Pembroke Dock v Tenby
10 May 2014
The N. D. Toy & Partners Ltd, T. P. Hughes and Welsh Gift Shop sponsored, Tenby Club began their quest to regain the Welsh Club Championship against Pembroke Dock. The weather proved to be difficult for both sides, especially the effect the wind was having. The match was level at five ends, 17-all. Tenby held a slight advantage over 10 ends, leading 37 to 34. In a similar vein to the previous week’s game against Saundersfoot, the Tenby club found another gear and scored 24 shots to the hosts seven to lead by 20 shots at the 15-end mark. At 18 ends, the Tenby club scored a huge 30 shots, whilst only conceding two, to hold a more than healthy advantage. The end score, at 21 ends, was a 53-shot victory (105-52) Rink one: The Kieran Peregrine ‘rink’ only won one of the first seven ends, but that scoring end was a count of six shots which meant they only trailed by two shots. At 14 ends, the Pembroke Dock ‘four’ led by one shot (14-13). A surge by the Tenby four resulted in them winning all remaining ends, scoring 14 shots in the process to win 28-14. Rink two: Alan Whitehouse recorded his first win as a Tenby skip, beating Richard Jones 21-16. The Tenby rink showed tremendous tenacity to win this game, having been 11-4 down at eight ends. A winning scoring sequence of seven ends, picking up eight shots, saw them edge in front by one. The rink then applied great team management, winning four out of the remaining six ends and picking up nine shots to two.
Rink three: John Roberts and Aaron Lloyd returned to the Tenby line-up, replacing Paul Diment and Ben Sheldon. Aaron Lloyd produced a scintillating display and proved what a natural sporting talent he is - especially considering that this was his first game of the season. International John Roberts was always in control against Pembroke Dock’s Richard Hissey, but a dogged display by the hosts saw them trail by only four shots at 10 ends (8-12). However, like all the rinks around them, the Tenby four scored on nine out of the remaining 11 ends, picking up 15 shots to four, to win at the close by 27 shots to 12. Rink four: The Andrew Muskett four, like the John Roberts rink, were in total control against the David Buchannan four, winning 14 out of the 21 ends. Holding a slender lead of 12-8 at 13 ends, the Tenby four powered their way to the finish line, scoring 17 shots to two.
