Defending champions Stuart Williams and Nick Froggatt did the double at AMF Macclesfield last weekend. Attracting a very solid entry of 43 doubles pairings it was a come from behind victory as top qualifiers were Damian Gray and ex-junior international Ray Teece with Rob Kendall and Dom Barrettt in second after the first round.

The picture shows Froggatt, left, and Williams right, with tournament manager Mike Duckworth.

This unique tournament qualifies duos from their best 4 successive team games, but then all 8 games are carried through to subsequent rounds.

Williams/Froggatt pulled over 100 pins away from Gray/Teece after round two and led by 299 after the final round of 3 games to bag the £1.000 first prize. Jo Allsebrook and Finny Banks were third, Barrett/Kendall 4th.

Team England ranking points were awarded for the first 8 games – Matt Miller (1904) headed Ray Teece for max points, while Banks (1756) headed partner Allsebrook by 20 pins in the ladies.