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 Match Report Downton for the first time in 38 years have won the Westbrook Mixed Triples League.The final match of the season took place at Downton Green on Wednesday afternoon 13th September 2023 against Amesbury Bowls Club. Downton needed to win on just one rink to secure victory.Amesbury fielded a very strong side as by winning this match they would be runners up in the league. Downton strongest rink comprised of Marie Clark, John James and Alan Waters had a comfortable win with 20 shots to 9 shots.Amesbury Captain Ali Noyes(also their Champion of Champions)and team fielded their best players against Marg Hall, Steve Allen and Nick Purkis and won very convincingly by 26 shots to 9 shots. The match now depended on the result on the 3rd rink .Ivan, Lynda and Colin made a great start and after nine ends were winning 11 shots to 1. But then Amesbury came back winning the next 5 ends. It all depended on the final end as to who would win this match. Luckily for us Colin and his team made four shots on the last end. This meant that we won the match by one shot and had 6 points to Amesbury 2. This result meant that Amesbury were unable to overtake Wilton currently in 2nd place and ended up in 3rd place in the league. My thanks go out not only to those who played in this match but also everyone else who played for the MTL especially Rod Hall, Dawn Allen and Simon and Marion Stacey and Jane Smith. Steve Allen
MTL Captain
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Match Report Saturday 2nd September 2023 This is the last match of the B&D morning open triples league.It was against Fordingbridge Fire at Fordingbridge. The weather was fine and sunny. As Dawn Allen was still recovering from her operation and Neil was unable to play we called upon our reserve players again Nick Purkis and John James to take their place.The teams were; Team 1. Steve Allen, Colin Morris and Nick Purkis Team 2. John James, Cathy Burrows and Charles Burrows. Team 1 won the first end and managed to stay in front throughout the game but it was pretty close at times and by winning the last end we won the rink 13 shots to 9 shots. Team 2 . They had a close match for the first five ends but on the sixth end they got five shots and after that they romped home winning by a massive score of 37 shots to 13 shots. This win meant the Downton Dragons are now top of league in Division 5A and are eligible for promotion to Division 4. I would like to congratulate the team for their hard work throughout the season in achieving the success that they richly deserve. Steve Allen Downton Dragons Captain
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Match Report Today we were playing at home .The team selection was as follows; Team1. Steve , Lynda and Dawn Team 2. Neil , Cathy and Colin. Team 1 got off to a bad start and by the fifth end they were 11 shots to 1 shot down. However they managed to claw their way back up and eventually won the rink by 24 shots to 15 shots. Team 2 were in the lead from the beginning and had a comfortable win of 24 shots to 7 shots. We won the match with all six points and are still third in the league. Steve Allen Downton Dragons Captain
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Match Report 5th August 2023 Today’s match at Swanage has been cancelled due to bad weather on the coast. As we were unable to agree a date for a return match we therefore agreed to share the points. Our next match is at home against the Swanage Seagulls in Saturday 12 August at 10am. Steve Allen Downton Dragons Captain
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