Desborough progress with 10-shot victory

Desborough claimed a 10-shot victory to progress past North Wiltshire in the fifth round of the Yetton Trophy this week.

Impressive displays at home from the rink skipped by Lorraine Woodley and the away rink marshalled by

Mary Price paved the way for the club’s progression in the competition. The other two rinks also did enough to ensure Desborough always had the edge and their prize for victory is a quarter final game against Honiton on January 29.

Rink scores: Home: G Braddock, R Turner, N Holder, L Woodley 32 – 14; J Williams, J Seymour, G Jones , H Jones 13 –

18. Away: J Monteiro, G O’Neill, J Skelly, M Price 25 – 16; S Darby, S Allen, J Beal, J Morgan 14 – 26.

Desborough’s first friendly of the new year against Whiteknights resulted in a 36-shot defeat for the visitors. The hosts claimed one rink win with the other four resulting in narrow defeats. Linda Davis, John Munnelly and Brian Faulkner took top rink honours with a 19-11 win.

Rink scores: T Scherer, P Colton, E Sharp 11 – 18; J Adams, R Palmer, B Wright 12 – 17; P Smith, N Jones, J Davis 14 – 18; E Sharp, S Ireland, S Stack 8 – 34; L Davis, J Munnelly, B Faulkner 19 – 11; J Palmer, L Eumo , D Perriman, 18 –

20.