Match Report
Match Report - 01 May 2024, Tiverton Canal Bowling Club O/60s white beat Budleigh Beavers
Over 60’s Match Report – 1st May 2024
TBBC ‘Maroon’ (Home) v Budleigh Beavers (2 x Triples) - Division 8
Weather: Fair and dry
Green: Dampish ground but green played reasonably well.
This match started a short while after their ‘Gold’ Club mates on the other rinks but they soon got into a similar mode as their compatriots, to gain a useful lead on both their rinks.
Rink 3 had Tony Crawford leading, Rod Snell at two and Chris Hutter as Skip and after just four ends found themselves 9 shots to the good and without reply. Budleigh then picked up a couple of singles before Borough pressed further ahead and by the twelfth end, they were 16 – 4 ahead. Budleigh kept trying and were rewarded with four of the last six ends but Chris’s side had the match in the bag by then, finishing a comfortable 18 – 11.
Rink 4 had Dug Simmonds at lead, Kevin Lower at two and Tony Burgess as skip and too, secured the first four ends to go 6 – 0 in front. The next five ends were close but Borough still came out on top for 9 – 2 and they pushed on further, keeping the opposition out for much of the time, 14 – 2 after twelve and then 17 – 3 with two ends remaining. Again, this meant the match was comfortably in the bag but then to drop a ‘4’ and a ‘2’ on the last ought to ring alarm bells as on another day that could be calamitous, were scores to be that much closer. Sometimes easier said than done of course, but always aim to keep things tight especially in the latter stages. Final score on this occasion however, 17 – 9.
Result:
TBBC ‘Maroon’ = 2 winning Rinks (35 Shots) 8 Points
Marina ’B’ = 0 winning Rinks (20 Shots)
A brilliant start for the ‘Maroon’ side, which sees them top of the league albeit after just one week. It doesn’t hurt to start as you mean to go on. It’s just a great shame that so many teams have pulled out (four of an original ten) from Division 8 as it obviously reduces the number of matches to play quite considerably.
Tiverton Canal Bowling Club O/60s white 35 - 20 Budleigh Beavers