Tenby 98  Kidwelly 133

Welcome to a new season of Bowling for 2011  for the first home match of the season with the annual friendly game between Tenby and  Kidwelly. Before the  game , Captain Mike Gouldingay started the proceedings by welcoming everybody to a new season of bowls and to Kidwelly for bringing the lovely weather with them on a glorious sunny afternoon. The Kidwelly Captain Colin Jones who is a regular visitor to Tenby called for a minute silence for  their ex- Chairman who passed away recently.

Rink 1 saw Luke Rees and Bill Benham up front with Joe Richards and John Baggott at the back end. At half way Tenby were level but in the second half of the game Kidwelly put the pressure on and went on to win by 10 shots. Rink 2 Saw Dai Rees and Tony Powling up front  with Clive Webb and Ashley Hooper at the back end. At 10 ends Tenby were well in control of the game and in the second half remained in control and went on to win by 10  shots.

Rink 3 saw Brian Winstone and John Hubbard up front and Mike Gouldingay and Alex Watt at the back end. At the halfway stage Kidwelly were well in control with a 10 shot advantage and in the second half things did not get any better for Tenby going down by 18 shots. Rink 4 saw Cameron White and Ken Williams up front with Dai Spencer and Andrew Muskett at the back end,  at the half way stage they were 6 shots down unfortunately things did not get any better as they went down by 13 shots.

Rink 5 Saw S Davies and J Rees up front with N Dickinson and R Taylor at the back end At 10 ends Tenby were 3 shots ahead but in the second half kidwelly won 8 ends out of 10 and went onto win by 6 shots. Rink 6 saw Jim Taylor and Harry Meades up front with Graham Hill and Dai King Thomas at the back end This rink was a very close fought battle with Tenby 1 shot in front at 10 ends and held their lead to win by 2 shots.

After the game everyone made their way to the bar for a well earned drink or two.

Rink 1 S  L Rees B Benham  J Richards  J Baggott  17  M Partridge 27
Rink 2  D Rees T Powling C Webb A Hooper  26  M Davies 16
Rink 3  B Winstone J Hubbard M Gouldingay A Watt 9  C Jones 27
Rink 4  C White K Williams D Spencer A Muskett  13  M James  26
Rink 5  S Davies J Rees  N Dickinson R Taylor  15  A Evans 21
Rink6   J Taylor  H Meades  G Hill  D King Thomas 18  R Burden 16