East Williamston were away for tonights Pembs Main League match against Letterston.
Mark played Singles and faced a strong opponent who got off to an equally strong start, winning the first three ends with 9 shots. Mark pulled 1 on the fourth but the home side took a further 2 on the fifth. Mark retaliated with 1 on the sixth but with the seventh and eighth ends going to Letterston their lead now stood at 11 shots. Mark took 1 on the ninth but Letterston took 1 on the tenth. Mark did two lovely shots to take 2 on the eleventh but a further 2 to the home side gave them the win. Mandy and Fran played Pairs and it looked like they too had a battle on their hands as Letterston took 1 on the first and 4 on the second. However by the third end the visitors had gauged the mat and took 3 on the third. Over the next three ends Letterson took a further 2 and East Williamston 1. By the sixth end the home side had a 3 shot advantage, however East Williamston controlled the shots better and managed to disrupt the ends that Letterston were holding. The visitors took 2 on the seventh, 1 on the eighth and with another 1 on the ninth they took the lead. Letterston pulled 1 back on the tenth but another 2 went to East Williamston on the eleventh end. With just 2 shots separating the scores it was all down to the final end. Mandy played two lovely shots to the jack, which Letterston couldn’t better. Fran just needed to draw in, which she did with both bowls to take 4 and the win. Cliff, Mandy and Phill E played Triples. Letterston were confident and took 8 shots on the first three ends. East Williamston came back with 1 on the fourth and 1 on the fifth. The sixth end went to Letterston but Cliff bowled a couple of beauties to the jack to win the seventh end. One more went to Letterston on the eighth and with a 6 shot deficit the visitors knew they were running out of ends to close the gap. However another two great bowls from Cliff, one from Mandy and one from Phill gave the visitors 4 on the ninth and the deficit was down to just 2. It was another important final end. Cliff landed just short and Mandy just long. Phill needed to draw in to try and get 2 or more. As his bowl rolled through it just nicked the jack but his bowl didnt stop. It was definitely 1 to East Williamston with Mandy fairly sure Letterston had second. A measure was called and by millimetres East Williamston had second and after a tremendous come back they got the draw and 1 valuable point. Brenda, Kym, Mark and Phill P played Rinks. As with the other matches Letterston made the most of the home mat advantage, winning 1 on the first and 2 on the second. Brenda did a lovely backhand bowl to the jack and East Williamston pulled 1 back on the third, but the home side took another 1 on the fourth. One more for the visitors on the fifth and East Williamston seemed to be containing Letterston well. However Letterston buried the jack on the sixth end, taking 5 shots which was closely followed by another 2 on the seventh. On the eighth end East Williamston had 3 touchers in the ditch and the jack stood out wide. If East Williamston could push the jack back they could get 4. Phill lined up his first bowl which just went wide. He sent his second which looked on target but the bowling gods were against us as the jack didn’t go back, instead it popped sideways to the waiting Letterston bowl. Such bad luck for the visitors. However with 1 shot the last end went to East Williamston, but the 9 shot gap couldn’t be closed. Overall Result : Loss to East Williamston 3 - 5 on Points and 32 - 46 on Shots Singles Loss 5 - 16 Pairs Win 14 - 8 Triples Tie 10 - 10 Rinks Loss 3 - 12
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