Pelham Sea Hawks V Bustards

Last weekends home match against Knyveton Kestrels was forfeited to us, as the Kestrels couldn’t raise a team. We were awarded 6 points & 10 shots. > >> Fortunately, the heavy rain that was forecast for today stayed away & we were able to travel to Bournemouth & complete our match against the Sea Hawks. Whilst the wet weather gear had to go on twice, we did manage to play a full match, on a very wet green that still played really well. >> >>>> Rink 1 – Tony, Steve & Geoff – won 23-16. A terrific bounce back from last weeks poor performance. We won the first end, then were never headed, once we took the lead back again on the 5th end. Along the way we scored a 4, a 5 & a 7! Both teams won 9 ends. Well done boys. >> >>>> Rink 2 – Dibbie, Ann & Ivan – won 23-12. We lost the first 3 ends & were trailing 0-6, before we got to grips with the conditions. Then we won 4 out of the next 5 ends to lead 12-8 & never looked back. Overall, we won 10 ends, including a 5, a 4 & 2×3 & apart from a 4 & a 2, they didn’t score anything more than a single on any end. Well played. >> >> Overall match score – Bustards 46 v 28. Bustards 6 points, Sea Hawks 0 points. With other results going our way, we are now up to 3rd with a +18 shot difference. > > Next week we are visiting the Richmond Park Panthers, hopefully with an unchanged side & the sun shining! >> >>>> Ivan Buss >>>> 7 June 2025.