East Williamston were on the road again for tonight's Main League match against Tabernacle.
Up first was Mark in the Singles and Mandy and Fran in the Pairs. In the singles, the home side got off to a strong start, winning the first two ends and a 5 shot lead. However Mark came back, equally strongly, winning the next three ends with 6 shots. Tabernacle took the sixth but Mark pressed ahead taking the next four ends and widening his lead by a further 6 shots. The home side tried to recover and took 2 on the eleventh but with a further 2 shots on the final end for Mark, he took the win with a 6 shot advantage. Mandy and Fran started well, winning the first end, with Tabernacle taking the second. Some nice bowling gave the visitors the lead as they took the third and fourth ends and a 3 shot advantage, however Tabernacle pinched 2 on the fifth and 1 on the 6th making the score level. East Williamston took 1 on the seventh and some excellent bowling gave them a further 4 on the eighth. With a 5 shot lead and only four more ends to go, the visitors were hopeful, however, Tabernacle suddenly improved their ability to get to the jack and with it successfully took the ninth, tenth and eleventh ends. With both sides tied on 10 shots it was all to play for in the final end. With Mandys bowls long and short Fran just needed to draw in for the win, however it wasn’t to be as the final bowl stayed out and refused to turn, giving Tabernacle the 1 shot they needed to take the win. Kym, Cliff and Sharon played triples and, again, started strongly winning the first and second ends. Tabernacle pulled back the third and fourth ends to make things level again. A lovely draw to the jack, by Cliff, gave East Williamston 1 on the fifth, but Tabernacle again levelled on the sixth. On the seventh end Tabernacle were looking strong with three bowls surrounding the jack. Sharon just needed to draw in to cut them down but as the bowl looked to be going wide, it wicked, hit the jack and sprung it to East Williamstons awaiting back bowls and 2 more shots on the scoreboard. Tabernacle won the eighth and ninth ends and sat with a 2 shot advantage and, again, it was going to be down to the last end. On the final end Tabernacle were holding shot and it looked as though they were again going to pinch the end. However with the last bowl of the game Sharon tapped the holding Tabernacle bowl which sprung the jack to Kyms perfectly placed back bowls giving 2 shots to East Williamston to tie the game. Brenda, Steve, Phill P and Phill E played Rinks. A positive start gave the visitors 1 in the first and 4 on the second. However Tabernacle were very good at surrounding the jack which gave them the next three ends, 7 shots and a 2 shot cushion. East Williamston pulled 1 back on the sixth but again Tabernacle were more precise and surrounded the jack, making life difficult for the two Phills to break things up. Tabernacle widened their lead, winning the seventh and eighth ends and a 4 shot advantage. On the final end the two Phills were firing some serious cannonball shots in an attempt to break up the Tabernacle pack, but couldn’t get past the block with sufficient bend to catch them. They did cut them down but with a further 3 shots on the final end the home side had a 7 shot lead and took the win. Overall Result : Loss to East Williamston 3 - 5 on points and 38 - 40 on shots Singles Win 14 - 8 Pairs Loss 10 - 11 Triples Tied 8 - 8 Rinks Loss 6 - 13 There was a really great atmosphere tonight and both sides enjoyed some very close, competitive games.
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