Saturday saw us entertain Bicester on a beautiful afternoon weather wise. It must have been hot, as the Captain actually wore shorts! It eventually became a game of 6 triples, the first time we have played on all 6 rinks this season. The end result was a convincing win for us with a score of 123-69.
Rink 1 - Lead - Cliff Hall
No. 2 - Pete Griffin
Skip - Chris Skidmore
All I can say is that I was disappointed as they actually let the opposition win 1 shot on the 17th end and could only manage to win 35-1!!
Rink 2 - Lead - Yvonne Twomey
No. 2 - John Standen
Skip - Chris Twomey
A game of 2 halves as, after the end of the 9th end Chris's rink were 11-2 down, but they then won 8 of the remaining 9 ends to come out victors 17-12.
Rink 3 - Lead - Chris Challis
No. 2 - Phil French
Skip - Iain Mobbs
Iain's rink took a strangle hold of the game from the off and were 14-2 ahead after 11 ends, they then allowed the opposition to make a game of it and, even though they lost a 6 on the last end, were comfortable winners 19-15.
Rink 4 - Lead - Jill Hart
No. 2 - Tony Bird
Skip - Pete Wells
A very close game throughout and after 10 ends Pete's rink were adrift by only 1 shot 9-8. Unfortunately they let the opposition win 6 of the last 8 ends and came home second best 13-19.
Rink 5 - Lead - Claudia Stokes
No. 2 - Dave Drinkwater
Skip - Bryan Ogilvie
This was a very close game throughout and with 2 ends to play the scores were even, but unfortunately the opposition won the last 2 ends and therefore we lost the game 11-14.
Rink 6 - Lead - John Dunham
No. 2 - Paul Jones
Skip - Mark Stokes
Another convincing display by Mark's rink and after 9 ends they were 14-3 ahead and they did not relax their grip and went on to win 28-8.
As I said earlier, a beautiful afternoon and a very convincing win and, although the Captain was dubious playing 6 rinks with concerns about rinks 1 and 6, but this proved unfounded as they were the rinks with the biggest wins.
