Five Arches  70 v Saundersfoot 105

Our run of difficult matches continued with a tough encounter against near neighbours Saundersfoot. With the sun shining and playing alongside the Tenby Ladies for the first time this season,  we were hoping to pick up some points to continue our promising start to the season.  Tony and his rink of John, Harry and Johno were in front of the raucous crowd on rink 1. The game was delicately poised after 10 ends with Tony and his rink holding a strong Saundersfoot quartet to 8 shots apiece. They then edged ahead after 16 ends to lead by 14 shots to 12 however Saundersfoot fought back picking up 9 shots in the next 4 ends to win the game by 21 shots to 15. Ray with a new rink of Ben, Jim and Harold continued his current run of superb form by winning yet again. They led by 14 shots to 6 at tea and despite dropping 11 shots in 2 ends they fought back to regain the lead and eventually ran out winners by 24 shots to 20.

Clive with Steve stepping up to 3rd for the first time and ably supported by Dewi and Joe were involved in a tight game on rink 3. They led by 12 shots to 10 at tea and by 19 shots to 18 after 17 ends however a loss of 6 shots on the next end proved costly and the Saundersfoot foursome ran out winners by 26 shots to 20. On rink 4 , the game was anything but close. Ashley with Tony, Stuart and Ken started well picking up 4 shots on the first end, after that it all went downhill for the Five Arches quartet only scoring 7 more shots in the rest of the match and they finished  losing by 38 shots to 11. A tough match against a good team. We picked up another 2 points which could prove very useful at the end of the season.

 
John Rees, Harry Meades, John Hubbard, Tony Brown 15             M Dennis 21
Ben Sheldon, Jim Taylor, Harold Ebdon, Ray Taylor 24                  B Dennis 20
Dewi McGhee, Joe Hewitt, Steve Davies, Clive Webb 20               S Howe 26
Stuart Askew, Tony Powling, Ken Lloyd, Ashley Hooper 11           S Dick 38