East Williamston were at home for the first Main League match of 2023, against Hook.
First up was Mark in the Singles and Theresa and Phill P in the Pairs. In the Singles Hook took the first two ends and 2 shots but Mark pulled those 2 shots back in the third closely followed by 1 in the fourth and 3 in the fifth, giving him a 4 shot cushion. Hook replied with 3 in the sixth but Mark was consistently better at pinching the jack as well as the next three ends. The ends were closely fought but Mark was doing some lovely shots and by the ninth end was still holding firm with his 4 shot cushion. Hook took 1 shot on the tenth and the eleventh but with Mark securing the last end Hook were unable to close the gap and Mark took the 2 points. Theresa and Phill P played pairs. Hook were straight to the jack on the first end and took 2 shots. Theresa and Phill rallied with a solid 4 shots on the second and nudged themselves into the lead. However Hook took the third and fourth and the lead. Once again the Paintings rose to the pressure taking 3 on the fifth and by the eighth end it was all tied at 8 apiece. However East Williamston started to struggle and Hook took advantage, winning the last 4 ends with 8 shots and a strong finish to take the win. Brenda, Cliff and Phill E played Triples and again faced a strong Hook side who took an early lead. East Williamston levelled on the second but 3 shots on the third pushed Hook ahead once more. Some nice bowling gave East Williamston the fourth but after that Hook just became too dominant, winning the remaining 6 ends and the game with a significant margin. Gwyneth, Steve, Mandy and Fran played rinks and as with all the other games Hook took the first end and East Williamston the second. 3 shots on the third, followed by 1 on the fourth and Hook were creeping ahead, however, with some precision bowling East Williamston took 3 on the fifth and drew to within 1 point of the leaders. East Williamston played a good game and held Hook to just 1 shot on three ends. A lovely bit of bowling gave East Williamston 1 on the eighth and entering the final end there was just 2 shots in it. On the final end Hook had done a good job of surrounding the jack and with the final bowl East Williamston managed to split the visitors bowls but Hook still took the 3 shots and the win. Overall Result: Loss to East Williamston 2 - 6 on points and 25 - 52 on shots Singles Win 10 - 7 Pairs Loss 8 - 16 Triples Loss 2 - 19 Rinks Loss 5 - 10 Well done to everyone who played. The scoreline didn’t truly reflect how closely fought some of the matches were.
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