What a difference a week makes as on the previous Tuesday we were "cooked" at Middle Barton and last night's game went ahead with rumbles of thunder and very dark clouds which eventually cleared to leave a pleasant, if a little chilly, evening.  We won 3 of the 4 rinks with a score of 70 - 54 which was similar to the home leg in April when it was 69 - 51 in our favour so we can claim the double this season.  We only hope that the League squad can replicate this when they travel to Kidlington on Thursday!

 

It was good to welcome two new bowlers into our team as Tina and John Timms played their first game for us and were on a winning rink.  We hope that this will be the start of a long and happy association with us.  Thanks must be extended to Jill Hart for agreeing to play for the opposition as their original squad of 18 was reduced to 13 by County competitions.

 

 

 

Rink 1

 

Cliff Hall, Pete Griffin and Chris Skidmore picked up a 6 on the 4th end and took a total of 10 ends to come home winners 24 - 13.

 

 

Rink 2

 

Tony Bird, Terri Gold and Len Selby halved the ends and in a tight game managed a 3 point victory 16 - 13.

 

 

Rink 3

 

Kath Buckingham, Yvonne Twomey, Howard Buckingham and Chris Twomey were also in a tight situation and whilst they only took 7 ends they were level at 12 points all with one end to play but gifted a single to their opposition to trail in 12 - 13.

 

 

Rink 4

 

Tina Timms, John Timms, Dave Bryant and Bryan Ogilvie seemed to be in charge up to the 14th end when they went one point down but a 5 followed by a 3 saw them home 18 - 15.

 

 

 

All in all a pleasant evening with good company and the decision to proceed at 16.00, which seemed a bit risky once or twice, was justified!