Five Arches 130  Pembroke Dock Pater 38

A return to league action after our disappointing result in the cup and a return to sunny Tenby. After a sustained period of dry weather the green was running fast and true. A good win was required to keep the Five Arches in the race for the division 2 title.

Rink 2 saw Tony and his rink of Ben, Eamonn and John in imperious form, they were never behind and romped away to a 33 -10 win. Lee and his rink of Ken, Ben and Ken were once again drawn on rink 3 , the 5th time in 6 matches this season. Whatever mysteries may lurk on rink 3 were soon mastered by Lee and his team, storming to a 33-10 win including counts of 7 and 5.

Clive and his rink of Aaron, Harry and Mike continued their winning ways, they only dropped 6 ends in total and again won by 33-10. To break the pattern, Ashley and his rink of Dai, Tony and Gwyn won by 31 shots to 8, again only losing on 6 ends. In some ways a strange game with each rink winning by 23 and three of them with the same score but a very healthy win by 92 shots boosts our shot difference and the 14 points moves us to 3rd in the table.

Special thanks must go to Ken Williams and Harry Meads for stepping in at the last moment to help us out and also to highlight once again the good form shown by our youngsters, Ben Simmons, Aaron Lloyd and Ben Cloake who continue to impress with their play. Next match is against table topping Pendine down on the Carmarthenshire coast.

Eamonn Maher, Ben Simmons, John Hubbard, Tony Brown 33            S James 10

Ken Lloyd, Ken Williams, Ben Cloake, Lee Richards 33                        M Hyde 10

Aaron Lloyd, Harry Meads, Mike Gouldingay, Clive Webb 33                 J Russell 10

Dai Rees, Tony Powling, Gwyn Beynon, Ashley Hooper 31                 B Duncombe 8