The Barnet League continued this week with two games in the first division and only one in the second.
Division One
Shillington White’s team of Trevor, Michelle and Julia played Greenwood Pecker’s Penny, Colin and Brian F. Peckers started well taking the first end for a four, they then followed this with a single. White then got started taking end three for a single. Peckers replied taking a further single to go 6 – 1 up after four ends. Whites then got a run going, they took two singles and two doubles to take the lead at 7 – 6 after eight ends. End nine saw Whites hold a four for a five shot lead. Peckers instantly replied getting a four of their own to reduce Whites lead back to one shot. The last five ends all went Whites way. They held a triple followed by a double and a single. On the penultimate end they held a second four and followed this with a single for the win at 22 – 10.
Northiam East’s Mike, Margaret and Jan played Shillington Black’s Jen, Clive and Bill. East started with a single and followed it by taking a four on the second end. Black then started a run, taking three singles they had reduced Easts lead to 5 – 3. Ends six and seven were both extremely close and declared tied ends. East then held a single followed by two doubles to go 10 – 3 up after ten ends. Black then pulled back, taking a double followed by a triple they had reduced Easts lead to 10 – 8 with three ends to play. The following two ends went for a single apiece. East then held the last end for a triple and took the win at 14 – 9.
Division two
Bush Hill Blues Terri, Jack and Roger played Harpenden Eagles Val, Diana and Gordon. Blues started by taking the first three ends for singles. Eagles took end four for a double only to see Blues take a further single on end five. End six and Eagles came back for a double and it was all square at four all. Eagles then took the lead with a single. Blues replied taking the lead back with a double. Eagles came back in for a single and it was all square at six all after nine ends. Again, Eagles took the lead, with a double this time. End eleven and Blues got their second double and it was all square for the third time in the game at eight all. Eagles then took a further double and the lead again at 10 – 8. End thirteen and Blues held on for a tremendous five and a three shot lead with two ends to play. With the last two ends going for a single apiece, Blues had the win at 14 – 11.
One win and one loss for Shillington sees them swap places in the first division. Both Shillington teams will be playing again next week. Northiam’s win moves them up the table to second place making the top three places fairly close with plenty of games left this season.
Bush Hill Blues win moves them up to third spot in the second division. The second place is wide open with both Letchworth teams in a three way fight for second place. With both Letchworth teams playing next week lets keep a close eye on how it develops.