Downton Men had another victory in the New Forest League, beating Braeside 84 shots to 65, gaining 7 points to 1.
Ivan Buss and his triple of Simon Stacey and Charles Burrows had a great game winning 26-13.
Geoff Warr snatched a win, for the second game running, on the last wood he bowled, 20-18.
Alan Waters, Alan Foster and Paul Fox, had an unfortunate incident when Paul had to withdrawal due to illness halfway through the match. This triple lost 23-18.
The triple led by Colin Morris, also had a comfortable win.
Well played everyone.
Downton made a big last minute effort on two rinks to gain overall victory. Geoff’s triple were level after the penultimate end, and four shots down with just skipper Warr to play the last wood with which he managed to pinch the shot wood.
Better than this; the triple of John James, Steve Allen and skip Colin Morris, were losing 15-10 and six shots down on the last end with just Colin to play the last wood. Colin trailed the jack to a waiting bunch of Downton woods and took five shots to level the score on this rink.
The other two rinks more or less cancelled one another with an easy victory and a hard loss.
A great match to start the season:
The overall result: 4.5 points to Downton; 3.5 points to Waterside.
The opening round of the Bournemouth & District Saturday morning triples section 5B, took place on Saturday 29th April, with the Bustards visiting Highcliffe ‘E’. The fixture was switched to Highcliffe due to the Downton Cuckoo Fayre.
Rink 1 was Rosemary, Alan & Ivan who comfortably won their match 23-11
Rink 2 was Tony, Muriel & Cathy who lost 17-18, in a really tight, entertaining game.
Overall the score was 40-29, so the Bustards picked up 4 points and the hosts picked up 2.
Next game is on 13th May, away to Poole Park ‘D’.
Away match to Argyll Bowls Club.
Charles, Cathy and Lynda won by 24 shots to 9 shots.
Dawn, Colin and Steve won by 23 shots to 11 shots.
A good start to the season with maximum points.
We always have a traditional bowls match against Downton Football Club.
This is a great afternoon of fun and banter. Anyone can play – just contact the club to register your interest. Or just come along and enjoy the afternoon.
Kick off (!) is at 2pm on Sunday 7th May.
We’ll have a raffle and buffet afterwards.
On Wednesday at Wilton, the Downton Mixed Triples League side lost on 2 rinks, one of which was lost on the last end, but the third team, (Marie Clarke, Rod & Marg Hall) bumped the score up for Downton enough to beat Wilton by about 10 overall, so we finished with 4 points each, resulting in a draw.
Members: Please be aware that the S&D vs Pewsey 100 match is to be played on Sunday 20th August and NOT the 27th August as it currently appears in your booklet.
Could you please amend your Fixture List, or make a note of the amendment if you have yet to collect your List.
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