Just like the this years league battle the Gordon Lewis has been a closely fought competition that went down to the wire with St Denys and Churchills clashing once again for the major honours, it was St Denys Chris Bishop that dealt the blow in the season finale to overcome Churchills Steve Hughes by a slim 350-323 margin, Chris trailed for the first hour as Steve set off well to lead by 55 with Chris yet to put a score on the board, after getting used to the pace of the Sarisbury tables the lead began to narrow slightly coming up to the end of the first session which saw Steve hold a 17 point advantage as the buzzer sounded. With the scores at 165-182 the second half began and Steve made an immediate impact with a 36 break to gain a greater cushion, however having found some of the pre-match form that included a century, Chris began to make inroads into the lead and a 40 break saw him take the lead for the first time, it was a lead that proved decisive and managed to hold Steve at bay until the contest ended.

I would like to give a huge thanks to John Oldfield and Sarisbury for preparing an excellent table for the final and to Harry Yard and Steve Scott who both helped with the refereeing and marking.