East Williamston were home for tonights Pembs Main League match against The Meads. Captain Sharon gave a positive team talk prior to the match, reminding everybody how well they have been playing recently and to believe that, despite this being a tough fixture against Welsh Intl players, we can do well.
Mark played singles, winning the first end. However The Meads came back strong, winning the next three ends with 8 shots. Mark stayed calm and refocused, taking the next four ends with 1 shot per end. Over the next three ends the score ping-ponged wins alternatively and at the end of the eleventh end The Meads were 4 shots ahead. Mark knew he had to play his best final end of the night, which he did and took all 4 shots which tied the game and gave East Williamston their first point of the night. Sharon and Fran played in The Pairs. The Meads made a strong start, taking 3 on the first end and 4 on the third. However East Williamston pulled back 1 on the second and 3 on the fourth. The Meads took the fifth and sixth ends with another 3 shots. Sharon and Fran replied with some great bowling and won the next four ends. By the tenth end East Williamston were leading by 3 shots but The Meads turned up the pressure on the final two ends and pinched the game by just 3 shots. Gwyneth, Theresa and Cliff played Triples and played a very close game throughout. The Meads took the first with 2 and the third with 2, East Williamston took the second with 3 and the fourth with 4! It was nail bitingly close but by the seventh end East Williamston had crept into the lead by 2. The Meads levelled again on the eighth but East Williamston took another 2 on the ninth. As with the Singles match, it was all down to the last end. East Williamston were holding but with the last bowl of the game The Meads looked to have pinched it. A measure was called for and The Meads had two which gave them a draw. Rinks was played by Kym, Steve, Mark and Phlll P. East Williamston played some really good bowls and did well to surround the jack, however The Meads were well practiced in splitting the pack and taking the ends. End after end it looked as though East Williamston would take the shots but for five ends this proved not to be the case. East Williamston rallied and took ends six and seven but by this time The Meads were already 7 shots ahead. The eighth end went to The Meads but East Williamston defiantly took the final end, but had been unable to close the gap. Overall Result: Loss to East Williamston 2 - 6 on points, 41 - 50 on shots Singles Draw 10 - 10 Pairs Loss 13 - 16 Triples Draw 12 - 12 Rinks Loss 6 - 12 Congratulations to all who played tonight. We certainly put up a good fight and had some very close games against some very good players.
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