Pendine 92  Five Arches 63.75  (Pendine 12 pts. Five Arches 2pts)
23rd May 2015

Saturday saw the Five Arches team visit Pendine on a  sunny Spring afternoon. Pendine is always a tough place to get a result but hopes were high after winning our first two matches. Captain Ben and his unchanged rink once again bowled well, leading 12 shots to 8 after 10 ends , they then eased away in the second half to earn a 25 shots to 17 victory. Ashley with Ken, Tom and Bill had a game of contrasting fortunes, losing by 13 shots to 4 after 10 ends, they fought back into the match, only to just miss out by 18 shots to 17.A slow start by Bens’ rink of John, Jonno and Steve saw them 15 shots to 3 down after ten ends, although bowling better in the second half, they couldn’t close the gap and finally lost by 25 shots to 12. Unfortunately due to player unavailability, Neil had to play in a triple with Mike and Peter, after a promising start 4 shots to 0 after two ends, it all fell apart, losing the next 10 ends to be 19 shots to 4 down and eventually losing by 32 shots to 9.75. A disappointing result for the Five Arches, but a well-deserved one for the Pendine team. 

Five Arches team, away skips only:

Roger Thomas, Tony Powling, James Criddle, Ben Cloake 27 M Evans 17
Mike Day, Peter Hooper, Neil Dickinson 9.75 R Jones 32
John Rees, Jon Hubbard, Steve Davies, Ben Simmons 12 G Hale 25
Bill Benham, Tom Lewis, Ken Lloyd, Ashley Hooper 17 A Edwards 18