Vicki and Rob, best team of the year — so far, so good!
VICKI Hummel and Rob Pfeiffer earned the applause of their 29 fellow bowlers on Sunday when they put on an exhibition. Vicki and Rob were a shoe-in for First Place, after their barnstorming 32-2 win against Di Hildebrant and Glenis Hanagan.
Was it a game? It was nothing more than a walloping, starting from end one when Rob and Vicki polished-off a five, followed by another five in a row. They were 11-1 up before Di and Glenis were on the card. Their second and final shot came three ends later.
Rob and Vicki even impressed themselves as they scored a six then a four and finished off with a triple to record 33 shots.
In contrast, the second of the Pairs game had Greg Brown and Ruby Stockings against Allan Stratford and Mark Morton. Greg and Ruby led 8-4 at the turn, however Al and Mark rolled-up a big six 6 on end 13, taking them to a two-shot lead. It was all square on 14 then the “chasers” claimed a one-shot lead.
Gavin Cullen was the lead for
Steve Kelly and Ian Humphries, while Ron Mccauley led Ray Strawhan and Mel Giddings. After leading 11-2 after eight, “R, R & M” ran-away with it, 23-8 winners and second place for the morning.
Only one multiple was scored in the first eight (a four) between Daphne Dunbar, Julie Brown, and Pete Ruzans. Daphne was also rolling for Therese Gaio and Gordon Scott, having been volunteered as the Sundy swinger. Facing a five-shot deficit, Pete and his lot scored a five of their own on 10, and added a triple on 11.
Gordon and Co. came back into it – down 12-13 on end 12; ahead by two after 14, with 17-14 the final score.
Di Cullen, Chris Castlehouse, and Bryan O’sullivan drew Paul Martin, John Kennedy, and Pete Sinclair for their game. Sully continued his good run of late, but was put to the sword when Paul and John with Pete as skip, combined to earn a four-on-four and led confidently at the change.
Their consistency was a feature, leading to a 17-6 win and third place for the morning by 17 shots to 6, 11 ends to 5. That was good enough to place them third for the morning.
One dares not blink when you have Phil Knight playing Graham Ross. On its own, that is a game to enjoy. Ros Joseph and Shirley Marchant the crew for Phil; Sue Mccauley and Gordon Lummis for Graham. Four ends each for the first eight saw Graham’s team ahead by one, however end nine was their “not nice” moment! Ros, Shirley, and Phil conjured up a six, slinging them to a five-shot advantage which they maintained for a solid 16-11 win.