Tenby 123 Ammanford 122
Last Saturday in glorious sunshine, Captain Mike welcomed Captain Ewain and the Ammanford Bowling Club for our annual friendly fixture . It proved to be a very close fought match with Tenby going on to win overall by just 1 shot, mainly thanks to a fine win of 23 shots by the rink of John Roberts, Mike Jackson, Ben Cloake & Neil Dickinson. The Tenby team comprised 3 rinks from Tenby and 3 rinks from Five Arches.
On rink 1, a very close game with Tenby 5 shots up after 10 ends but in the second half Ammanford pulled the shots back forcing a draw. Rink 2 saw Tenby were well in control, 7 shots up at the half way stage and in the second half there was no stopping them as they picked up 11 shots in 3 ends and went on to win by 23 shots.
Rink 3 was a very close game with Tenby 2 shots down aftert 10 ends but they made a come back in the second half by picking up 6 shots in 2 ends and went on to win by 1 shot. Rink 4 was a close game to start, with Tenby 5 shots up after 10 ends, but in the second half Ammanford had it all their own way by picking up 15 shots and they went on to win by 9 shots.
Rink 5 was a close encounter all the way through with Tenby being 2 shots down at the interval. The rest of the game continued in the same way with Ammanford holding on to their 2 shot lead. On rink 6, at the interval Ammanford were well in control, unfortunately things continued much the same in the second half.
Rink 1 Luke Rees, Dai Spencer, John Baggott, Peter Day 19 W Owen 19
Rink 2 Neil Dickinson, Ben Cloake, Mike Jackson, John Roberts 33 E Evans 10
Rink 3 Cameron White, Joe Richards, S Penhale(Ammanford), John Webb 18 K Griffiths 17
Rink 4 Stuart Askew, Mike Gouldingay, Graham Hil, Tony Brown 13 K Peregrine 22
Rink 5 Dai Rees, John Hubbard, Clive Webb, Ashley Hooper 19 D Redwore 21
Rink 6 Aaron Lloyd, Steve Davies, Ken Lloyd, Ray Taylor 21 R Harries 33