Upcoming Club Competitions & Reports

Friday May 29th

The first two club competition matches were played today. Fortunately, the blistering heat had disappeared, to be replaced by a hot, but bearable, day.

First up was the Novices 1st Round match between Dave Ward and Sandra Gough. Sandra got off to a flying start and was 12-0 ahead after end 4. Dave came back with a pair and a single and Sandra replied with a 3 and a single, leaving the score at 16-3 in her favour after end 8. Scores of 3, 2 and 1 brought the scores closer at 16-9, with 11 ends played. Sandra closed out the match with two singles and a 3 to win 21-9.

On the next rink, Husband Alan played Neil Warley in Round 1 of the Handicap. Neil started with a 4 shot advantage and added another two in the first end. Alan came back with a pair, but Neil also scored a pair on end 3 for a lead of 8-2. Two singles from Alan and one from Neil and it was 9-4 in Neil's favour. He added another 3 shots over the next 2 ends and had a healthy 12-4 lead after 8 ends. Alan had to find something, and quickly, and a 2 and a 3 helped to reduce Neil's lead. A pair from Neil on end 11 left him with a 5 shot lead, but 3,2 and 4 from Alan doubled his score and put him in front for the first time in the match at 18-14. Three shots needed to win, but it was not all over. Neil scored 2 on end 15, Alan scored a single on end 16 and Neil scored another two on end 17 and it was very delicately balanced, with Alan leading by only 1 shot at 19-18. The game went right to the wire, with Alan scoring two singles to Neil's one over the next 3 ends and Alan scraped home 21-19. Alan will play Chris Emmett in Round 2.

Saturday May 30th

On a lovely sunny day, we had a good turnout and an enjoyable day for the annual Millenium Triples competition. There were 24 players in 2 qualifying groups of 4 Triples. There was a clear winner in each group, with both winning all 3 games.

In the Final, held over 6 ends, Laurie Mowatt, Lorraine Walters and Janet Townley won the first 2 ends, but were beaten in the remaining 4 ends by Jon Samuel, Ruth Copp and Jane Ward. Worthy winners, with 4 wins from 4 games on the day. (Photos above).

The trophy was presented by Wendy Cross, Club President.

Tuesday June 2nd

Jon Samuel played Keith Walters in the Handicap, on a wet, uninviting day. Receiving a 4 shot start,  Jon scored a single on the first end, but Keith retaliated with 2 shots on end 2, to take the lead. Jon then launched a 4 end winning run, to lead by 11-2. Three shots from Keith on end 8 reduced the deficit to 6 shots. Both players traded shots over the next 5 ends and the gap remained the same. Keith started to close the gap, winning 4 of the next 6 ends and scoring 7 shots to 2 from Jon. Keith was now only one shot behind. Jon rallied to win the following two ends, with a pair and a single to take him to two shots from victory.  Keith delayed the end with a 4 shot score on end 22 to level at 19-19. Jon sealed Keith's fate with two shots on end 23, to win 21-19. Jon will play Jim Bland in the next round

Meanwhile, Barrie Jones faced the formidable task of playing John Townley in the 91 Up. He won the first end 7-3, but John hit back, winning the next 2 ends 8-2 and 10-0, to lead 21-9. End 4 was a 5-5 draw, but John took command of the game with 4 successive wins and was leading 57-23 after end 8. Barrie held John to a draw on the next end, but it was only a temporary relief. John won 4 of the next 5 ends to gain a comfortable victory by 93-47. Jon will play Chris Emmett in the next round.

Wednesday June 3rd

Another wet and windy day saw John Townley play Sylvia Blackmore in the 2 Wood Singles. John got off to a flying start, taking only 6 ends to win the first set 9-1. The second set was more difficult for him. Sylvia put up a spirited resistance, taking the set to 10 ends. John was always in front, but Sylvia won 4 of the ends. However, John triumphed by 9-5 and won the match 2-0. He will play Damien Cleary in the next round.