Sevenoaks Ladies 3 1/2 v Oyster Ladies 6 1/2
What a surprise, Sevenoaks Ladies actually beat last season’s KL winners, Oyster, on the green, winning on three rinks, drawing on one, and losing on two.
Things were not looking good at the half way stage, 39-67 shots down, but the cup of tea worked wonders for Sevenoaks at least. Skips Margaret Elsdon and Sally Burton won 24-11 and 24-17 respectively. A magnificent come back by Marian Greenouff’s rink saw them recover from 3-13 to score two shots on the final end for a
19-19 draw. Similarly for Brenda Bennett’s ladies who found themselves 4-10 adrift. Going into the 21st end 17-18 down, Brenda drew two shots for victory. What an afternoon!
One of the Oyster ladies became unwell after the 12th end on Hilary Chapman’s rink. As a result the two front end Oyster ladies played with three woods each and the skip two for the remainder of the game. The end result was 10-27 to the visitors but the score needed to be adjusted to reflect the absent player making the final score 13-24.
So, after a supreme effort, Sevenoaks were slightly disappointed to lose on overall shots by 112-113.