Great Yarmouth bowls festival winners have been announced

The 77th edition of the competition, which ran for four weeks in August and September, featured 12 different tournaments, culminating in the final on September 21.

The event, which is one of the country's longest-running bowls competitions, concluded with the Over 60s Open Pairs tournament and was officially closed by the mayor of Great Yarmouth Paula Waters-Bunn.

Ruth Cockrill, Great Yarmouth Borough Council's marketing and events officer, said: "This year’s festival was a huge success and we enjoyed some fantastic weather and brilliant competition.

Men's Singles winner Ian Wones, with Eddie Thompson and runner up Regan Simper (Image: Submitted)

"There were 11 new tournament winners this year and only one team managed to retain its title from last year."

The event was supported by Visit Great Yarmouth alongside a number of sponsors.

Asa Morrison, chief executive of Visit Great Yarmouth, said: ‘’We are really proud to sponsor the Great Yarmouth Bowls Festival, having an early Autumn event provides a genuine uplift for the seafront and is of real benefit to our local accommodation sector.’’

As well as the tournaments, a charity raffle was held to raise money for a local foodbank.

The organisers are already looking ahead to the return of the festival next year and are continuing to seek sponsors for the event.

This year's winners were:

Ladies Singles: Amanda Forder

Men’s Fours: Paul Ferris, Geoffrey Emery, Peter Knight, Neil Butler

Men’s Pairs: Dominic and Leo Cook

Men’s Triples: Andrew Sayer, Richard Bunton, George Gibson

Ladies Pairs: Claire Turner, Josie Tyers

Men’s Singles: Ian Wones

Ladies Triples: Jane Clifton, Sue Tolliday, Sandra Chapman

Under 21s Open Singles: Stanley Turner

Mixed Pairs: Sandra Faircloth, Allan Jones

Mixed Triples: Jane Cockrill, David Lamb, Phil Ellis

Over 60s Open Singles: Keith Jackman

Over 60s Open Pairs: Mark Turner, Peter Boldero.