Match Report
Match Report - 13 Jul 2024, Tiverton Canal Bowling Club Friendly Triples beat Honiton 4 x 3 Whites
Friendly Match Report – 13th July 2024
TBBC v Honiton (Away) 4 x Triples
Weather: Very dark clouds above and all around with some rain soon arriving but thankfully not for too long. Some brightness broke through but it remained mostly dank and on the cool side.
Green: Similar in appearance to Borough’s, I felt, a reasonable pace but there were some quirky lines and one or two lumps and bumps.
Rink 1 saw Kevin Finan, Pete Thornton and Bev Burgess up against a side who were very comfortable on their home green and limited Borough to slim pickings, 4 - 12 down at the Tea break. Honiton remained unyielding for the next five ends, going 4 – 21 up so it would have been a great relief to see a mini run of three ends, finally go Kevin’s way, to finish a respectable second, 9 – 21.
Rink 2 Skipper by Phil Saunders with Lesley Finan and Lloyd Daniels enjoyed early success to go 6 – 1 up but their opponents fought back securing four ends to go 6 – 8 up after ten ends. Borough and Phil in particular, were fired up and they dug deep to dominate the rest of the second half, finishing an impressive 20 – 10.
Rink 3 with Skip John Gutteridge, Tony Burgess and Rod Snell lead, settled well and a ‘5’ on the sixth rocked their opponents with the score suddenly at 8 – 2. The Honiton side knuckled down though and they regained some ground, closing to just ‘2’ shots only for John’s side to surge ahead winning three ends including a second ‘5’ to go 16 – 6 after twelve. The last few ends were hotly contested but Borough held their own to complete a 21 – 11 win.
Rink 4 had Kevin Lower skip initially with Maggie Drew and Colin Kane and they did well to keep close with their Honiton opponents, 5 – 8 after nine ends, having earlier dropped a ‘4’ on the third. The second half saw an unplanned change to Borough’s side, Maggie kindly making way for Ray Cottrell to play but unfortunately, they immediately dropped a ‘4’ to really give themselves an uphill task. But the Borough lads kept going and they started to make inroads into the deficit and were 11 – 15 with two ends to go. Unfortunately, a ‘2’ against looked to put the match out of reach, needing an unlikely ‘7’ to secure the win but, Kevin and his side were not far off from pulling it off, they picked up a ‘5’ for a great finish, and key in the final analysis, just losing out by a single shot, 16 – 17.
TBBC = 2 Winning Rinks (66 Shots)
Honiton = 2 Winning Rinks (60 Shots)
A good afternoon was had by all despite the gloomy weather and a welcome positive result for Borough who have struggled a bit on their travels more often than not this season so far. Onwards and upwards!
Honiton 4 x 3 Whites 60 - 66 Tiverton Canal Bowling Club Friendly Triples