Colin Fyles holding the Bertrand Travis Cup after beating Paul Lunan in the club championships
With no time to play the last match on Sunday, Colin Fyles and Paul Lunan had to play the final of the club championship competition on Thursday evening.
On a very warm evening, each player needed only 15 minutes warm up before squaring up to each other. After a very cagey start from both players (the first set lasted almost 7 minutes and finally went to Colin 11-9), Colin found his backhand flick/smash to be the most effective way to win points and Paul had no answer as Colin raced ahead to take the next two sets 11-5, 11-7.
The win was a true reflection of Colin’s form throughout the competition and confirms his number 1 rank in the club.
His name has now been added to this illustrious list of previous winners:
1960 - 61 - D Gunson
1961 - 62 - D A Ashby
1962 - 63 - P G Longhurst
1963 - 64 - D A Ashby
1964 - 65 - D A Ashby
1965 - 66 - D A Ashby
1966 - 67 - J Watts
1967 - 68 - J Watts
1968 - 69 - D A Ashby
1969 - 70 - D A Ashby
1970 - 71 - P R Beatham
1971 - 72 - P R Beatham
1972 - 73 - P R Beatham
1973 - 74 - F W S Smith
1974 - 75 - J M Davidson
1975 - 76 - W J Evans
1976 - 77 - M D Cray
1977 - 78 - N A Cray
1978 - 79 - J M Cray
1979 - 80 - L Linforth
1980 - 81 - J M Cray
1981 - 82 - M R Pearson
1982 - 83 - M R Pearson
1983 - 84 - S Baker
1984 - 85 - M Fletcher
1985 - 86 - A Clark
1986 - 87 - J D Killip
1988 - 89 - C Ford
1989 - 90 - J Quirk
1990 - 91 - A Clark
2009 - 10 - C Fyles