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

SEVENOAKS LADIES 92 DARTFORD STONE LODGE 78. Although every shot was important, this game was primarily won by the two teams that played on the away rink, both scoring comfortable victories.   Skip Sue Wallis and her ladies excelled with their 31-13 trouncing of the opposition, while Ann Munro’s rink were equally impressive winning 29-18.

It was a different story on the Sevenoaks green with both teams under pressure.   Jane Taylor’s foursome came up against a very strong DSL rink and despite their best efforts, suffered a depressing 8-25 loss.   After 11 ends, Brenda Bennett and her ladies were trailing 7-18, but boosted by the good news coming through from Dartford, they bucked up their ideas, improved their game, and achieved a very satisfying 24-22 win.

Folkestone will be the opposition in Round 2 of the Yetton Trophy.

Brenda.