Match Report
Match Report - 29 Aug 2024, Tiverton Canal Bowling Club Friendly Triples drew with Crediton 5 x 3 Whites
Friendly Triples v Crediton on Thursday saw 5 rinks playing with a convivial Crediton team. Weather was great, not too hot with a cooling breeze. Chris Hutter with Ray and Maggie were the stars, starting strong with a 9 to 0 lead after 6 ends they finished well scoring a 19 to 13 win. Tony Burgess with Bev and Rod started with a steady 1 on the first 5 ends only to go down to a 4 and 3 on the next two ends. By the 13th end they were 7 to 14 down in a dramatic reversal. Showing their combined git they pulled it back to finish the game level on 15 all. Kevin Lower, with Colin Kane and Pete Thornton had the reverse experience being 2 to 10 down by the seventh end. However they too managed to settle into their game and were 18 to 12 after the sixteenth end. Somehow the Crediton team managed to score 3 on the last two ends to level the game at 18 all.
Lloyd, playing with Alice and Tony Crawford seemed to be in command with a 7 to 3 lead after the eighth end. Dropping a 5 on the ninth suddenly put them on the back foot. They clawed their way back to level at 10 all after the twelfth end. However dropping a 4 on the fifteenth opened a gap that eluded the team to end the game at 13 to 17. Kevin Finan playing with Lesley and Oliver had a close fought game with 7 all after 7 ends. With a tie at 14 all after sixteen ends it was very much anyone's game. Unfortunately dropping a 3 on the seventeenth end was too much to overcome on the last end and the final point was little consolation to end 15 to 17 down.
So one winning rink, two losing and two draws gave an overall 80 points to each club. As close to a draw as makes no difference although Crediton will see it as them having edged a win!
Most enjoyable afternoon regardless
Tiverton Canal Bowling Club Friendly Triples 80 - 80 Crediton 5 x 3 Whites