East Williamston were on the road again for tonight’s Pembs Main League match against Tabernacle.
Playing on two mats, up first was Mark in the Singles and Phill E and Phill P in the Pairs. Mark, in the Singles, was trying to gauge the mat but the home team, on familiar territory, took the early advantage with 3 in the first and 2 in the third. Mark picked up 1 in the second and 1 in the fourth but by the fifth end Taberncle already had a 6 shot lead. The home side dominated and despite Mark holding shot bowl, somehow, Tabernacle kept pinching the ends. By the seventh end Tabernacle had amassed a 10 shot lead and the game seemed to be slipping away from Mark. However Mark pulled back 2 on the eighth, 4 on the ninth and 1 on the tenth shortening the gap between the two sides. It looked like it was going to be an exciting finale but Tabernacle exerted more pressure, taking the last two ends with 4 shots on each, giving them a solid win. The two Phill’s played Pairs and also took a while getting used to the mat. Again Tabernacle took the home advantage with 4 on the first, 1 on the second and 1 on the third. East Williamston pulled back 3 on the fourth but Tabernacle just replied with another 3 on the fifth. A solid performance and a lovely curling bowl in by Phill, on the sixth end, gave East Williamston 4, followed by 1 on the seventh and the gap between the two sides was narrowed back to just 1 point. Three more ends went to Taberncle and the gap was back to 7. A valiant attempt gave the visitors the last two ends but they were unable to close the gap and Tabernacle took the points. Kym, Mark and Fran played Triples and it looked as though they were going to suffer the same fate, as Tabernacle took the first two ends. Kym was playing some great shots to the jack and, by the third end, East Williamston were better predicting the mats nuances and took 2 shots. On the fourth end Tabernacle had surrounded the jack but with her last bowl of the end Fran did a lovely shot which connected perfectly, springing the jack out to East Williamston’s awaiting back bowls and a nice 4 shots on the scoreboard. For the first time tonight East Williamston were in the lead! Despite Tabernacle pulling a couple of ends back, East Williamston were successful at cutting their numbers down. On the eighth end another great bowl got 4 shots for East Williamston and with a further 3 on the ninth it meant that the home side were not going to be able to close the gap, despite them winning the final end. Brenda, Steve, Mandy and Sharon played Rinks on the same tricky mat that Mark had played in the singles. Tabernacle took the first two ends, and a 5 shot lead, as East Williamston struggled to judge their shot weight and length. A couple of lovely shots by Brenda and Steve helped East Williamston get their first end on the scoreboard. By the fifth end East Williamston had closed the gap to just 3 shots, but a disappointing sixth end gave Tabernacle a 6 shot win. East Williamston refocused and some nice bowls, played by Mandy and Sharon, gave the visitors wins on the last 3 ends. Despite their efforts though East Williamston were unable to close the gap caused by that sixth end. Overall Result : Loss to East Williamston 2 - 6 on points and 41 - 54 on shots Singles Loss 9 - 20 Pairs Loss 11 - 15 Triples Win 14 - 7 Rinks Loss 7 - 12
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