A GENTEEL bowls tournament turned ugly when a player was threatened and an onlooker urinated against a shed.
It was the first trouble in the history of the normally sedate George Masters tournament.
Star player Callum Wraight, being watched by his partner and two children, claims he suffered horrific personal abuse and drunk crowds tried to put him off by shouting.
Callum, from Shrewsbury, was said to have been threatened after exchanging words with one man.
He said he regretted not walking out after winning his first-round match.
The tournament, held in Oldbury, West Midlands, carries a £1,000 prize and a witness said trouble began after a couple of drunks put money on certain players.
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He said: “They started verbally abusing the players and threatening people.
“It got worse and worse.
“Then one of them pulled his trousers down in the middle of everybody and started urinating against the shed.
“They were using foul and abusive language and were given a warning. There were kids around.
“People were nearly fighting with them, as the parents had had enough.
“After the tournament one of them fell asleep and fell off a chair.”
Organiser Elliot McGuinness said: “This is the first year we’ve had any crowd trouble.”
