The ‘Jersey Boys’ of Lee Nixon, John Lowery, Jamie Macdonald and Thomas Greechan came up trumps at the Dewars Centre in Perth last night with an incredible 24-23 final win over a Portsmouth Victory quartet skipped by Gary Starks.
The Jersey victory came after an epic battle, which they looked like losing when they trailed, 20-16 with only four ends left to play.
The general consensus among the spectators was that they were worthy winners of the British Isles four title – though their victory owed much to a mistake made by Starks on the 18th end, which gifted six shots to Jersey, who were suddenly ahead, 22-20.
‘If that hadn’t happened, I’m pretty sure we would have lost that game,’ admitted Greechan. ‘Quite frankly, we were disappointed with the way we played the final – but we did get it together over the last three ends, and took advantage of our good fortune.’
