Five Arches 79 (12 pts.) Haverfordwest Castle 74 (2pts)
26th April 2014
The TP Hughes and Welsh Gift Shop sponsored Five Arches team were in action last Saturday against Haverfordwest Castle. This was the Arches' first league game back in the top division and the players were determined to get their league campaign off to a winning start. The game was played in terrible conditions with a strong wind together with heavy rain making accurate bowling difficult for both sides. However it was the Arches' players who finished the game stronger to bag the win, picking up twelve points to the Castle's two. This was a tremendous team performance from the Arches, with everyone playing their hearts out to obtain the win.
On rink one, the Captains rink, skipped by Ashley, found themselves drawn against Barry Absalom and his men. With Barry having a fine game together with some luck thrown in, he steered his rink to victory by 22 shots to 11. Rink 2 saw Gerald and his men up against Gareth Jones and his crew. This game turned out to be a cracker, with the two Steve's and John all playing well. By the 17th end with the Castle rink picking up four shots, the Arches found themselves adrift by 20 shots to 18. The last four ends turned into a personal duel between the two skips with Gerald coming out on top with lovely weighted bowls on a sodden green to draw shot on the last four ends to see his rink home by 22 shots to 20. Well done G man.
On rink four Dai and his men ended as top rink for the Arches. Up against Dave Summers they cruised to a 23 shots to 11 win. With the two Lewis boys, Kevin and Thomas, laying the foundation, Ken and Dai had a stress free afternoon adding to the shot count. The biggest concern they had was trying to keep themselves dry - well done the commandos ! Rink 5 saw Tiger and the cubs back in action against Roger Price and his men. This was another close game which went to the final end. Although picking up a six on the fourth end and a five on the 15th, the cubs found themselves two shots adrift playing the final end. The whole rink then bowled a superb end to pick up three shots to win the game 23-22 - well done the cubs.
Rink Scores (Five Arches first, Castle skips only)
John Hubbard, Tony Powling, Steve Williams, Ashley Hooper 11: Barry Absalom 22
John Rees, Steve Sheldon, Steve Davies, Gerald Hewitt 22: Gareth Jones 20
Kevin Lewis, Thomas Lewis, Ken Lloyd, Dai Spencer 23: Dai Summers 11
Jim Taylor, Bill Benham, Peter Hooper, Ray Taylor 23: Roger Price 22