On a beautiful Saturday morning, the Bustards took on Lyndhurst Lightning, with on paper our strongest team of the season. Sadly for us, bowls matches aren’t played on paper & with the Lightning turning up with a very strong team, this was always going to be a tough match.
Rink 1 – Janet, Steve & Paul – Lost 11-21 . Having won the last two games in a row, I kept the side together, looking for another strong performance. A very good Lightning trio had other ideas. We lost the first 4 ends to trail 0-7, then a 4 on end 6, helped us get back to 7-9 off 10 ends. After that we only won 2 more ends & lost 9 shots over ends 11/12/13, to eventually go down 11-21.
Rink 5 – Geoff, John & Neil – Lost 16-19. We lost the first 5 ends to trail 0-8. We then scored a 5 on end 11 & with a 1/2/3 on ends 15/16/17, we went in to the last end only trailing 16-17. Sadly, on the last end it wasn’t to be & we finally lost 16-19. A good effort though boys.
The overall match score was Bustards 27 v 40 Lightning. I’m waiting on a couple of late results to come in, but if they both go the wrong way, we could end the day 8th/10.
Next week we are away to Ringwood B, who are currently 5th.
Ivan Buss 30th May 2026.
Rink 1 – Janet, Steve & Paul – Lost 11-21 . Having won the last two games in a row, I kept the side together, looking for another strong performance. A very good Lightning trio had other ideas. We lost the first 4 ends to trail 0-7, then a 4 on end 6, helped us get back to 7-9 off 10 ends. After that we only won 2 more ends & lost 9 shots over ends 11/12/13, to eventually go down 11-21.
Rink 5 – Geoff, John & Neil – Lost 16-19. We lost the first 5 ends to trail 0-8. We then scored a 5 on end 11 & with a 1/2/3 on ends 15/16/17, we went in to the last end only trailing 16-17. Sadly, on the last end it wasn’t to be & we finally lost 16-19. A good effort though boys.
The overall match score was Bustards 27 v 40 Lightning. I’m waiting on a couple of late results to come in, but if they both go the wrong way, we could end the day 8th/10.
Next week we are away to Ringwood B, who are currently 5th.
Ivan Buss 30th May 2026.
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