Five Arches 98 (14 pts.) Milford Haven 55 (0 pts.)

3rd May 2014

The T.P. Hughes, Welsh Gift Shop sponsored Five Arches, playing their first away game of the season, travelled to Milford Haven last Saturday, where they produced another powerful performance to win on all four rinks and bag the 14 points on offer. With the Milford green in excellent condition so early in the season, it suited the Arches team who found it a pleasure to bowl on;  it was also nice to bowl on a dry day.

Rink one saw Tiger and his cubs in action and they were involved in another tight game. Against Tony Ellyatt and his men, after 10 ends the cubs found themselves adrift by six shots. They then proceeded to win the next four ends, picking up seven shots to lead 11 shots to 10.. They then extended their lead to 18 shots to 11, before the Milford rink produced a strong finish picking up six shots over the last three ends to close the gap to one, but the cubs were home and dry 18 shots to 17. On rink two, the Captains rink were looking for a win after losing last week and were in a determined mood against S. Jones and his rink. With Johno in superb form at lead, backed up by Tony, Steve and Ashley, they won 13 ends to Milford’s eight. They were leading 13 shots to 8 at the tea break, and then proceeded to pick up a six on the 11^th end, a five on the 15^th and seven shots on the last two ends to win 37 shots to 13.

Rink three saw Gerald and his men in action against Jimmy Thomas and his rink. Gerald, John, Bill and Steve produced another fine performance, winning 12 ends to Milford’s eight, and with the whole rink putting in a powerful display of bowling, they eventually won by 10 shots, 23 to 13. Dai Spencer and his men found rink four very much to their liking, winning eight of the first 10 ends to lead 15-4. This laid the foundation for the win, as their opponents produced a strong second half, winning seven ends to the Arches four. However  Dai and his crew of Kevin, Thomas and Ben bagged the points, winning 20 shots to 12.

Rink Scores (Five Arches first, Milford skips only)

Ken Lloyd, Jim Taylor, Peter Hooper, Ray Taylor 18: T Ellyatt 17
John Hubbard, Tony Powling, Steve Williams, Ashley Hooper  37: S Jones 13
John Rees, Bill Benham, Steve Davies, Gerald Hewitt 23: J Thomas 13
Kevin Lewis, Thomas Lewis, Ben Cloake, Dai Spencer 20: L Power 12