Barnet League Week Twenty
Division one
Greenwood Hawks Bill, Val and Barry played Letchworth Pumas Gill, Andrew and Alan. Pumas took the first end for a double only to see it matched on end two by Hawks. Pumas then came straight back for a triple, following this with two singles they had a 7 – 3 lead after six ends. Hawks came back for two singles but with Pumas holding a second triple and a further single they had an 11 – 4 lead after nine ends. Hawks came back again taking their first triple of the came and following it with a single they had reduced Pumas lead to 11 – 8 with four ends to play. Pumas came back for a single but by taking a double on end thirteen Hawks had reduced Pumas lead to two shots. Pumas then took a single on the penultimate end for a three shot lead. Hawks dug in, taking the last end for a triple they had got the draw at 13 all.
Division two
Northiam West’s Margaret, Brian and Jeff played St Margaret’s Mercury’s Terri, Roger and Jeanette. West started this game with a single and followed that with two doubles. Mercury then started by taking a single and followed it with a triple and a single to be level at five all. They followed this with a third single and a 6 – 5 lead after seven ends. West came back on end eight for a magnificent five. End nine had Mercury take their fourth single of the game. West applied some pressure taking three singles and a double to increase their lead to 15 – 7 with two ends to play. Mercury came back into the game by taking the last two ends for doubles but West had the win at 15 – 11.
Cuffley Gin’s Paul, Jen and Ann played St Margaret’s Mars Derek Brian and John. Mars took the first end for a double and followed this with a four. Gin took the third end for a single which Mars matched on the following end. Gin then took a second single and again, Mars matched this but followed it with a triple and a double for a 13 – 2 lead after eight ends. Gin then started a run, taking a single, a double and a further single they had reducer Mars lead to 13 – 6 with four ends to play. Mars held the twelve end for a single but resilient Mars held on to the last three ends. Taking two singles and a tremendous triple they had reduced Mars win to 14 – 11 after being eleven shots down at the midway point.
As we come towards the end of the season there is only one game left in Division one. As the result of this game is unlikely to influence the current table positions we can see that Greenwood Peckers are going to be the Division one Champions with Northiam East being the runners up. There are two games left to be played in Division two. With three teams currently on fourteen points we will have to wait for next week’s results before we can be sure of the final positions. A win by the Tigers could see them top the table but we will have to wait and see what happens. Can we make a special mention for Cuffley Gin. In a difficult season for them in which they lost all their games they had a strong come back in the second half of their game this week and should be proud of their efforts. We look forward to them improving further next season. With the three remaining games being played next week the Winners of both Divisions will be confirmed and Margaret can get those Trophies engraved ready for presentation night. See you all next week for the last Barnet League report of the season.