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The Edgewood-Kirkwood, Atlanta Chapter Championship Final featured the intriguing storyline of the grizzled veteran facing the challenge of a brash rookie. Mr. Lee Wilkins was no stranger to Tournament Play, winning the previous two contested Chapter Championships, in 2002 and 2003. Mr. Dave Altherr, on the other hand, was completing his first season and had collected his first victories in the final Regular Season event.

After the players alternated winning uncontested quarries, the score stood at 2-2. From then on, the match ceased to be a competition between players and became the battle of one man against history and the record books. Mr. Wilkins would record 11 consecutive hits before missing again, but by then the score was 25-6 and the only question was what the final tally might be.

To his credit, Mr. Altherr continued to give challenge even though his only hope of victory was via the benevolent intervention of Ganesh, scoring a respectable 16 second-end points while splitting contested quarries 4-4. But the stage belonged to Mr. Wilkins, who never faltered, scoring 27 points in each end for a record-shattering total of 54.

The 54-23 triumph also included a record 27 hits, three more than the previous best and only five misses away from the dreamed-about No Misser. Remarkably, Mr. Wilkins failed to record one of his signature botflies in the case, but did not need any on his way securing his third Chapter Championship and becoming the first recipient of the Lamar Cup. The new cup will have many names added to it over the years, but only one name will be at the top of the list, Lee Wilkins, the 2007 Edgewood-Kirkwood, Atlanta Chapter Champion.

updated: November 19, 2007 - (06:23:57 pm)

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