East Williamston were away for tonights South Pembs Friendly League match against Lamphey and everybody knew that they faced a challenging night on the legendary superfast blue mat!
Lamphey had requested that the Rinks be played first, which saw Brenda, Kym, Mandy and Phill P playing first. East Williamston got off to a very stong start, with Brenda playing some great bowls to the jack and, with the jack secured, Lamphey struggled to get near, which gave the visitors 2 shots on the first, 1 on the second and 3 on the third, although Lamphey pulled 2 back on the fourth. A great team play won 4 on the fifth and a further 2 on the sixth. Going into the last end East Williamston knew that, even if Lamphey pulled some magic out of the bag and landed all 8 bowls, they couldn’t close the gap. The home side could only manage 1 bowl near the jack and with a 9 shot advantage East Williamston took a comfortable win. Mark played Singles and despite struggling to get the weight right, he somehow managed to get his fourth bowl spot on each time, winning the first four ends by 1 shot! The home side were struggling and Mark continued to play some lovely bowls, taking 2 on the fifth, 2 on the sixth and 1 on the seventh. Having won all seven ends it was a convincing win for the visitors. Sharon and Fran played Pairs and started well, winning the first end. An unfortunate knock-on gave the home side 3 on the second but Sharon played two lovely bowls to the jack, on the third, which Lamphey could not move. Lamphey had a very lucky shot (their words) which somehow curled in through the 3 holding East Williamston bowls to take 1 on the fourth. Fran managed to spring the jack on the fifth, taking another 2 shots but with only 1 shot advantage the visitors knew it was all still to play for. A lovely drawing shot by Fran secured another 1 on the sixth and on the seventh, with Sharons bowl again resting on the jack, and despite Lampheys best efforts to dislodge it, they couldn’t, giving East Williamston the win. The final game of the evening was the Triples, with Paula, Theresa and Cliff. Lamphey started strongly, managing to win the first three ends with 4 shots. However Paula did some lovely weighted shots to the jack and East Williamston were on the score board with 2 on the fourth and Cliffs lovely drawing bowl, on the fifth, meant another 1 to the visitors . Lamphey won 1 on the sixth and, with only a 2 shot advantage, it was all going to be down to the final end. Lamphey had 3 bowls positioned around the jack and with his first bowl Cliff did a perfectly weighted shot which neatly cut inside the Lamphey bowls to land on the jack. Lampheys final bowl couldn’t change anything and so it was all down to Cliffs last bowl to try to tie the game. The hall fell silent as the bowl was sent on its way. The line was looking good, but as it neared it slowed just too early and fell short. East Williamston were very unlucky and so, despite winning the final end, the visitors ended 1 shot behind Lamphey who were pleased to have finally won a game. Overall Result : Win to East Williamston 8 - 2 on points and 32 - 12 on shots Singles Win 9 - 0 Pairs Win 7 - 4 Triples Loss 4 - 5 Rinks Win 12 - 3 A superb team performance on a notoriously fast mat. Everybody concentrated superbly on trying to get the weight and shots on target and it paid off. Well done.
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