Dredge and Dodd claim Welsh win

WELSHMEN Bradley Dredge and Stephen Dodd captured the World Cup for Wales here yesterday without having to hit a single shot.

Up to midday, there had been 39mm of rain compared to 68.22mm for the entire month of November and 134.5mm for the whole of 2005.

From 1961-1990, the average monthly rainfall for November was 86mm. These figures were rushed out yesterday by the Algarve Tourist Board in an obvious desire to prove it’s not always like this in these parts. They had ploughed large sums into the promotion of the event, but instead, it was something of a public relations disaster as the weather caused the abandonment of the fourth round.