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

SEVENOAKS LADIES 27 BROMLEY B 30

A very enjoyable competitive game on the Bromley green saw Krystina Williams, Eve Strudwick, Anne Welch and Brenda Bennett achieve a 12-9 victory, a very low scoring game with only 21 shots over the 18 ends.  One shot only was scored on 15 ends.  Recovering from 4-8 in arrears after 10 ends, Sevenoaks won 7 of the next 8 ends for their hard earned victory.

Unfortunately the home team skipped by Ann Munro could make little headway against their opposition.  They trailed throughout, eventually going down 15-21.

Brenda

SEVENOAKS 3. THE ANGEL 7.

Sevenoaks Ladies defeated The Angel on the green in this five rink game by 3-2 but two heavy defeats meant the shots victory went to our visitors.
 
Captain of the day, Marian Greenouff, and her team of Kristina Williams, Diana Purssell and Sue Wallis recorded a very satisfying win over the visiting captain’s team 21-10.  After losing the two opening ends, they soon took the initiative and stretched their lead as the game went on.
 
Barbara Taylor, Sally Garvey, Audrey Franks and Brenda Bennett were 5-5 after 6 ends and two down on the next end when Audrey played the shot of the day.  A runny bowl took the jack back to three waiting Sevenoaks woods on the edge of the ditch.  Now 4 shots up, Brenda added a further two which opened up a 12-5 lead and the Sevenoaks foursome went on to win 19-15.
 
The most exciting game of the day involved Joyce Allen, Anne Farley, Lynn Thomson and Rosemary Tuck.  A slow start saw them 0-6 after 5 ends before they finally opened their account but they could make little headway, and were 8-14 in arrears with two ends to play.   Suddenly the magic touch appeared and they picked up 5 shots to go into the final end 13-14.   Holding one shot when skip Rosemary went to bowl, she nudged an opposition wood back to make two shots.   The Angel skip appeared to bowl the perfect wood into a crowded head but it finished a yard past the jack having sailed through the smallest of gaps.   Rosemary’s final wood did not change anything giving the opposition skip another opportunity to save the day, but this time she fell short and Sevenoaks, much to their surprise, snatched victory from the jaws of defeat!

Brenda.

MOTE PARK 9   SEVENOAKS LADIES 1.  

63 shots to 78.

Mote Park gained revenge for their defeat at Sevenoaks back in October with a fairly comfortable victory on their own green. However an excellent performance from Anne Farley, Lynn Thomson, Jane Taylor and Joan Moffat saved the whitewash. From 4 -10 down after 12 ends, they dominated, winning six of the last seven ends and scoring 12 shots in the process.

Mel Bridges and her ladies only lost 15-17 while Brenda Bennett’s foursome went down 11-12.  In this latter game, Sevenoaks were leading 10-2 before Mote Park scored a single shot on 8 of the next 9 ends to turn the tide in their favour. 

Brenda.

SEVENOAKS 41 THE ANGEL 32. (Double rink for ladies over 60)

The home rink of Joan Moffatt, Joy-Ann Hemmings, Sue Wallis and Ann Munro excelled themselves against a strong Angel rink skipped by Jane Cogle.  They took control from the start opening up leads of 10-3, 17-8 and 25-9 after 5, 10 and 15 ends, finally winning 26-15.   

On the Angel green, Kristina Williams, Eve Strudwick, Anne Welch and Brenda Bennett started well, going 5-0 up but then lost 7 of the next 8 ends to trail 7-12.   However, the good news filtering through from Sevenoaks was a great boost and they finished well, only going down by two shots, 15-17.   

An all round excellent performance should give encouragement when the ladies face Bromley B in the second round.    

We managed to get 1/2 point as Joan’s rink of Joan, Jane Taylor, Anne Farley and Sally Burton managed to draw with Joan’s very last wood drawing shot to level at 17-17. As Folkestone are a strong team and we were playing away, even 1/2 point is an achievement. Well done Joan’s rink.

Final Score: Folkstone 109 – Sevenoaks 61

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Sevenoaks Ladies put up a good fight against the strong Folkestone Club, batting well on three rinks but suffering a heavy defeat on the fourth. The two rinks skipped by Ann Munro and Sue Walis on the away green excelled.  Munro’s foursome managed a 20-20 draw having led 20-15 after 18 ends.  Wallis’s rink were level 15-15 after
18 ends but slipped to a 15-18 defeat.  Nevertheless a fine performance after the long trip to Folkestone.

On the home green, Brenda Bennett’s ladies were slow off the mark and found themselves 0-9 down after 7 ends and 1-13 after 9 ends.   However, they finally managed to find some good form, won 9 of the next 14 ends and gave Folkestone a scare in the process.   Three shots on the final end to Sevenoaks gave them a very respectable 15-18 scoreline.

Unfortunately the other home rink suffered a heavy defeat, their players shall be nameless!

Brenda