Saturday saw us entertain Witney Mills on a cloudy but warm afternoon.  Again we used all 6 rinks, as we played 6 triples, with a resounding victory by 119 shots to 83.

 

 

 

Rink 1  -  Lead  -  Kath Buckingham

 

               No. 2  -  Howard Buckingham

 

               Skip    -  Mark Stokes

 

Marks rink shared the ends and in the end the result was a draw, although it looked as though we were heading for a win, with 4 ends to play Mark was leading 14-8, but unfortunately lost the last 4 ends to share the points 14-14.

 

 

 

Rink 2  -  Lead  -  Cliff Hall

 

               No. 2  -  Pete Griffin

 

               Skip    -  Chris Skidmore

 

The '3 Musketeers' were in no mood to lose and only let the opposition win 4 ends and won convincingly 29-9.

 

 

 

Rink 3  -  Lead  -  Jill Hart

 

               No. 2  -  John Standen

 

               Skip    -  Dave Bryant

 

Although Dave's rink won 8 ends they could not score as heavily as the opposition when they won an end and unfortunately went down 12-23.

 

 

 

Rink 4  -  Lead  -  Yvonne Twomey

 

               No. 2  -  Tony Bird

 

               Skip    -  Chris Twomey

 

Chris's rink were always in the lead, even though the scores were tight and after the 11th end there was only 1 point in it, but they won 5 of the remaining 7 ends to come away victorious 21-14.

 

 

 

Rink 5  -  Lead  -  Claudia Stokes

 

               No. 2  -  Chris Shallis

 

               Skip    -  Bryan Ogilvie

 

It looked as though we were heading for defeat as, after 9 ends the Captains rink were 10-3 down, but they scored a 7 on the next end and continued to pile on the pressure to come home victorious 24-14.

 

 

 

Rink  6  -  Lead  -  Terri Gold

 

                No. 2  -  Richard Lawrence

 

                Skip    -  Mick Wilkins

 

This was Mick's first game as Skip, but this did not worry him winning 11 ends and coming home convincing winners 19-9.

 

 

 

Another enjoyable game played in the right spirit in good company.  I am sure they will be keen for revenge in our return fixture at the end of the season, 5 September, and it is hoped the refurbishment of their club house is complete by then, apparently it was due to be finished in April!  A big thank you to Dave for standing down and agreeing to run the bar and of course to Skiddy and Maggie for setting out the club house prior to the game.