THE destiny of the titles at Lyme Regis Bowls Club’s 65th Open Tournament was decided at the business end of the week.

Four trophies were dished out as competitors vied for the silverware in triples, pairs and both men’s and ladies’ singles formats.

The Triples final pitted the Bridport club team of Chris Taylor, Clive Langdon and Peter Scott against the Lyme Regis team of Nicky Driscoll, Barry Driscoll and Barry Rattenbury.

Bridport went into the 18th and final end leading by four shots.

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Needing an improbable five shots to overhaul the deficit, Lyme only managed to take two on the last end as Bridport won 15-13.

Lyme Regis’ rink of Paul Pomeroy and Christine Pomeroy then played against Lyme’s Rattenbury and Dave Young from Winchester in the pairs final.

In a very close and hard-fought match, the scores were level after the regulation 21 ends.

In the 22nd end tie-breaker the Pomeroy duo scored two shots for a 21-19 victory.

The men’s singles final was an all-Lyme Regis match contested by Paul Pomeroy and Keith Barnes, playing in his first ever final.

With the scores still relatively close at 7-3, Pomeroy's significant advantage in bowls experience and appearances in other finals led to him pulling away to win 21-7. 

Finally, the ladies singles final was contested by Karen Hofen of Lyme Regis and Gill Hurst of Romsey.

Having fallen 8-1 behind, Hofen fought back to take the lead and extended her advantage out to 18-11.

At that point, Hurst staged her own comeback and closed to within one point at 18-17.

However, Hofen held her nerve and scored three on the next end to close out the match 21-17.

Club officials wished to thank all Lyme Regis Bowling Club members who contributed to another successful annual tournament.

Sue Rowe wore two hats as club president and tournament secretary, expertly assisted by Lesley Broom.

Pam and Allan Weech organised markers for the singles matches and Allan acted as umpire for the week.

Gratitude was also paid to the bar and catering staff who worked hard all week to keep both competitors and spectators fed and watered.