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Vics defeated in Semi Final for 2nd time this season, despite having 6 winners on the night.

The Vics Wallasey League side came unstuck again last night, in their Presidents Cup semi final against arch rivals Queens Royal. After losing to Royal in the Harold Jones semi final last month, the Vics were desperate for revenge but were soon behind after 3 losing cards in the first 4. Only Ian Sherbrooke managed a win with a close 21-18 victory. 18 down after the first 4 blocks the Vics needed to have a big middle 4 performance to get back on track but with 2 winners and 2 losers the Vics actually lost further ground and were 27 down going into the back 4. Neil Sherbrooke struggled to a 21-19 win and Robby Franklin bowled well to win 21-12 but a 07-21 and 15-21 card saw the Vics needing big performances from their star players in the back 4 to have any chance of victory. Matty Gilmore proved his undoubted class, with a tremendous 21-05 win and with both Robby Fitzpatrick and Robby Hall holding substantial leads hopes were high for an eventual win. Robby Fitzpatrick, who won 21-16 and Robby Hall in winning 21-19, both did their best but with another losing 14-21 card for the Vics, it was Queens Royal who progressed into the final to be played on August 20th. Skipper Mally Johnson understandably upset at losing this semi final to Royal is looking to strengthen his squad for next season when hopefully the Vics will be fielding a second side in the Wallasey League. With Queens Royal having reached 2 Finals at the expense of the Vics this season Mally is determined that he will come up with the squad needed to counteract this Queens Royal side. The crunch match of the season takes place at Queens Royal next Thursday 11th August when the Vics are defending a 62 shot advantage in the title decider.

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