<9>The final of the 2011 Rob Milliner Summer Handicap Tournament was played out between
Kerrie Drewe and Rory Fisher. Kerrie is a recent arrival at the club and comes with
some pedigree as the crowd were treated to an entertaining match. The handicap started
on 55 points to Rory and 80 to Kerrie and Rory had to bring all his experience to
bear to keep Kerrie at full stretch with a series of delayed shots, looping angles
and extravagant disguises. Rory finally took the match 100 - 97 but the result was
never certain throughout the match.
The absolute gold standard in these handicap matches is a 100 - 99 scoreline but in
reality, any match that sees the victor win by 5 points or less can be considered
to have been handicapped correctly. That is what the crowd got tonight in two
contrasting and enjoyable finals but with some spectators leaving after the Plate final,
it is clear what they saw as the main event of the evening.