Match Report
Match Report - 19 Jul 2025, Tiverton Canal Bowling Club Friendly Triples lost to Sidmouth 4x3
Back from the 'Friendly' match v Sidmouth this afternoon. It took a while for us, generally, to get to grips with the four Rinks and Sidmouth, took early advantage as they stormed ahead on two and less so, on the other two. Rink 4 had Garfield, apparently "loaning out" shots with gay abandoned to go 1 - 9 down after five, whilst rink 4, Colin Kane's triple were being put to the Sidmouth sword, finding themselves looking forlorn at 0 - 21 after ten ends 😳. Allan Gibb's triple, started to climb into the driving seat to go 12 - 7 up after ten, whilst my triple managed to overcome a tenacious side, who's skip had the audacity to keep coming in to take shot or save lots, going 9 - 5 up after ten. But we managed to break their spirited efforts to finish a pleasing 17 - 8. Garfield tried to recall his loaned shots and picking up a '6' looked to be a big step towards that goal, to go 14 - 16 but, alas, they dropped a '3' on the penultimate end, then managed to gain a '2' on the last, but not enough for full redemption of that careless loan 😜, 16 - 19. Allan Gibb continued their front seat driving, right up to the fifteenth end, when they parked up on 16 - 10. Sidmouth then took over the driving for the remainder of the journey, very nearly overtaking Mr Gibb & Co, but not quite, 16 - 15 it finished 😰. Back to Colin's rink, which was last to finish. They enjoyed a significantly better second half, winning six of the last eight ends, but, the mountain proved too high, and they had to settle for second place, 12 - 26. So, two wins each but Sidmouth came away 7 shots to the good overall. Which, according to Lloyd, equates to a draw 🤔 A good afternoon, either way
Tiverton Canal Bowling Club Friendly Triples 61 - 68 Sidmouth 4x3