Tonights match was our first Main League fixture, at home to last seasons league winners, Tavernspite.
Playing Singles was Mark. The first end went to the visitors but Mark came back to take the second and third. Mark did some great bowls to surround the jack but the visitors managed to knock through to take 2 on the fourth. Mark took control once more, drawing to the jack beautifully and managing to disrupt the end when Tavernspite looked to be about to pinch shot. Mark took one on each of the next four ends. Tavernspite were 3 shots behind by the eighth end but were not finished as they turned up the pressure. Mark was holding but Tavernspite expertly pinched 2 on the ninth and 2 on the tenth. 1 more to Mark on the eleventh and all things were level going into the final end. Unfortunately Tavernspite managed to take 2 on the final end and the win. Fran and Mandy played Pairs and got off to a confident start with 3 on the first end. Tavernspite came back with 1 on the second and 1 on the third. Fran was having a great drawing game, landing on the jack nearly every end which made it more difficult for the visitors, with East Williamston taking the next three ends with 4 shots and holding a 5 shot lead. Tavernspite were trying to surround the jack, on the seventh, but Mandy split the pack and they took only 2. Going into the eighth Fran landed two bowls perfectly around the jack and despite pushing through Tavernspite couldn’t disrupt things. Mandy’s bowls cut inside to give the home side 4. Again on the ninth Fran landed on the jack but Tavernspite managed to pinch the jack and take it into the ditch. Mandy bowled superbly, picking up Frans toucher into the ditch, landing perfectly between the jack and the Tavernspite bowl. With the gap now at 8, Tavernspite came back again, taking 3 on the tenth and 1 on the eleventh and, going into the final end, Tavernspite needed 4 to level but East Williamston held on, taking 1 and the win. Brenda, Kym and Phill E got off to a shaky start in the Triples with Tavernspite taking 3 over the first two ends. The home side regrouped pulling back 2 on the third, but Tavernspite were skilled at surrounding the jack and took the next three ends with 5 shots. Phill pulled 1 back on the seventh but with the jack surrounded and East Williamston unable to disrupt things the visitors took the final three ends with another 6 shots and a strong win. Stephen, Gwyneth, Cliff and Sharon played Rinks with this being Stephen’s first ever match. The home side started well with 2 on the first, with 2 then going to Tavernspite on the second. On the Third Tavernspite were surrounding the jack when Sharon did a great shot and landed on the jack to take 1. Tavernspite were, again, well drilled in surrounding the jack but sadly East Williamston bowls were just not getting to where they needed to and the visitors took 3 on the fourth, 1 on the fifth. Only 3 shots separated the two sides at this point, until the visitors secured a very painful 5 on the sixth end. Despite Tavernspite now holding an 8 shot lead, the home team continued to press and on the seventh end Tavernspite were holding in the ditch, however Sharon pulled off an amazing shot, clipping Cliffs toucher into the ditch to take the end. Unfortunately East Williamston just couldn’t get the bowls in to disrupt the pack and, whilst they cut the visitors down, Tavernspite took the last two ends with a further 2 shots. Overall Result : Loss to East Williamston 2 - 8 on points and 27-44 on shots (2 bonus points for shot advantage) Singles Loss 7 - 9 Pairs Win 13 - 8 Triples Loss 3 - 14 Rinks Loss 4 - 13 Match kindly sponsored by
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