A cold morning gave way to a pleasantly warm afternoon which seemed to suit us as we won five of the six triples and drew the other.  The points score was 103 - 77 in our favour, very much in line with the earlier game in May when we won 73 - 53.

 

 

 

Rink 1

 

Tina Timms, Paul Jones and Pete Griffin were 1 - 8 down at five ends but they then found their true form and managed to halve the ends and came home winners 15 - 14.

 

 

 

Rink 2

 

Dave Drinkwater, Terri Gold and Dave Bryant had a tight game but 10 ends ensured that they were victorious 17 - 11.

 

 

 

Rink 3

 

Kath Buckingham, Tony Bird and Phil French were in a fairly even game but a five on the 9th end, and 11 ends, saw them claim the bragging rights with the highest win by seven points as they handed in a score of 19 - 12.

 

 

 

Rink 4

 

John Timms, Yvonne Twomey and Chris Twomey were 13 all at 16 ends but a two and a four saw them pinch 10 ends to come home winners 19 - 13.

 

 

 

Rink 5

 

Jill Hart, Howard Buckingham and Iain Mobbs were always in control and despite only halving the ends superior scoring saw them cross the line six points up 19 - 13.

 

 

 

Rink 6

 

Cliff Hall, John Standen and Chris Skidmore took 10 ends but a lot of singles saw the game drawn 14 all.

 

 

 

A very pleasant afternoon with good company and we were treated to an impressive buffet afterwards.

Saturday saw us travel to Witney to play our return game against Witney Mills.  It turned out to be a lovely sunny and warm afternoon and we made it a double against them by winning 67-54.

 

 

 

Rink 2  -  Lead  -  Claudia Stokes

 

               No. 2  -  Yvonne Twomey

 

               No. 3  -  Tony Bird

 

               Skip    -  Chris Twomey

 

A very close game with both teams winning 9 ends each and it all came down to the last end and last wood.  The scores were level and Chris was holding shot until the final delivery which, unfortunately took the shot and therefore we lost the game 12-13.

 

 

 

Rink 2  -  Lead  -  Tina Timms

 

               No. 2  -  Cliff Hall

 

               No. 3  -  Pete Griffin

 

               Skip    -  Chris Skidmore

 

This game too was a very close affair and, with 5 ends to play the scores were level 8-8, but unfortunately the opposition won all the remaining 5 ends with the final result being a loss 8-15.

 

 

 

Rink 4  -  Lead  -  Kath Buckingham

 

               No. 2  -  Howard Buckingham

 

               No. 3  -  Mark Stokes

 

               Skip    -  Iain Mobbs

 

Another very close game and with 2 ends to play Iain's team were behind 16-19 and, going into the final end were still trailing 17-19, but a magnificent 4 on the last end saw them victorious 21-19.

 

 

 

Rink 5  -  Lead  -  Charlotte Smith

 

               No. 2  -  John Timms

 

               No. 3  -  Dave Bryant

 

               Skip    -  Bryan Ogilvie

 

The Captains rink were never really in trouble and won 12 of the 18 ends and with 3 ends to play were 26-4 ahead but they slipped up somewhat conceding these last 3 ends with the end result being a 26-7 win.

 

 

 

This was Charlottes 2nd game and without doubt she is a good addition to the club and it is hoped she will be able to play more often next season.  The opposition looked after us very well, considering they still do not have a club house which was due to be refurbished for the start of 'this' season.  It is hoped that the council manage to finish the job by the beginning of next season.

 

A short trip up the road saw us visit Banbury Central on what turned out to be a very pleasant afternoon/evening with plenty of sunshine and a fairly strong breeze.  We said hello to Charlotte Smith for her first game for us and hope that this will be the start of an enjoyable and successful time with the Club.

 

 

 

Central had home advantage and took four of the six triples and overturned their loss at Twyford Gardens by winning 99 - 84. 

 

 

 

Rink 1

 

Tina Timms, Paul Jones and Iain Mobbs were never troubled and took 10 ends which included a five and three threes to come home winners 22 - 10.

 

 

 

Rink 2

 

Kath Buckingham, Pete Griffin and Chris Skidmore managed to halve the number of ends and lost out by six points with a score of 14 - 20.

 

 

 

Rink 3

 

Yvonne Twomey, Dave Bryant and Chris Twomey took 11 ends of which 10 were on "the trot" giving them a 12 point winning margin but with one more end than rink 1 they can claim the bragging rights. In all fairness they were up against a new player and a 10 year old schoolboy, who played a good game, to return a score of 20 - 8.

 

 

 

Rink 4

 

John Timms, Howard Buckingham and Peter Wells got off to a good start but only managed 7 ends to hand in a score of 11 - 17.

 

 

 

Rink 5

 

Charlotte Smith, Mick Wilkins and Bryan Ogilvie were up against very strong opposition and took six ends but succumbed to a 7 - 30 defeat. 

 

 

 

Rink 6

 

Dave Drinkwater, Richard Lawrence and Phil French were 3 - 11 down at 11 ends but a late rally saw them take four of the last seven ends to trail home four points down 10 - 14.

The first leg of what should have been The Burma Star Cup was rained off on 19 May so we were pleasantly surprised to be treated to a very pleasant evening for our game which in the past has been subject to damp conditions.  Unfortunately we had two "non showers" so our hosts insisted on imposing the 25% rule which meant that on the two rinks concerned we had to forfeit that percentage of our score.  That said, whilst we went down 2 -3 on the rinks basis, we won the overall game 63 - 58 after deductions or 72 - 58 on a gross basis.  The green looked fast but in fact proved to be anything but that as it seemed to absorb a lot of the momentum put into the woods.  The match was reduced to 16 ends in view of the slightly late start.

 

 

 

Rink 1

 

Kath Buckingham, Paul Jones and Mick Wilkins had to improvise and play a "wonkey donkey" against four players but rose to the occasion by taking 13 ends including a six, a four and a three on ends 4 - 6 which rather put a seal on the game as they romped home winners 25 - 3.

 

 

 

Rink 2

 

John Timms, Yvonne Twomey, Pete Sutton and Chris Twomey found themselves well detached at 11 ends being 4 -11 adrift but made a game of it to end up 10 - 13.

 

 

 

Rink 3

 

Richard Lawrence, Howard Buckingham and Bryan Ogilvie had the other "wonkey donkey" and whilst they halved the number of ends came home a close second 13 - 14.

 

 

 

Rink 5

 

Cliff Hall, Pete Griffin and Chris Skidmore found the going tough and only picked up six ends to trail in 8 - 16.

 

 

 

Rink 6

 

Tina Timms, Tony Bird, Terri Gold and Dave Bryant were in a tight game with the lead changing three times but by taking 10 of the 16 ends the came home victors 16 - 12.

 

 

 

In view of the fact that we only played one leg of the fixture The Burma Star Cup will not be presented this year.