HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY

SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

Hertfordshire County Short Mat Bowling Association News story


Barnet League Week 17

13 Feb 2019

There were three matches played in the Barnet League last night with the Division 2 match between St Margaret's 2 and Cuffley Tonic being postponed.

All four top teams in Division 1 were in action. The leaders Greenwood Goshawks were unexpectedly beaten by an on=form and much improved fourth placed Northiam East. Northiam pulled ahead on end 4 and then ran away with the game. Despite dropping 5 shots on the last end, Northiam won 17 - 9. In an all-Letchworth match, second placed Letchworth Dragons lost to third placed Letchworth Lions. The Dragons got off to a great start leading by 8 shots to nil after only 5 ends. This forced the Lions to completely change their playing order. Plan B worked! With the Lions winning 8 of the remaining 10 ends and the game 13 -11. However despite the results the Division 1 leader board remains unchanged.

In the remaining second Division 2 match, Shillington White took the lead against Northiam West on end 4 and never looked back, winning by 11 shots to 8. This catapulted White up the table to second place but Cuffley Gin remain top of the Division with only 3 weeks left in the competition.