East Williamston were away for tonight’s South Pembs Friendly League match against Cosheston. This match had been postponed from earlier in the month.
Playing on two mats first up was Mark in the Singles and Theresa and Phill P in the Pairs. Mark soon realised that the mat had tactics of its own, which the home side took advantage of, taking 2 shots on the first end. Mark came back in the second but with bowls not landing where they were intended the home side took the third and fourth and had a 5 shot lead. Mark picked up the fifth and sixth to reduce the gap but Cosheston took 2 on the final end, extending their lead and taking the win. Theresa and Phill P played pairs. Having lost the first end, they came back with 2 on the second and 1 on the third. Cosheston fought back, with 1 on the fourth, but East Williamston replied with 2 on the fifth, and a 3 shot advantage. Cosheston were not going to take it lying down, taking 1 on the sixth and 1 on the final end, but the East Williamston cushion held firm, giving the visitors a narrow 1 point advantage and the win. Next up were Brenda, Gwyneth and Mandy in the Threes, playing on the same troublesome mat as Mark had. Again the home side used the advantage and took 3 on the first end. East Williamston retaliated winning 3 on the second and by the fourth end things were tied 4 all. East Williamston were now more consistent with some neat bowling which gave them wins on the fourth, fifth and sixth ends and a 3 shot advantage. As had happened in the Pairs, Cosheston rallied to take 2 on the final end but the narrow margin that East Williamston had built gave them a 1 shot lead and the win. Phill P, Steve, Sharon and Fran played Rinks and started well taking 2 on the first end. Cosheston somehow kept managing to pinch the ends, taking the second, third and fourth but with only a 1 shot advantage. East Williamston got 2 on the fifth and were holding the sixth end with Steve’s beautifully placed shot but, again, Cosheston managed to nudge their way in to take the end. All tied after the sixth it was going to be down to the wire on the last end. Despite trying to get a bowl at the back of the jack (and failing with 6 bowls) East Williamston were holding 1 shot as Cosheston lined up with their last bowl. This time they couldn’t pinch it and East Williamston took the end and another narrow win. Overall Result : Win to East Williamston 6 - 4 on Points with 20 - 22 on shots (narrowly missing out on the two bonus points for most shots) Singles Loss 3 - 8 Pairs Win 5 - 4 Threes Win 7 - 6 Rinks Win 5 - 4 Some very close matches but all played with great spirit. Well done to all.
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