Hello everyone, week three and the Barnet League is well under way. Tuesday night had five league games being played and eight bowlers horning their skills on the roll up mat. The hall was buzzing read on to see how the ten of our thirteen teams got on.
Mat one and Letchworth Tigers Lisa, Andrew and Alan H were playing Shillington Black’s Bill, Tony and Julia. Blacks got going by taking the first end for a single. Tigers fought back and took the lead with a four on the second end. Blacks pushed again, taking a single and following that with a double it was four all after four ends. Black continued their assault; they regained the lead with a single and followed this with a triple and two further singles for a 10 – 4 lead after eight ends. Tigers gave themselves a talking to and started a comeback, the next three ends and they took three singles to gradually pull themselves back into the game reducing Blacks lead to 10 – 7. Blacks dug in, they held end twelve for a single and followed this with two more for a 13 – 7 lead with one end to play. The last end went Tigers way for a triple , reducing Blacks win to 13 – 10.
Mat two and Letchworth’s other team The Lions David, Mick and Margaret were playing Fairfield Falcon’s Gill, Neil and Bev. Falcons got on the scorecard first with a double. End two and with two bowls on the jack it was declared a tied end. The third end saw Lions pull level with a double, they followed this with two singles, a triple and a double for a 9 – 2 lead after seven ends. Falcons swooped in for a single on end eight but Lions roared again, coming straight back for a four and following that with two triples and a double they had a 21 – 3 lead with three ends to play. The last three ends saw Falcons regroup, gain height and hold two singles followed by a double however Lions had a substantial win at 21 – 7.
Mat three and our current League champions; Greenwood Hawks Barry, Val and Darren were playing our newest league team Potters Bar Kestrels Gill, Pam and Barry. Hawks started by showing why they won the league last year with a four. They followed this with a double and a hotshot six. Kestrels took control of end four and held a single. Hawks came back for a double, a single and a triple before Kestrels attacked again, taking a second single on end eight to reduce Hawks lead to 18 – 2 at the halfway stage. Hawks came back and held two fours and followed this with a double. End twelve and Kestrels took their third end of the game for another single. Although Hawks then came back for a double Kestrels held it together and took their fourth single of the game on the penultimate end. The final end and Hawks attacked again by finishing on a triple to take the win at 33 – 4.
Mat four had Northiam East’s Mike, Jan and Martin playing Harpenden Eagles Deirdre, Suzanne and Brian. Eagles swooped in for a single on the first end. East matched this but Eagles regained the lead with a second single on end three. East then took the lead with a double on end four, they followed this with three singles, a triple and a further double for an 11 -2 lead after nine ends. Eagles then started an attack, taking the following three ends for singles they had reduced East’s lead to six after twelve ends. East held a single which Eagles matched on the fourteenth end. East attacked the last end, holding a four they had a good win at 16 – 6.
Mat five and Harpenden Owls Val, Jean and Gordon got their first game of the season under their belts. They were playing Northiam South’s Dennis, Jeff and Brian. South got started with a double and followed this with a four. Taking a further four singles, two triples and a double South pulled out a lead of 18 – 0 before Owls got on the scorecard on end ten with a double. South then held a single which Owls matched on end twelve. South pushed and held a triple and a single and time was running out for Owls as there was only one end left. Owls pushed hard and held a double on the final end to reduce Souths win to 23 – 5.
What a week, we had some high scores on week three with some teams gaining a large shot difference. After only two games our last years winners Greenwood Hawks are back at the top of the table. With both Northiam teams hot on their tails and Letchworth close as well. Next week sees both Northiam teams on a rest week, with first place Hawks playing fourth place Lions will we get a different team at the top? Come back next week to see how the next five games play out and how it affects the lower half of the table.
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