Wednesday 8th February
SEVENOAKS LADIES 2 SWALE 8
72 shots to 90

A tough match but it contained two very good examples of never give up and fight to the end.

After leading 10-9 at 12 ends, Dot Fuller, Dianna Purssell, Joan Moffat and Ann Munro then lost three ends on the trot to go 10-12 down with three ends to play.  Did the opposition switch off with the end in sight?  Who knows, but Sevenoaks ladies maintained their focus and notched up 5 – 3 – 4 shots on the final three ends to win 22-12.  Brilliant!

Not quite so spectacular, but equally pleasing. Marian Greenouff, Val Stevens, Lynn Thomson and Brenda Bennett had been narrowly in arrears up to the 14th end with the score at 11-14.  A fine burst of scoring, 2 – 3 – 2 shots saw them take an unexpected lead and a final winning score of 18-15.

Brenda

Many will recall that during the Covid period we offered Thursday lunches to Members?

There will be a LUNCH on February 9^th, from 12.30pm. £9.00 for 2 Courses. BEEF LASAGNE with GARLIC BREAD and VEGETABLES, followed by a Fruit Crumble.

If you would like to come please put your name on the sheet in the LOUNGE, payment can be made on reception.

By today’s standards a bargain meal by our very own FLORENCE.

Hope to see you then,

Meals ordered by 5.00pm Tuesday 7^th must be paid for, sorry, no refunds for cancellations after that time or no-shows.

Sevenoaks Ladies 8 Oyster 2
87 shots to 77

Another famous victory for the ladies and a very rare success over the strong Oyster Club.    Four ladies withdrew from the original team – with good reason.  Fortunately there were two named reserves who came into the side and it only took three phone calls to find two more willing ladies to step into the breach and save the day.

Sevenoaks were successful on three of the five rinks.  Captain of the day, Brenda Bennett, along with Dot Fuller, Anne Farley and Jane Taylor achieved a convincing 28-12 win against the Oyster captain’s rink thanks to a fine burst of scoring after the mid-way cup of tea.   Linda George, Mel Bridges, Joy-Ann Hemmings and skip Anne Welch won 12 of the 18 ends for their satisfying 19-12 victory.

Shirley Christian, Sylvie Crabb, Mary Gardner and Joan Moffat trailed 2-7 after 7 after six ends and eventually levelled the scores on the 14th end at 11-11.   On the 18th and final end, with a 14-14 scoreline, skip Joan confidently bowled her first bowl right up to the jack, shot wood!  It could not be bettered, another win for Sevenoaks.

Skips Sue Wallis and Ann Monro both lost by a modest amount of shots which were easily covered by the three winning rinks.   Anne Brinkley made her Kent League debut and enjoyed the experience, we hope to see her name down again.

Brenda
Captain of the Day

Sevenoaks 1 Bromley 9
60 shots to 101

After two consecutive wins, we came a bit of a cropper at home to Bromley last weekend.

Pam Stanley, Jeannette Kisnorbo, Avril Moss and Brenda Bennett all contributed well in their 17-12 success for the lone point.

Skips Sue Wallis and Jane Taylor kept their teams in the hunt, only going down narrowly by 3 shots and 5 shots respectively.  The other two skips, who shall remain nameless, suffered rather heavy losses.

Brenda

Saturday 14th January
WHITE OAK 3 SEVENOAKS 7
77 shots to 81.

The Ladies have done it again, a second consecutive 7-3 victory!

White Oak had a new carpet put down a while ago and this took some adjusting to for the Sevenoaks ladies.

Performance of the day came from Sally Burton, Dianne Wills, Joy-Ann Hemmings and Ann Munro who romped home 27-7.  Always ahead and leading 16-7,  they won the last five ends notching up ten shots in the process.   This valuable win helped cancel out the 9-27 loss suffered by Jane Taylor’s foursome.  Marian Greenouff, Jessie Thompson, Lynn Thomson and Anne Welch’s 21-11 success also played a big part in the Sevenoaks victory.

Sue Wallis and her ladies went down by four shots 15-19 as did Brenda Bennett’s rink, only their score was 9-13.  This was the Captain’s rink, Rosemary Tuck being the Sevenoaks captain of the day, with Dot Fuller and Diana Purssell making up the side.  Although they were always in arrears, on fourteen of the eighteen ends only one shot was scored, which indicates the closeness of the game.

Brenda

Our next Carvery will be on Sunday 29th Jan.
From 12.30.p.m.
3 Courses plus Coffee and Mints.
£15.00 per person.
BOOK NOW

THE ROYALS 2 SEVENOAKS 8

The ladies made an encouraging start to the new year with victory at The Royals.   Winning on two of the five rinks, together with an overall ten shots advantage, gave Sevenoaks a very welcome 7 points.

Dot Fuller, Jeannette Kisnorbo, Joan Moffat and Brenda Bennett quickly adapted to the away green and all four contributed to a well earned 32-8 success.

Sylvia Crabb, Diana Purssell, Shirley Christian and Sue Wallis maintained the initiative throughout their game, getting home convincingly 22-8.

Skip Anne Welch looked like leading her team to a win when they were 13-7 ahead with five ends to go, but unfortunately they failed to take another end, dropping 12 shots in the process.

With every shot counting, praise is due to Marian Greenouff, Linda George, Avril Moss and Rosemary Tuck who trailed 4-20 but managed to win five out of the final six ends to reach a
respectable 11-21.

This was a first Kent League appearance for Sylvie Crabb and Sue Hogg, a winning one for Sylvie but not Sue.  Both performed well on their debut and hopefully will be putting their names down again.

The Club will Close for Christmas on Friday 23rd at 1.00pm, re-opening on Wednesday 28th at 9.00am until 1.00pm for the usual roll ups and any rink bookings.

Thursday 29th and Friday 30th the Club will be open 9.00am until 1.00pm.

The Club will then be Closed until Monday 2nd January, 9.00am for a New Year Roll Up, minimum number of 24 please (Closing soon after 12.00noon).

Thereafter normal hours from 9.00am Tuesday 3rd January 2023.

2023

The Club will be open for any rink hire, match catch up, or social play Wednesday evenings from 6.30 until 10.00pm, with the Bar.

Saturday 7th – There will bacon rolls available first thing in the morning as we are hosting a match!! If possible put in orders asap!

THE DIRECTORS