On a cold, wet and blustery evening East Williamston travelled to Llanteg for tonight’s Friendly League match.
Playing on one mat, up first was Phill E in the Singles. Phill got off to a good start, winning both the first and second ends, with 3 shots. However Phil soon discovered the mat had a couple of peculiar nuances, which the home side were very familiar with, and Llanteg came back strongly winning the next four ends and a 6 shot cushion. Phill pinched 1 on the last end but it wasn’t enough to close the gap. Theresa and Phill P played the Pairs. The home side started strongly and, despite East Williamston playing spme good shots to the jack, Llanteg managed to pinch shot bowl. By the fourth end Llanteg had won all ends with a 5 shot lead, however, East Williamston weren’t giving up, taking 2 on the fifth and 1 on the sixth. It was all on the last end with East Williamston needing 2 to at least take a draw. Theresa played a lovely bowl and was holding shot but Llanteg made it very difficult and the second bowl could not find its way through, leaving East Williamston short and giving Llanteg the win. Paula, Steve and Mark played Triples and got off to a good start winning the first end. Paula played some excellent shots to the jack and the score pinged from one team to the next with East Williamston winning 2 on the third and 2 on the fifth and Llanteg winning 1 on the second, 1 on the fourth and 2 on the sixth. With 1 shot advantage to the visitors it was, again, going to be down to the last end. Fingers were crossed for the win but Llanteg managed to pull 1 back on the final end resulting in a tie with 5 shots each. Cliff, Kym, Mandy and Fran played Rinks. The home side won the first end with 2 but East Williamston came back, winning 1 on the second, 1 on the third and 2 on the fourth. A disastrous fifth end gave Llanteg 4 and a two shot advantage. On the fifth end Fran managed to clip the opponents holding ball, springing the jack to two awaiting East Williamston bowls which meant that entering the final end both sides were level with 6 a piece. A great bowl from Cliff was holding and Llanteg were struggling to change it. East Williamston were piling on the pressure with 3 or 4 bowls behind. With her last bowl Fran needed to clip the jack and nudge it back towards the awaiting bowls. She successfully clipped the jack but it didn’t move and her bowl came to rest just behind. Llanteg had the final bowl of the night. It looked to be going astray but turned at the last second and touched the jack enough to move it from Cliffs bowl, but not far enough to send it onto the East Williamston back bowls, landing right next to it to steal the end with, what they described, as an amazingly lucky shot! It was an excellent evening of bowls, by all players, and some very close games. Overall Result : Loss to East Williamston 1 point to 9 and 19 shots to 26 Singles Loss 4 - 9 Pairs Loss 4 - 5 Triples Tied 5 - 5 Rinks Loss 6 - 7
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