Vospers fail to take chance to close gap
Portsmouth & District League
Another two positive Covid tests put paid to a further two league games - a stark reminder that we all need to be aware that things are not back to normal!
City Divisions
In Division A, with leaders Priory’s game postponed, Vospers had the chance to close the gap on them when they travelled to Milton Park. But they failed to do so as, despite winning on two rinks, the 17-shot win by Dave Brown’s rink saw Milton triumph by seven.
Naismith travelled to Gas Social and returned home with 10 points after an 11-shot success thanks to rink wins from Kelvin Chandler and Howard Davis.
Division B leaders Waverley just got the better of Portsmouth Water by four shots at their Lowcay Road home.
This was due to the fact that the eight-shot win by Matt Marchant’s rink was negated by the eight-shot loss inflicted by Mick Edney’s rink.
That meant they had to rely on the four-shot win on Ollie Mew’s rink, which was only due to the five they picked up late on.
Second-placed Alexandra recorded a 22-shot, all rink home triumph over Pembroke Gardens, helped by a 12-shot win on Don Lilley’s rink.
Cosham Park and Star& Crescent fought out a tight affair which went down to the last few ends. Star finally won by two shots in a game where there was only one winning rink with the others tied.
The Cosham rinks each won their last end, but not by quite enough!
Havant & Waterlooville
The top two clubs both won with full points, leaving leaders Leigh Park still 14 points clear.
They recorded a 37-shot home win over bottom club Emsworth, whilst Cowplain again made full use of their carpet to trounce Hayling Island by 43 shots.
The other match between Denmead and Waterlooville was postponed due to Covid.
Gosport & Fareham
Leaders Rowner extended their advantage to 18 points with a 22-shot, all rink victory at an experimental Fareham side.
Meanwhile, the bottom two met and it was Gosport who left with all the spoils after their 12-shot victory, leaving Bridgemary still searching for their first win of the season.