Following their opening Atlantic men’s pairs championship success over Ireland’s high-flying Gary Kelly and Ian McClure, on Monday the remarkable ‘Jersey Boys’ simply maintained their rich vein of form.
After making a hesitant start, a four on the eighth end gave Rive and de Sousa the lead for the first time, but they were still 9-11 adrift after 12 ends.
A profitable four-ends sequence, in which they scored a single, a double, a treble and another single, propelled them into a 16-11 lead, and they shared singles over the last two ends for a 17-12 victory.
