For the third and final game of the week, East Williamston were on the road for tonight’s South Pembs Friendly match against St Twynnells.
Playing on one mat, first to be played was the Triples with Paula, Theresa and Phill E. East Williamston started well with 1 on the first, 2 on the second and 2 on the third. Every time St Twynnells got near to the jack, the visitors would disrupt and steal, taking another 1 on the fourth, 1 on the fifth, 1 on the sixth and 1 on the last end for a clean sweep win. Up next was Mark, playing Singles. Mark also made a strong start, with 1 on the first, 3 on the second, 2 on the third and 1 on the fourth. St Twynnells replied with 1 on the fifth and 2 on the sixth but with 1 more, to East Williamston, on the last end, the gap could not be closed and the visitors took the win. Mandy and Fran played Pairs and struck first, taking 2 on the first and 2 on the second. St Twynnells pulled back 1 on the third and 1 on the fourth but a great team effort, by the visitors, secured 4 on the fifth to hold a six shot lead. 1 more shot to St Twynnells on the sixth but East Williamston took 1 on the last end to secure the win. The final game was the Rinks with Stephen, Steve, Cliff and Phill P. This time it was St Twynnells who struck first with 1 on the first end. East Williamston came back with 1 on the second and 1 on the third but with 1 on the fourth and 3 on the fifth St Twynnells nudged themselves into the lead. However an amazing team performance, by East Williamston, pulled in 7 on the sixth end to take the visitors back into the lead and, with 1 more on the final, end East Williamston took their fourth win of the evening. Overall Result : Win to East Williamston 10 - 0 on Points, 36 -11 on Shots Singles Win 3 - 8 (2 Points) Pairs Win 3 - 9 (2 Points) Triples Win 0 - 9 (2 Points) Rinks Win 5 - 10 (2 Points) Aggregate Shots 36 - 11 (2 Points)
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For the second game of the week, East Williamston were at home for tonight’s Pembs Main League match against Letterston.
Mark played Singles and started at a blistering pace, taking all 4 on the first end. Letterston struggled to gauge the mat and Mark played a superb drawing game. This gave him 2 on the second, 2 on the third, 2 on the fourth and 3 on the fifth. Letterston pulled 1 back on the sixth, but Mark was straight back on it, taking 2 on the seventh, 4 on the eighth, 1 on the ninth and 3 on the tenth. Another 1 to Letterston on the eleventh but with a further 3 to Mark on the final end, he took a commanding win. Theresa and Phill played Pairs and also started well, with 3 on the first end. As in the Singles, Letterston were struggling with the mat and couldn’t get near to the jack. East Williamston again made the most of the home advantage, taking 2 on the second, 1 on the third, 1 on the fourth, 2 on the fifth and 1 on the sixth. Letterston pulled 1 back on the seventh but East Williamston replied with another 1 on the eighth and 1 on the ninth. Another 1 to Letterston on the tenth but with 2 more to the home side, on the eleventh, the win was already assured, despite Letterston taking the final end with 1. Gwyneth, Kym and Mandy played Triples. This time it was Letterston who struck first with 1 but East Williamston replied with 3 on the second, 2 on the third and 1 on the fourth. Letterston pulled 1 back on the fifth, but another 1 to East Williamston on the sixth and the home side were holding a 5 shot lead. Letterston took 1 on the seventh but a tremendous team effort secured the home team 5 on the eighth, followed by 1 on the ninth and 3 on the last end to secure a solid win. Dai, Stephen, Sharon and Fran played Rinks and a great bowl on the first end pinched the jack from Letterston’s holding 4 bowls, to take 1. East Williamston quickly realised they had a battle on their hands as, despite some good bowling by them, Letterston were very good at breaking things up, and took 2 on the second. Another steal gave the home side 1 on the third but East Williamston were struggling to get to the jack and Letterston took advantage with 3 on the fourth and 2 on the fifth. The sixth end saw a great team effort, by East Williamston, as they took 3, to close Letterston’s advantage to just 2. Letterston were holding 4 on the seventh but the home side managed to cut them back to 1 however Letterston just kept burying the jack and took another 3 on the eighth and 1 on the last end to take the win. Overall Result. : Win To East Williamston 8 - 2 on Points and 61 - 20 on Shots Singles Win 26 - 2 (2 Points) Pairs Win 14 - 3 (2 Points) Triples Win 16 - 3 (2 Points) Rinks Loss 5 - 12 (0 Points) Aggregate Shots 61 - 20 (2 Points) East Williamston were away for tonight’s South Pembs Friendly League match against Kilgetty.
Playing on one mat, up first was Mark in the Singles. Mark made a good start, taking 1 on the first, 1 on the second and 1 on the third. Kilgetty pulled 2 back on the fourth but Mark played brilliantly on the fifth to land all 4, closely followed by 2 on the sixth. On the final end Mark was holding but Kilgetty played a lovely shot to take 1, but it wasn’t enough for them to close the gap. Up next were Sharon and Fran in the Pairs. East Williamston again started well, taking 1 on the first end, but Kilgetty quickly replied to take 2 on the second and 1 on the third to nudge into the lead. Some lovely drawing shots saw the visitors take 2 on the fourth and 2 on the fifth but, again, Kilgetty replied to take 1 on the sixth. Going into the final end East Williamston were holding a slender 2 shot lead. Kilgetty nudged away the holding East Williamston bowl to take shot and soon added another to hold 2, which would give them a draw. However the final bowl of the game belonged to East Williamston and, having already tried to disrupt the two holding Kilgetty bowls, the East Williamston skip decided just to draw in to try and cut the home side down to 1. The final bowl proved to be an absolute beauty as it curled in to land squarely on the jack to take shot and the win. Kym, Theresa and Mandy played Triples. This time Kilgetty struck first, taking 1 on the first, but a tremendous Team effort gave East Williamston 4 on the second. Kilgetty quickly pulled 3 back on the third to level the scores but East Williamston were playing a good game of getting to the jack and then building a wall to defend it. This strategy worked well, delivering 2 on the fourth, 4 on the fifth, 1 on the sixth and 1 on the final end to seal themselves a solid win. The final game of the evening saw Stephen, John, Gwyneth and Phill P in the Rinks. East Williamston’s first bowl got to the jack and Kilgetty couldn’t disrupt it, giving the visitors 1. Kilgetty took 1 on the second but a great team effort gave the visitors 4 on the third and 1 on the fourth and a 5 shot lead. Kilgetty took 1 on the fifth and, on the sixth end, East Williamston were holding 1, but a stray shot nudged the Kilgetty bowls to give the home side 2. With the lead now cut to just 2 it was all down to the final end. East Williamston had built a wall, and there was no obvious shot bowl. However a great nudge, by the visiting skip, rolled one of the East Williamston bowls forward towards the jack, to hold shot. Kilgetty couldn’t disrupt the head and East Williamston took the win. Overall Result. : Win to East Williamston 10 - 0 on Points, 34 - 15 on Shots Singles Win 9 - 3 (2 Points) Pairs Win 6 - 4 (2 Points) Triples Win 12 - 4 (2 Points) Rinks Win 7 - 4 (2 Points) Aggregate Shots 34 - 15 (2 Points) East Williamston were away for tonight’s Pembs Main League match against Top of the Table, Tavernspite.
Playing in reverse order up first were the Triples and Pairs. Sharon, Mandy and Phill P played Triples and quickly realised they had a battle on their hands as the home side took 4 on the first, 3 on the second, 5 on the third, 3 on the fourth and 5 on the fifth, to stand with a 20 shot advantage. Even when East Williamston were holding Tavernspite managed to break up our pack, but we hung on to take 1 on the sixth. 1 more went to Tavernspite on the seventh and East Williamston held onto 2 on the eighth, but with the last two ends going to the home side with another 2 shots Tavernspite took a confident win. Kym, Gwyneth, Cliff and Phill E played Rinks. Tavernspite struck first with 2 on the first and 1 on the second but East Williamston pulled back 2 on the third. East Williamston were doing well in cutting the home side down with Tavernspite taking just 1 on the fourth and 1 on the fifth. However a disastrous performance on the sixth end gave the home side 6 and instantly doubled their lead. Tavernspite took another 1 on the seventh and 3 on the eighth but East Williamston took 1 on the final end. Mark played Singles. Tavernspite took 2 on the first and 1 on the second, however Mark pulled 1 back on the third and 2 on the fourth to level things up. Tavernspite took 2 on the fifth with another 1 to Mark on the sixth but with 3 on the seventh and 1 on the eighth Tavernspite were starting to widen the gap. Mark was playing some tremendous shots pulling back 2 on the ninth and 1 on the tenth. Another 2 to the home side on the eleventh and, despite Mark taking 1 on the final end, he couldn’t close the gap and Tavernspite took the win. Theresa and Fran played Pairs and whilst the visitor’s gauged the mat the home side took 4 on the first end. East Williamston broke up the Tavernspite pack on the second end to take 1 but Tavernspite came back to take 2 on the third. A lovely shot took another 1 for the visitors on the fourth but, again, Tavernspite replied with 3 on the fifth. East Williamston broke up Tavernspite’s pack to take 2 on the sixth but Tavernspite were simply better at surrounding the jack, taking 4 on the seventh, 1 on the eighth and 1 on the ninth. 1 more, to the visitors, on the tenth but 2 on the eleventh and 3 on the last end sealed the win for Tavernspite. Despite the overall result, the scores did not really reflect how the games played out with East Williamston putting in some decent performances and shots only to be thwarted by a stronger home side. Overall Result : Loss to East Williamston 0 - 10 on Points, 19 - 69 on Shots Singles Loss 8 - 11 (0 Points) Pairs Loss 5 - 20 (0 Points) Triples Loss 3 - 23 (0 Points) Rinks Loss 3 - 15 (0 Points) Aggregate shots 19 - 69 (0 Points) |
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