Barnet League Week Fifteen.
This Tuesday the 06th February saw four matches being played at Hatfield. Two in division one, one in division two and the second semi-final in the Barnet League Cup Plate competition.
Division one
Shillington Red’s Clive, Derek and Neil played Greenwood Hawks Bill, Barry and Darren on mat one. Hawks took the first end for a single and followed this with a double for a 3 – 0 lead. Red then took the lead with a four on end three. Hawks pulled it back again to go 5 – 4 up on end four. Red then started a run of ends. Taking two doubles, a four a single and a triple they had a healthy lead of 16 – 5 after nine ends. Hawks came back on end ten to take a triple followed by a single. Reds interrupted their run taking a single on end twelve. Hawks came straight back for two doubles to be only four shots behind going into the last end. Reds held on to the last end for a single and the win at 18 – 13.
Greenwood Peckers Audrey, Brian and Mark played Northiam East’s Mike, Martin and Jan on mat two. East started taking the first end for a single. Peckers then started a short run. Taking a double followed by two singles they were 4 – 1 up after four ends. East came back for two doubles and regained the lead at 5 – 4. End seven and Peckers took a single to level this match at five all. East took the lead back with a triple on end eight. With the following two ends going for a single apiece, East were maintaining their three shot lead at 9 – 6 with four ends to play. End eleven and Peckers narrowed the gap two one shot by taking a double. East then started a short run taking two singles and a double for a five shot lead going into the last end. Peckers held the final end for a single but East had the win at 13 – 9.
Division two
Harpenden Eagles Val, Beryl and Gordon played Cuffley Gin’s Derek, Paul and Ann on mat three. Gin started well taking the first end for a single. Eagles then raced into the lead with a hotshot six and followed this with a single. The following two ends went for a single apiece giving Eagles an 8 – 2 lead after five ends. Gin then took end six for a single only to see Eagles start a run of ends to be 17 – 3 up on end eleven. Gin took a single which Eagles immediately matched and followed this with a triple. Gin held on and took the last end for a single but Eagles had the win at 21 – 5.
Barnet League Cup Plate Competition
Shillington Black’s Trevor, Michelle and Julia played Letchworth Tigers Judith, Sue and Margaret on mat four in the second Semi Final of the plate competition.
Set 1:- Tigers got on the card first with a single, Black replied taking a double to which Tigers took a second single to level the set after three ends. Black then applied some pressure, taking a double followed by a triple and a third double they were 9 – 2 up after six ends. The last end of the first set saw Tigers hold on for a single, but Black had won set one at 9 – 3.
Set 2:- Tigers then started to take control, taking the first two ends for doubles. End three saw Black take a single. Tigers put on more pressure, taking three singles and finishing on a double. In a complete reversal of the first set they had a comprehensive win at 9 – 1 and with the match level the tie break began.
Tie Break:- Black were put in first and after all six bowls had been played they took the first end of this three end tie break. The second end saw a close head with one those small blue bowls from the Tigers sitting next to the jack with the last bowl to come from Black’s skip. Playing with a small amount of weight the last bowl of the second end pushed the bowl out of the way and took shot. Winning two ends Black had the win and go forward into the Plate Final.
Northiam East’s win takes them to the top of the First Division although second place Greenwood Peckers do have a game in hand. Shillington Red’s win moves them above Greenwood Hawks and out of the relegation zone. Harpenden Eagles strong win in Division two reinforces their fourth place. Shillington Black’s win in the plate means we now know the final will be between Northiam West and Shillington Black although the date for this Final is still to be arranged. With three more matches to be played next week, watch this space for more news.