East Williamston were at home for tonights Main League match against Letterston and the end of the season.
Mark played Singles, surrounding the jack on the first end and taking 2. Letterston pulled back 1 on the second and 1 on the third but some lovely tactical bowling gave Mark 3 on the fourth and 3 on the fifth. Going into the sixth end Mark was holding a 4 shot advantage but Letterston took 2. 1 more to Mark on the seventh and 1 to Letterston on the eighth and the gap was back to 4. Letterston were doing a good job of surrounding the jack but Mark managed to pinch another 1 on the ninth and 1 on the tenth. With the gap at 6 Mark knew he needed to keep Letterston down, which he did brilliantly on the eleventh end, where Letterston had 4 around the jack but a great shot from Mark cut it down to 1. Letterston took another 1 on the final end but the gap was too wide and East Williamston took the win. Theresa and Phill played Pairs and got off to a slightly shaky start as the visitors took the first two ends. However, on the third end, Theresa did two perfectly weighted shots to the jack, which the visitors could not move. Phill then added his to the tally to take 3. Theresa was doing some lovely shots to the jack which the visitors were struggling to get to, giving the home side 1 on the fourth, 2 on the fifth and another 3 on the sixth. Going into the seventh East Williamston were 7 shots ahead, until Letterston pulled 2 back. On the eighth Phill did a lovely shot to the jack, with the visitors holding second, but Phill followed up with a great shot which just curled inside the away bowl to take the 2. With another 1 to East Williamston, on the ninth, the lead had increased to 8. Letterston won 1 on the tenth and 1 on the eleventh but with the home side taking another 1 on the final end the game had been taken away from Letterston, and another win for the home side. Brenda, Cliff and Sharon played Triples. Letterston took 1 on the first but East Williamston pulled 2 back on the second. Letterston took another 1 on the third with East Williamston instantly replying on the fourth as Sharon landed onto the holding Letterston bowl to pinch the end with 1. . Going into the fifth, with a 1 shot lead the home side suddenly lost their form and Letterston were getting to the jack, taking 2 on the fifth, 2 on the sixth and 2 on the seventh. Suddenly facing a 5 shot deficit, with only three ends to play, the home side rallied. Brenda did two lovely bowls to the jack, closely followed by one of Cliffs. The visitors tried to break things up so Cliff placed a blocker before Sharon added one of hers to the tally to take 4. The home team were now playing much better and with more accuracy. Brenda landed on the jack and, despite their best efforts, the visitors could not move it, Sharons last bowl pulled in alongside and it was another 2 for the home side. Going in to the final end East Williamston had a 1 shot lead and knew they needed to focus and it proved to be a great team effort with Brenda drawing in to the jack, Cliff following and then Sharon adding to it, to take 4 and the win in what was a fantastic comeback. Gwyneth, Kym, Mandy and Fran played Rinks and got off to a good start with 1 on the first. The second end was a team effort with Gwyneth landing on the jack. Letterston pushed into the mix but Kym did a nice shot just behind the jack, followed by Mandy. Letterston got into the mix again but Fran then took the jack back to the ditch and to the East Williamston bowls, to take 4. Letterston pulled back 2 on the third and 1 on the fourth. On the fifth end Kym’s errant bowl saved the day as it had passed by the jack and nestled into the Letterston pack. The jack was clipped away from the East Williamston bowls but thankfully came to rest neatly on Kym’s bowl for another 1. On the sixth end Letterston had pushed the jack into their pack on the far right corner and were holding three, however Fran did a perfectly weighted shot which missed the Letterston bowls and landed on the jack to pinch another 1. Gwyneth did two lovely shots to the jack, on the seventh, followed by Kym. Mandy then did another nice shot to the jack and Fran blocked it up and it was another 4 to East Williamston. It looked as though the same was going to happen on the eighth end with a nice shot by Kym and then one from Mandy but Letterston managed to nudge Mandy’s out of the way to take 3 on the eighth. Going into the final end East Williamston had a 5 shot lead. With the first four bowls going astray it looked like the visitors might close the gap as they pushed the jack back and were holding shot. A fantastic bowl from Mandy touched the jack, but didn’t move it, and rolled into the ditch just behind the jack. . Still Letterston were holding, until Fran bowled a nicely weighted shot which clipped the Letterston bowl off to give the home side 1 and the win. Overall Result : Win to East Williamston 8 - 0 on Points and 49 - 27 on Shots Singles Win 11 - 7 Pairs Win 13 - 6 Triples Win 13 - 6 Rinks Win 12 - 6 A fantastic result for East Williamston, with everybody pulling together to play well, and a really nice win to end the season.
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