Home side Ashby Road prove too strong for visiting Hounds
ASHBY Road ‘B’ latest match in the Hinckley Air Rifle League saw them shooting at home against the visiting Hounds.
The visitors won the toss and, after deciding to shoot first, put together a reasonable first half performance, including as it did Richard Green’s 26, Colin Smith’s 27, and Adam Padamsey’s 28. However, this was totally eclipsed by the response from Ashby Road who could count a 30 from Andrew Cryer, and 29s from Neil Price and Jon Storer.
The Hounds pulled back some of the deficit in their second half thanks to Giles Headley’s 30, Paul Huddlestone’s 28, and Paul Griffin’s 27 but neither of their match totals, 190 in the regular match and 10 points in the Bernard Yates Trophy, proved good enough as the home side moved onto 197 and 11 points thanks to a 29 from Mike Sansome; 27s from Rikki Hammersley and Jeff Goodyer; and 26 from Alf Shore.
The meeting between the Sporting Lions and the visiting Smallshaws ended with honours shared, the Lions taking the win in the regular match whilst Smallshaws came out on top in the Bernard Yates Trophy.
The outcome of the standard match was pretty much settled after the first half for whereas Smallshaws had to be satisfied with Robert Good’s 27 and the 26s of Jamie Slimm and John Stevenson, the Lions boasted a trio of 29s from Glen Dainter, Todd Astill and Karl Bunting, plus a 26 from Melanie Jenkins.
The visitors did marginally better after the break thanks to 28s from Tom Williams and Bob West but the resulting 185 proved woefully inadequate as the home side moved onto 199 thanks to Alison Smith’s 30, and the 28s of Tarryn Cockerill and Darren Hicks.
However, the visitors did enough to win the points competition by one, winning by 9-8.
The closest results of the night came at the New Plough Inn where the opposition to the home side was provided by Ashby Road.
The home side shot first, getting off to a good start with a 28 from Nigel Hill, after which Glenn Foxon chipped in with a 26, but the highlight for the home side first half was undoubtedly a first ever competitive 30 from John Orton.
The second half also did reasonably well, adding John Bray’s 28 together with the 27s of Tom Bray and Daniel Lakin, all of which allowed them to set their guests reasonably competitive totals of 191 and 9 points.
The reply from Ashby Road started slowly, the best their first half having to offer being Seamus Moore’s 27 and the 26s of Alison Finney and Lewis Raine, but they upped the pace after the break with team captain Pete Finney leading the way with his 29. They also finished strongly with Lorraine White and David White closing the match with 28 apiece but these weren’t quite enough, taking them to 189 and 8 points.