West Kirby Victoria Bowling Club

West Kirby Victoria’s Robby Hall beat club mate Dave Gilmore 31-27 in an excellent final after a dramatic day’s bowling in the first Tony Vyskocil 31 Up Memorial Trophy Competition held at Manor Road this afternoon. Robby bowled consistently well all afternoon and came through 2 titanic struggles against Geoff Lynch 31-30 in the Quarter Finals and then Mark Lynch 31-29 in the semi finals before another hard match in the Final against Dave Gilmore. Robby had certainly proved not only his great ability but also his great fitness to come through these tough matches to claim the Trophy. There was another amazing Quarter Final match that saw Mark Lynch finally overcome his Queens Royal team mate Craig Saville 31-30 in a superb game. Dave had accounted for Alan Bainbridge and Ian Hazlehurst in his Quarter and Semi Final matches to have a more comfortable entry into the Final. The real reason behind the event however was to commemorate the tragic passing of Tony Vyskocil last year and Tony’s parents donated a magnificent Trophy to be played for Annually by the District’s bowlers. Tony’s mother presented the Trophy to Robby Hall at an emotional presentation ceremony witnessed by Tony’s partner and their son, Roy, as well as Tony’s dad.