Hello to all you Barnet League players and followers. This week we had another four matches at The Hive.
Mat one had Shillington Red’s Tom, Carol and Neil playing St Margaret’s Mercury’s Terri, Roger and Darren. Reds started this game with a single, Mercury matched this on end two but Red pulled back in front with a triple. Mercury came back for a double to be only one shot behind at 3 – 4 after four ends. Reds now started a run, taking a double and four singles they had increased their lead to 10 – 3 after nine ends. Mercury went on the attack, starting with a double and following this with two singles they had pulled it back to 7 – 10 with three ends to play. Reds got going again taking two singles to be five shots ahead with one end to play. The last end saw Mercury hold a single but Red’s had their second win of the season at 12 – 8.
Mat two and our second placed Letchworth Lions team of Alan, Andrew and Alan playing St Margaret’s Mars team of Tony, Brian and Jeanette. Lions started with a single but Mars came straight back for a single and took the lead with a double. Lions replied by taking two singles to level this game at three all after five ends. Mars held on to end six for a single which Lions matched and it was all square again at four all. Mars pushed hard and took the lead with a four on end eight. Lions replied for a single but Mars increased the pressure by taking a double to go 10 – 5 up after ten ends. End eleven saw Lions hold a double but Mars then took a single to maintain their four shot lead at 11 – 7 after twelve ends. Lions now roared and held their own four to make it level at eleven all. They followed this with a double to take the lead at 13 – 11 with one end to play. Mars pushed back and held the last end for a single giving Lions the win with a close score of 13 – 12.
Mat three saw Northiam East’s team of Mike, Jan and Martin play Shillington Black’s Toni, Kevin and Bill. Blacks took the first end for a single but East swiftly replied by taking a triple on the second end. Black came straight back for a second single but East got back on the mat and took four successive singles for a 7 – 2 lead after seven ends. Black then pushed and took a single, following this with a triple they had reduced East’s lead to one shot on end eight. East nudged further in front on end ten by taking the eighth single of the game. East then applied some pressure and increased their lead, taking three doubles followed by a single they were 15 – 6 ahead going into the last end. Black regrouped and held the last end of this game for a single but the damage had been done and East had another win at 15 – 7.
Our final mat of the evening, number four had our new team Potters Bar Kestrels Bernice, Pam and Mike playing AFC Falcon’s Gill, Neil and Bev. Falcons started by taking the first end for a single. They followed this with a double and four further singles to be 7 – 0 up after six ends. Kestrels took to the air and held a wonderful four on end seven. Falcons came back, increasing their lead by taking a single and a double. End ten and Kestrels gained height and won another end with a double. Falcons reply was to hold their own four on end eleven and follow this with another single. Kestrels then won the following two ends by taking them each for a single increasing their score to eight. Falcons swooped in on the last end by holding a triple for an 18 – 8 win.
After the above four interesting games there has been little movement in our table. The only change has been Shillington Red’s win moving them up the table two positions. With ten of our eleven teams playing next week could we see a few changes in that table?