PETER LITTLEWOOD and Dave Kermode won the first final of York Indoor Bowls Club’s domestic season when they won the Tom Forbes Pairs.

The duo beat Tony Moore and Bob Elliot 19-9 in the final, with Kermode claiming his first victory in the competition and Littlewood winning for the first time since 1993. Moore and Elliot took the lead with a single on the first end, but their opponents won the next six for a 10-1 advantage.

A four on the eighth end and a two on the tenth drew Moore and Elliot back to 11-7, but Littlewood and Kermode won six of the next seven ends to clinch the trophy.