East Williamston were away for tonights Main League match against The Meads.
The home side had requested that the Triples and Rinks play first. Steve, Mandy and Phill E played Triples and got off to a good start, winning the first two ends. The Meads levelled on the third but East Williamston took another 3 on the fourth end and it looked as though the visitors were pulling away. However, The Meads had other ideas, winning 3 on the fifth and 3 on the sixth. East Williamston recovered 1 on the seventh but the home side pressed ahead, winning the last three ends, widening the gap to 6 shots and taking the win. Mark, Theresa, Sharon and Fran played Rinks and soon realised that the floor was going to be an additional opponent, with bowls suddenly kicking out in the opposite direction. East Williamston struggled to get to the jack and even when they did The Meads managed to steal shot and stormed ahead taking the first six ends and a 12 shot lead. The visitors were finally holding shot on the seventh end and The Meads couldn’t disrupt it and with the last bowl of the end East Williamston crept in a second bowl to take 2 and finally get on the scoreboard. East Williamston had successfully cut The Meads back to 1 shot over a number of ends, but despite this the gap was too wide and the home side took the win. Mark played Singles on the other mat, which seemed to be playing more predictably. He lost 3 on the first end but came back to take 2 on the second. The Meads took 2 more on the third but Mark came back to take the next five ends and a 4 shot advantage. The Meads pulled back 5 over the next three ends and had the lead as they entered the final end. Mark kept focused and despite the home team trying to play clever Mark managed to ditch the jack into the corner, holding 1 and as The Meads final bowl fell off the mat, Mark drew in his final bowl to take 2 and the win. Phill P and Mandy played Pairs and soon experienced the peculiar mat behaviour they had been warned about (made Phill’s swingy bowls played straight)! The visitors took 3 on the first end but The Meads came back strongly, winning the next 6 ends and a 6 shot lead. However, East Williamston took 3 on the eighth and 3 on the ninth to level things up. The Meads took a further 3 on the tenth and 1 on the eleventh and as they entered the final end East Williamston knew that they needed to get all 4 bowls to the jack to draw. Despite a good try they could only get 2 and the home side took the win with a 2 shot advantage. Overall Result : Loss to East Williamston 2 - 6 on Points and 30 - 49 on shots Singles Win 11 - 10 Pairs Loss 13 - 11 Triples Loss 12 - 6 Rinks Loss 14 - 2 A very tough night on the road
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