Tuesday 14th May - Away match at Pulham Market
Wow! What can I say, these reports are getting harder to write due to such great and exciting matches taking place. Another overcast evening saw us travel to Pulham, by the time we started playing the rain had stopped but still overcast. The games got underway with everybody struggling to find the run of the green, so it was to and fro with each end changing. At the halfway stage again there was only a few shots in the overall score. As usual our players kept battling away with the rink of Michelle Bradley, Phil Poulton and Barry Woods scoring a record 9 shots on one end, this was a match defining score. Our other two rinks kept going and fighting for every shot, both winning their respective last ends to give them both scores of 15-17, another record I think of two rinks with the same score. So as usual it was tight result but we took the honours at 4-2 54-46.
Another great evening.
Tuesday 7th May: Away match at Stradbroke & District
Another match comes round so quick and this was the first nice evening where it was shirt sleeve weather, but it did not last long before jumpers and coats were put on.
This nice weather helped us to play against Stradbroke and District to try and get revenge for last year when we were thrashed.
We started very slowly again and at halfway there was not a lot in it with one rink ahead but not by much. The second half went well for us with the rink of David Morton, Hazel Carter and Tom Bell moving ahead slowly and getting a good result of 24-9. The other two were nip and tuck all the way to the end with one winning 18-12, and the last rink being 2 down on the last end but keeping their heads and winning the end by 3 shots. So that gave us a great victory 6-0; 61-39.
Another great result for us let's hope it continues.
Wednesday 1st May : Cup Match home against Shotford
Wednesday 1st May saw us back at home to host Shotford in the first round of the cup competition, this is the third year running that we have been drawn together for this local derby.
The evening was the best weather that we have had so far, no rainwear or jumpers in sight.
The match was very close and at the halfway stage we were trailing on shots, so we needed to pull our socks up and start playing which we did, unfortunately one of our rinks did not have any luck, so they went down fighting. The other 2 rinks kept battling away and then we came to the last end with us being 1 shot ahead. As usual with our perseverance we won the last end on all 3 rinks giving us a 6 point win 0f 48-42.
What a great and exciting evening it was.
Tuesday 30th April: Home match against Mendlesham
Tuesday 30th April saw us at home once again this time entertaining Mendlesham. It was a bright evening to start, but descended into rain at about the halfway stage, which saw us just ahead on one rink with the other two losing, but as is our nature these two rinks battled on in the second half with one of them moving ahead and staying in front. The second rink of Michelle Bradley, Peter Croxson and Tom Bell kept going and on the last end were 1 shot down. They had a good end and they managed to win this end by 2 shots which gave them the game by 1 shot, this proves nothing is over until the final bowl is played.
Our third rink pushed on with a good win enabling us to claim a 6-0 53-36 win.
Well done everyone for perseverance.
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 - Home Match against Beeches
Our second match saw us entertain Beeches. The evening started in sunshine but went downhill as the evening wore on, with rain and wind nearly cutting the match short, but we all battled on to finish the full 18 ends.
Once again it was a slow start to the match, with end wins going from one to the other. Once we got to the halfway end our triple of David Morton, Phil Poulton and Robert Hadingham started to pull ahead and kept going to an eventual win of 25-8, our other two triples battled on with one coming out winners at 17-12 and the other triple going down 11-22 which gave us a win again of 5-1 53-42.
Once again thank you everybody for a great effort again.
Report by Peter Croxson
Thursday 18th April 2024: Home match against Connaught - Yare
After a wet winter break it was once again time for our first match of the 2024 season.
We were at home to Connaught Yare bowls club. We managed to start early as it was a cold evening but dry. I do usually speak too soon as it started to rain after a while and did not stop.
It was a slow start as everyone was a bit rusty after the winter break. Two of our rinks were ahead after the first end but our other rink were facing an uphill struggle going behind by six shots on the opening end, so they were playing catch up all evening, but ended by only losing by three shots.
Our other two rinks had a good evening and won their games. Sheila Smith, Robert Hadingham and Gerald Smith had a very good win of 28-9 which helped us to a 5-1 66-42 win overall.
Well done everybody for a good start to the season.
Report by Peter Croxson.