The Jack and Jean Isherwood is a BCGBA Competition for males aged over 60 years of age on 1st January of that year. Shropshire have two qualifiers each year for a finals day 32 currently held on Prees. The current holder is Noel Burrows.
2017
Geoff Davies reached the Quarter Finals of the BCGBA Jack & Jean Isherwood Veterans Championship sponsored by Grocontinental before losing 14 to eventual winner Gerald Merry of Cheshire. He had two good close wins before then beating Bob Brown 19 and Tommy Heyes 20. Gerald went on to beat Ronald Regan 17 in the final at Prees. Our other qualifier John Nash lost first game to Derek Ainsworth.
Well done to Geoff on his good run today.
The full results are here.
John had beaten last year’s qualifier Alan Boulton to qualify while Geoff Davies beat Keith Owen to qualify over at Monkmoor in the qualifiers on Monday 5th June.
The SCGBA would like to wish both players all the best in trying to win th
