East Williamston were at home for tonight’s Main League match against Hook.
Mark played Singles and made a confident start, ensuring he buried the jack, he took 2 on the first, 1 on the second, 2 on the third, 2 on the fourth and 1 on the sixth. Hook pinched 1 on the sixth but Mark instantly replied with 3 on the seventh to increase the gap to 10. Hook were now better disturbing the pack taking 1 on the eighth and 4 on the ninth to close Mark’s lead to 5. Mark took another 2 on the tenth but despite Hook taking 3 on the eleventh and 1 on the last end it wasn’t enough to close the gap and Mark took the win. Theresa and Fran played pairs and also started well with 2 on the first and 1 on the second. East Williamston were holding 3 on the third but Hook’s last bowl pinched shot to take 1. 1 more to the home side on the fourth, followed by 1 to Hook on the fifth and another to East Williamston on the sixth. On the seventh end Hook were doing their best to try to push the jack away from the two holding East Williamston bowls but a perfectly placed shot by the home side blocked it up and East Williamston took all 4, extending the gap to 7. East Williamston played a good game of cutting the visitors down, allowing them to take just 1 on the eighth and 1 on the ninth. 2 more to East Williamston on the tenth and 3 to Hook on the eleventh. Going into the final end Hook couldn’t win but needed 4 to draw. Hook had 3 near the jack when the East Williamston skip drew in, touched the jack and fell to the right of the holding Hook bowls to hold third shot. The Hook skip needed to move the East Williamston bowl in order to secure the needed 4. However he missed and with the last bowl of the game East Williamston drew into the Hook pack cutting them down to 1 and ensuring the home win. Dai, Mandy and Phill P played Triples and also started well with 2 on the first end. The scores yo-yo’d over the next few ends with Hook taking 1 on the second, East Williamston 2 on the third, Hook 2 on the fourth and 1 on the fifth, East Williamston 1 on the sixth and Hook with 1 on the seventh and 1 on the eighth. East Williamston took another 1 on the ninth to level the scores to 6 all. It was all going to hinge on the final end. Hook had a pack at the back but nothing very close to the jack. East Williamston were struggling to get near to the jack until the skip turned inside the holding Hook bowl to take shot. It looked as though the home side would take the win but with Hooks last bowl of the game he ditched the jack near to the waiting Hook pack and took 5 and the win. Steve T, Cheryl, Gwyneth and Phill E played Rinks, also winning the first end with 1. Hook took the next two ends with 2 but East Williamston came straight back to take 1 on the fourth and 1 on the fifth to nudge into the lead. Despite some good drawing shots by the home side, and holding shot on numerous occasions, Hook kept on breaking up the pack and in doing so took 3 on the sixth, 3 on the seventh and 1 on the eighth. On the final end East Williamston were holding 1 and just needed the skip to draw in for 2. Unfortunately the shot was heavy and it clipped the jack away from the holding East Williamston bowl and took it back to an awaiting Hook bowl, to give them 1 and the win. Overall Result : Loss to East Williamston 4 - 6 on Points, 33 - 39 on Shots Singles Win 13 - 10 (2 Points) Pairs Win 11 - 8 (2 Points) Triples Lost 6 - 11 (0 Points) Rinks Lost 3 - 11 (0 Points) Aggregate shots 33 - 39 (0 Points) Despite the overall result, this was a superb team performance with some closely fought games and the first time we’ve taken 4 points from Hook! Well done to everyone. Match Sponsored by Trubloc
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