Lost 2-4 on the rinks, but won overall 102 shots to 95

Oyster ladies dropped out of the Kent League at the start of the season but were happy to make the trip to Sevenoaks for a friendly 6-triples game, and we will return the favour in March.

Sevenoaks led by over 20 shots at one stage, but Oyster slowly closed the gap, Sevenoaks clinging on for a 7 shots victory at the finish.  This was largely due to a massive 32-9 win by Captain Ann Munro and her team of Gail Leathers and Joy-Ann Hemmigs.  It is usual for the opposing captain to field a strong team but this was definitely not the case in this match.  Well done to Gail in her first match for the ladies team.

The second win came from Val Stevens, Barbara Taylor and skip Mel Bridges.   Trailing 8-11 after 13 ends, Sevenoaks picked up a single shot followed by a count of six, and then another single to take a commanding 16-11 lead.  Credit to the Oyster ladies who won the final two ends but could only add a further three shots.

Brenda

 

Valanndor Trophy 1st round
Sevenoaks 1 Swale 3
60 shots to 85

A good performance from the two home rinks with one win and 40-33 overall shots success.

The win came from Jenny Barnes, Avril Moss, Joan Moffat and Brenda Bennett who were all on form in their 26-14 victory.

Swale kept their two strongest rinks at home and Sevenoaks skips Ann Munro and Sue Wallis and their teams could make little headway, ending with a 32 shot deficit.

Brenda

Sevenoaks Ladies 6 – The Royals Ladies 6.
87 shots to 60

Three victories enabled Sevenoaks to hold The Royals to a 6-6 draw on Tunbridge Wells rink.

Rosemary Tuck’s team scraped home 13-12 having trailed 9-10 at the halfway stage.

Joyce Allen, Angela Checksfield, Joy-Ann Hemmigs and Ann Munro dropped 6 shots on the 11th end.  Finding themselves 7-14 in arrears, they set about their efforts to recover with a vengeance winning 6 of the last 7 ends and amassing sufficient shots for a very well-earned 19-17 victory.

Best win of the match came from Shirley Christian, Barbara Taylor, Mel Bridges and Ann Welch.  They too recovered from a losing position, 8-10 at 13 ends, winning 4 of the last 5 ends, which included a count of 6 on the 15th end thus gaining two very valuable points for their 19-14 success towards the overall match draw.

Heavy defeats from rinks skipped by Sue Wallis and Brenda Bennett did little to help the overall shots score.

Brenda

KENT LEAGUE SEVENOAKS IBC 2 v THE ANGEL IBC 10

Things were going very nicely at ten ends, four rinks just ahead and one not looking so good.

In the end Brenda Bennett’s rink suffered a dismal 19 shot loss which the other rinks could not cover, despite their best efforts.

Our two points came from Sally Burton, Sharon Funnell, Diana Purssell and Jane Taylor with their 15-14 win, although they kept the rest of the team in suspense over the last three ends as they were leading 15-9.

Skips Mel Bridges went down by one shot, Sue Wallis and Ann Munro by three shots – all good efforts.

Brenda

We had a great day playing against KCIBA today. The result didn’t go our way, with the experience of the County bowlers shinning through on some rinks. The overall score was 142-93, bit we did have 2 winning rinks and 1 rink that only lost on the last end. Our top rink bowlers were Charlie Keeling, Steve Wellbelove, Richard Phillips and Skip Derrick Rodgers (Richard came in as cover this morning). As captain I’d like to thank Steve, Nigel, and Sally for their help today, and Derrick for his support. I look forward to future club games and hope our men keep putting their names forward for games

Russell Hooper

KENT LEAGUE 29th November MOTE PARK 8  SEVENOAKS 4
105 shots to 56

The ladies first win of the season was 8-4 at home to Mote Park.  The Maidstone team gained their revenge with the same score, but well done to the two rinks who were successful.

Jenny Barnes, Captain Lynn Thomson, Joy-Ann Hemmings and Ann Munro took a 10-2 lead after 9 ends but then a series of single shots from the opposition closed the gap to 10-9.   A confident final two ends saw Sevenoaks regain the initiative and clock up a further 5 shots for their 15-9 victory.

The Mote Park bowling carpet is relatively new and still a bit pushy but Sally Burton, Diana Purssell, Mary Gardiner and Anne Welch coped well.  They opened up a 13-10 lead going into the last end and then contained the opposition to a single shot for a fine win.

A 6 shot defeat suffered by Skip Ann Moss, plus two heavy defeats by skips Brenda Bennett and Sue Wallis, contributed a rather dismal overall shots loss.

We had a very pleasant afternoon of bowls against Petts Wood although the outcome was in their favour.

Overall score: Sevenoaks 66 Petts Wood 100

Peter Harling, Barbara Taylor and Terry Igg gave us our one winning ring.  Trailing for 12 ends they overtook PW to achieve a score of 21-10.

Russell H, Jeanette K and Sharon Fuller were ahead for the first half but after tea PW rallied and gradually gained points ending with a narrow defeat. Score 17-21.

Our other three team suffered similar result.   All started well but were quickly overtaken by PW and despite their best efforts were unable to claw the points back.

Mel Bridge, Myself and Phil Pikes Score 8-26

Richard P, Marian G and Les G Score10-31

Peter R, Wyn R and Miles W 10-23.

Well done and my thanks to all the players on the day.

Avril Moss

Captain on the day

A good day of bowling here against PETTS WOOD BC, they won overall 100-61 and won on 4 rinks. Our 1 winning rink was Terry Igg, Barbara Taylor and Peter Harling

Russell Hooper

An early exit unfortunately from the Mason Trophy, a double rink competition for those ladies who admit to being over the age of 60!

Friday morning’s Mason Trophy match for ladies over the age of 60 against The Angel ended with theTonbridge team successful by 35 shots 26.

The home rink of Diana Purssell, Joy-Ann Hemmings, Ann Welch and Brenda Bennett enjoyed a very tight game, just maintaining a slight advantage throughout in their 17-13 victory.  Unfortunately the away rink went 1-8 down after 5 ends and could make little headway on The Angel green, eventually going down 9-22.

Immediately the game on the Sevenoaks rink finished, an army of willing helpers entered the bowling arena with their hoovers, dusters, cleaning rags, etc. and did the most wonderful job.  Not only were the surrounds and ditches cleaned but also the lounge area, chairs brushed and numerous other places were wiped down.   In addition, Derrick Rodger and his mate, Dave, hoovered the bowling green.

An absolutely wonderful turnout  – thank you so much to everyone who helped.

The Directors