Wellhouse lose to Marbles in Saturday morning clash
WELLHOUSE (DENNIS Patrick, David Laycock) two of the most experienced indoor bowlers at Halifax Bowling Club, and leaders of the Saturday Pairs Shield with a 100 per cent record, found themselves up against a new team, Marbles (Sylvia Allott, Ian Smith), in their latest Saturday morning game.
Games in the Shield last for an hour and a half, compared to the Saturday Plate where the teams play for one hour.
Patrick, a Republic of Ireland representative player, is quickly finding the Halifax rinks to his advantage.
Wellhouse took a narrow 7-6 lead before a “3” for Marbles saw them take a 9-7 advantage.
At the start of the last end Marbles had a narrow 10-9 lead but scored a “3” at the final end to take the game by 13 shots to 9.
In the Friday Pairs, Sisters (Del Haigh, Val Bax) have had their best ever start to their campaign.
Against the experienced C. Dogs (Ray Clegg, Michael Hutchinson), the teams were level at 9 shots each before C. Dogs scored a “6” which changed the game as C. Dogs ran out 17-12 winners.
In Division Two of the Tuesday Evening Pairs, 46ers (Derek Finch, Stewart Wright) retained their lead at the top of the table with a narrow 5-3 success against challengers Stray Cats (Roy Barnes, Stuart Baker).
In Division One of the Wednesday Fours a three man Endeavour (John Hamer, Pam Robinson, Jimmy Bainbridge) gave their best performance of the season as they led Northern Lights (Les Holmes, Michael Hutchinson) by 12 shots to 8 at the start of the last end.
However, Northern Lights scored a “2” at the final end to make the final score 12-10, but since Endeavour had to lose a quarter of their score the final score was 10-9 to Northern Lights.