarded as a REPLACEMENT.
All games will be played to the Laws of Sport of Bowls - Crystal Mark Edition 3.2 Ladies & Men's 4 Bowl Singles and 4 Bowl Pairs,Mixed 4 bowls pairs,Mixed 3 Bowl Triples & Mixed 2 bowl Fours. Games to be played between 14th September and 27th September and players must be available for the whole of this period. Venues:Greenlands & Bonalba reserve club Emerald Isle John Email:jbnuk0591@gmail.com661
Visits to the Head:In singles matches visits to the head will be restricted according to the Laws of the Sport Appendix A.4.1.1
Club Coloured bottoms and shirts,or whites may be worn.In all team disciplines all members of the whole team must be similarly attired in the same Footwear:Mustcolours. be smooth flat soled,designed for bowling.Sandals and open shoes must have a backstrap.Allcomposition
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PRACTICE DAYS: Greenlands: opens at 10:00am Contact: e-mail: dewarsinspain6246@gmail.com
CONTACT GREENLANDS: Roger Farrington - Tel 722 812 844 email: pmsbowls@gmail.com
Monday 12th Sept 1:00pm onwards Tuesday 13th Sept 10:00am until 1:00pm
PRACTICE DAYS: Bonalba: opens at 10:00am Contact: Roli Bell e-mail: rolibell@hotmail.co.uk
CONTACT BONALBA: John O’Brien - Tel 600 001 661 email: jbnuk0591@gmail.com
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Monday 12th Sept 10:00am until 1:00pm Tuesday 13th Sept 1:00pm until 4:00pm
ment and hopefully encouraging others to join our sport.
So what is the LLB - what does it do - how does it work - who runs it?
All the Officers ensure that all Laws, Rules & the Constitution are followed correctly.
LEVANTE LAWN BOWLS
The LLB has two sections :
June Jones
THE OFFICERS - who are elected each year at an AGM - and are the worker force responsible for organising leagues, arranging major events such as the Champion of Champions and the Valencian Championships, organising tours from the UK, taking care of the finances, keeping fully up to date membership records for each club, maintaining records of all that transpires at meetings and keeping all clubs fully up to date. Their work is behind the scenes and not always noted.
Officers may propose changes to these BUT have NO voting rights - not even for their own proposals.
At present the LLB hold seven meetings a year (one of which is the AGM) where clubs - 18 of us, 6 from north Alicante and 12 from south Alicante - meet to discuss any issues that have arisen, report on the outcome of leagues and plan for the future.
THE DELEGATES - are the selected person(s) from each club who attend all meetings, reporting back to their members. They can put forward proposed changes from their club, which are discussed at an EGM or AGM and voted on accordingly - the Delegates are therefore (on behalf of their club) the decision makers for the LLB.
It is a way of keeping us all in touch and working towards our goal of playing competitive bowls in a happy friendly environ-
The LLB - began life in January 1997 being the merger of the CBBA (Costa Blanca Bowls Association started in March 1990) the FBCV (Bolos de la Comunidad Valencia which from December 1990 enabled bowlers to join and take part in separate federated events) and SABA (South Alicante Bowls Association formed in 1998). From then all bowlers who wished to take part in any interclub event under the auspices of the LLB had to be federated.
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The Mixed Pairs had Chris & Dennis Wright of Bonalba take on Lisa & Peter Bonsor of Greenlands. The Bonalba pair didn’t find their form of the previous matches, so Lisa & Peter romped to a huge win 31-7.
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In the Mixed Triples the home side of Sue Bosworth, Peta Rhodes & Andy Miles were against the Country Bowls trio of Sheena Mallet, Dennis Wade & John Mallet. It was a close match but the Country Bowls team won the final 3 ends to take the title, 16-12. This is the second year that the triples has been won by a Country Bowls team.
The 2021 Valencian Championships came down to the wire with the Finals of each discipline.
The Mens Pairs brought together 2 strong pairings in Martin Foulcer & Ian Kenyon of Vistabella and John O’Brien (Competition Secretary) & Peter Bonsor of Greenlands. This match was always going to be a close match & it proved to be so. The scores were level at 5 each, 10 each & 12 each before the Greenlands pairs won 5 of the remaining 6 ends to take the win 19-13.
After a short break it was the turn of the Mens & Ladies Singles. In the Ladies it was Peta Rhodes (past Valencian & National Champion) against Lisa Bonsor. Peta started off quickly scoring 13 shots, but then Lisa started to get back into the match. After 16 ends she was still 620 down but won the next 5 ends before Peta managed to score that elusive 21st shot and take the game singles had the Champion of the last 2 years Peter Morgan of Quesada taking on Scott Malden of San Luis. This was a great match to watch and after 12 ends there was just a single shot between them. Again after 18 ends Peter lead by just a single shot. He went on to win 4 of the last 5 ends & take the title for the 3rd year running 21-16.
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Following the games the Presentation of prizes took place and thanks were given to both host clubs, Quesada & Emerald Isle, their committees & members. Thanks were also given to the umpires & markers who gave up their time during the competition. The sponsors Linea Directa who continue to support bowls in Spain and finally John O’Brien for his work before & during the event.
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On to Tuesday morning and the turn of the Mens & Ladies pairs. In the Ladies Carole Donnellan & Della Wailes of Country Bowls played against Kath Reid & Carol Thorpe of Vistabella. The Vistabella ladies were always in control of this match and went on to take the title 28-12.
Gents and Ladies SinglesMixed Pairs winnersPresentation Party Mens Pairs Ladies Pairs TriplesMixed Gary & Carol Thorpe, officiated in both of the singles finals
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Some of you may be aware that World Bowls is issuing a new law book – Crystal
Two Markers courses were run, one in April at San Luis and the other in May at Javea. With the hard work of a great many umpires, we were able to qualify 42 new markers from 12 clubs. I would like to thank everyone involved in this process as well as the management of San Luis and Javea Green who provided us with the facilities. The course material for Markers remains on the CBUMA website along with monthly brainteasers for anyone wishing to learn more or refresh their memory and skills innew.https://costablancaumpire.wixsite.com/cbuma-In2023weintendtofocusonqualifyingumpiresandwillbeintouchwithclubsthenewyear.
Anycourse.qualified marker can invest in a marker’s shirt. Please contact me for details.
Enjoy the competition!
As you will be aware, the umpire’s uniform is a red shirt. We have now brought in a green shirt for markers, which means they will stand out as qualified markers at all events and recognises the hard work that goes in to passing the
Markers course Javea
President CBUMA Fred Willshire
World Bowls has left it to the Member National Authorities to determine when to implement the new laws and we are expecting to leave this until 1st April 2023, allowing us time to complete the Winter Season before the change. This also allows us to review the domestic regulations, get these approved by World Bowls and have the books printed. If this timescale changes, we will contact clubs via the LLB.
After a couple of years away from the job, I again took on the role of President of the CBUMA in November 2021, with Gail as secretary and treasurer and with a new team of Vice Presidents – John Pittaway representing the north of the Costa Blanca, and John O’Brien the south. Our first job was to look at the Markers Course. This course is great for anyone who wishes to learn more about the laws of the game and how to measure properly. Qualifying to mark singles games is almost a bonus! Previously, the courses were run over 3 days. Our plan was to reduce the number of days to 2 and put part of the course material onto the CBUMA website. This proved to be a popular decision, with an unprecedented number of people wanting to take the course.
Finally, a few words for the competitors in this and other competitions. Make sure you read the conditions of play, especially with regard to head visits and review the laws of rink possession which you will find on pages 15 and 16 or your red law book. Also, remember that your umpires and markers volunteer to cover these events, so a thank you is always welcome.
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Mark 4th edition. The new book contains a significant number of technical amendments and 3 significant law changes, but as a result many of the law numbers have changed.
Fred Willshire CBUMA
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GREENLANDSGREENLANDSBOWLSCLUBBOWLSCLUB The progressive clubThe progressive club AA friendly clubfriendly Developmentalclub programmesDevelopmental programmes AA welcoming clubwelcoming club Greenlands is once again delighted to be chosen as a host club for the Valencian Lawn Bowls Championships. We hope that the wonderful facilities we can boast will prove to be popular with you all, whether as competitor, spectator or a guest. We extend an especial welcome to participants who will now be able to enjoy our brand new green laid by Dales only a matter of a month ago. We are sure that it will prove to be an excellent surface on which to bowl. We wish you all good luck, good bowling, much success and most of all enjoyment of the wonderful recreation and friendship that this tournament always provides. Learn how to bowl at Greenlands Professional Coaching All ability levels catered for Coming soon "Junior Bowls" & "Jack Attack" JACK ATTACK Fun Fast and Friendly Anyone welcome to come along & enjoy a game of "Lawn Bowls" Coloured Bowls Music and a great atmosphere! Our new carpet was laid by Dales at the end of August
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This year saw the format change to the format used in the World Championships and Commonwealth games – teams of 5 men and 5 women with singles, pairs, triples and fours being played. That said, like the World Championships, countries did not have to enter all the disciplines and could choose to enter as many or as few as they wished. This format was welcomed by the vast majority of Spaincountries.entered a full team -
Playing on grass always tends to cause difficulty for Spain, as it does other countries who constantly play on carpet. What made it all the worse, though, was, surprisingly, the condition of some of the greens at Northfield. They proved to be very heavy and in some cases, almost unplayable. But it was what it was and the players all tried 100% to adapt as best they could. Spain also had to contend with illness leading at times to players being unable to play OR play whilst feeling very unwell. Spain’s main target for the championships was to finish in the top 10 in the team event and push for, if not qualify for the Semi finals in a couple of disciplines. In general terms, all targets were met, but with a bit of luck it could have been a whole lot better.
Thereafter, they only lost one other game, which was against Scotland. They finished in third place, just one point behind Ireland.
In the pairs, triples and fours, unfortunately, with Lisa, Carol, Debbie all suffering from illness, the teams struggled badly and couldn’t fulfil their potential, despite Gillian coming in to substitute for various players at different times. In the pairs, the women finished 4th, 6th in the triples and fours. In the team event out of 17 countries, the men finished a very creditable 5th behind Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales and Israel. The women finished in 11th position. Overall, Spain finished 9th. Once again, grass proved to be a big problem for Spain. Illness also affected the squad and didn’t make things any easier. The men did very well and could have qualified in at least 2 of the disciplines. That aside, the players could not be faulted for their efforts for which they can be very proud. A lot of experience was gained at the championships, which will serve Spain well in the Nextfuture.year, in April, Spain will be entering a new mixed pairs tournament which will be hosted in Tenerife, and the World Indoors Championships in Warilla. There is also the World Championships being held in August in the Gold Coast, Australia. Those competitions are over and above the normal test matches Spain will be involved in. During the coming months regular training sessions will be held by the International Squad. I would encourage anyone who wishes to be considered to contact me –graham.cathcart@me.com
In the team event out of 17 countries, the men finished a very creditable 5th behind Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales and Israel. The women finished in 11th position. Overall, Spain finished 9th.
WOMEN - Carol Broomfield (Singles and Pairs), Debbie Colquhoun (Pairs and Triples), Lisa Bonsor (Triples and Fours), Hazel Brown (Triples and Fours), Jenny Thompson (Triples and Fours) and Gillian Atkinson (Substitute)
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In the Triples, Craig Lewis, Tom Rogers, and Graham Cathcart got off to a great start winning their first game comfortably. However, in their second game, they lost against the Netherlands, a game they should have won. That meant they had to beat at least one of the top two seeds in the group (England and Scotland). It wasn’t to be and they too finished 3rd in their group.
MEN - Graham Cathcart (Triples and Fours), Tom Rogers (Singles and Triples) Pete Bonsor (Pairs and Fours), Graham Shoots (Pairs and Fours) and Craig Lewis (Triples and Fours).
Tom Rogers, who played in the singles, was drawn in a hard section. He got off to a great start, winning 2 out of his 3 games on the first days play, but then came unstuck.
In the womens disciplines Carol Broomfield played in the singles and won 2 of her first 3 games, losing to England. Carol was playing well and was in with a shout but unfortunately, come day 2 Carol started suffering from the same illness that had blighted other squad members. Despite this Carol still managed to finish 6th in her group.
The European Bowls Championships was played recently in Ayr, Scotland. It was the first time the Championships were played under the auspices of Bowls Europe Ltd.. Previously, when the E.B.U. had organised the tournament, it was run as a mixed pairs and mixed rinks tournament.
Playing against some excellent opponents Tom ended up finishing 9th. In the Pairs Graham Shoots and Pete Bonsor, were up against it as Pete had to play whilst being ill. They narrowly lost their first game against Guernsey which was to prove costly. Having played very well together, they finished 3rd in their group.
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In the fours, Graham Shoots, Craig Lewis, Graham Cathcart and Pete Bonsor experienced misery in their first game against France which, once again that meant they had to beat at least one of the top two seeds – Ireland and Scotland – to qualify. The way they were playing they looked like they could do exactly that especially when they beat Ireland by one shot.
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Roll of Honour DISCIPLINE 2009 WINNER 2010 WINNER Ladies SinglesAnita Brown Carole Rudge Ladies Pairs S Verity/SCammack M Lawley/YBriden Ladies Triples JCooper/PRhodes / JGardiner MHoltham/AEagle/SMarks Ladies FoursJMcNeil/PKing/M Patterson/AEagle KManning/JPerchard/SHaddaway/MKidd Men’s SinglesColin Lindgren Russell Marks Men’s Pairs TPilling/DBuchanan TMcKenna/JBreslin Men’s TriplesSDenholm/AMcNeil/DMillsSDenholm/AMcNeil/DMills Men’s MixedMixedMen’sLadiesLadiesLadiesLadiesDISCIPLINEMen’sMen’sMen’sMen’sLadiesLadiesLadiesLadiesDISCIPLINEFoursDDean/GGough/JPaylor/APerryEMcLaren/IMacnamara/DKing/DMills2011WINNER2012WINNERSinglesMaggieFurnessNotContestedPairsA.Eagle/S.Marks.NotcontestedTriplesM.Furness/J.Bowman/A.RudkinNotcontestedFoursM.Furness/J.Bowman/J.Parkes/A.Rudkin.NotcontestedSinglesColinLindgrenNotContestedPairsC.Lindgren/K.Jones.NotcontestedTriplesG.Galelli/A.Pugh/J.WilsonNotcontested.FoursC.Lindgren/S.Pearson/B.Duff/K.Jones.NotcontestedMixedPairsNotContestedJ.Junes/K.Jones.MixedFoursNotContestedCMeare/PCollins/MLawley/YBiden2013WINNER2014WINNERSinglesNotContestedLadiesSinglesAnitaBrownPairsNotcontestedMen’sSinglesFrankCloseTriplesNotContestedLadiesPairsAverilToozer/SueMohametFoursNotContestedMen’sPairsColinLindgren/KeithJonesSinglesNotContestedMixedPairsJim&KathyManningTriplesC.Speedy/P.Vaughan/J.James.MixedTriplesACampbell/NCampbell/JMarshallFoursVCollier/JoPerring/JulesPerring/CCollierMixedFoursEBishop/LBarber/CWatkins/LBishop VALENCIAN LAWNBOWLSCHAMPIONSHIPS 2022 22 DISCIPLINE 2015 WINNER 2016 WINNER Ladies SinglesSue KempLadies SinglesJacqui Johnston Men’s SinglesDrew Gerrard Mens SinglesFrank Close Ladies Pairs Sabrina Marks/June JonesLadies PairsPeta Rhodes, Carol Broomfield Men’s Pairs Ian Kenyon/Tony FrenchMen’s Pairs Chris Collier, Stuart Denholm Mixed Pairs Eric &Lynne BishopMixed Pairs Carol Broomfield, Jason Prokopowycz Mixed TriplesKeith Jones/Colin Lindgren/June JonesMixed TriplesKathy & Jim Manning, Dave Hadaway Mixed FoursJJohnston/B Armstrong/C& MHighland Mixed FoursM Foulcer, A Brown, M Foulcer, B Pain DISCIPLINE 2017 WINNER 2018 WINNER Ladies SinglesPeta RhodesLadies SinglesAnne Marie Stevenson Men’s SinglesMartin Foulcer Mens SinglesRichard Lee Ladies Pairs Mary Whitelock/AMStephensonLadies PairsVal Collier, Mary Dyer Men’s Pairs Roy Cordell/Russell MarksMens PairsJames Cutting, Gary Raby Mixed TriplesAMStephenson/DGerrard/CLindgrenMixed Triples Kath Reid, Guiseppi Galelli, Ian Kenyon Mixed FoursCWatkins/LBarber/L & E BishopMixed FoursC & L Plaisted, D Johnson, SCantley DISCIPLINE 2019 WINNER 2020 WINNER Ladies SinglesJacqui JohnstonLadies SinglesMaggie Furness Men’s SinglesPeter Morgan Men’s SinglesPeter Morgan Ladies Pairs Melanie Highland / Sandra HeathLadies PairsVal Hignett / Anita Brown Men’s Pairs Graham Shoots / Brian Kavanagh Men’s PairsGary Thorpe / Charlie Watkins Mixed TriplesPeta Rhodes, Caroline Smyth /John SmythMixed PairsMargaret McLaughlin / Tom Spencer Mixed FoursK Reid, G Galelli, S Malden / I KenyonMixed TriplesB Jiggins / JJukes / GRichardson
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