SAUNDERSFOOT 86 (10 pts.)
PEMBROKE DOCK 69 (4)
Saundersfoot entertained Pembroke Dock last Sunday in their last Pembrokeshire League Division One fixture of 2010 and ended the season on a high, gaining a 17-shot victory.
Although only picking up 10 of the 14 points, it could so easily have been a clean sweep as two rinks went into their last ends drawing with identical 19-all scores, only to just lose out at the death.
On rink two, captain Steve Dick had his usual rink of Roy Kennion at lead, Nev Ruff second and Paul Blayney third and thanks to some excellent bowling by opposing skip Dave Buchanan, found themselves nine shots adrift after just six ends.
It was a fight all the way after that and, although still seven shots down after 17, counts of four, one and two by the villagers set up a tense last end.
Third Paul Blayney drew right to the jack, only for Dave Buchanan to nudge it away and settle on the kitty himself, making a count of four in the process.
With the game won overall, Steve had the option of drawing second shot, but in an attempt to win the rink, just failed with two weighted shots.
Rink three had a similar end to their encounter, with Louis Price, John Morris, Brian Desmond and Myrddin Dennis drawing with one end to play, only to drop a three.
Allen Brace led for Simon Evans on rink four, with Neil Hensman second and Alan Brain third and restricted their opponents to winning just six ends in an 18-shot win.
Rink five saw the other Saundersfoot win, with Graham Hughes, Dai Lewis, George Cavell and John Jenkins winning by six shots.
Quick out of the blocks, the home four soon built up a 12-shot lead, but then failed to score on the next six ends to leave the scorecard reading 14 shots-all after 15 played.
The visitors, skipped by Richard Hissey, actually held a one shot advantage with thee ends to play, but counts of two, two and three to finish secured the win.
This was a satisfactory result for Saundersfoot, who could finish fourth depending on the result of the Dockers' last game against Tenby and captain Steve Dick, in his post-match speech, thanked the squad for their support throughout the season.
Rink scores (Saundersfoot first): S. Dick 19 D. Buchanan 23; M. Dennis 19 R. Jones 22; S. Evans 26 B. Dowling 8; J. Jenkins 22 R. Hissey 16.
PENDINE 115 (12 pts.)
ST. ISSELL'S 60 (2)
Saundersfoot St. Issell's played their last away game in the Pembrokeshire Division Two League last weekend against a Pendine team who had already been crowned champions and who were looking to go through their season undefeated.
It was always going to be a tough task to take anything from the game and so it proved, with the home team rampant on three rinks in a 55-shot win.
Scores were close in the early stages, with Pendine only leading by seven shots after five ends, but a disastrous next five for the villagers saw this deficit increase by 30.
Things did not improve after the tea-break, but at least St. Issell's took something from the game, with captain Barrie Lee skipping his rink to a 12-shot victory.
The team were due to play their last game of the season this week in a rearranged game at home to St. Kaths of Milford Haven, the original fixture being postponed due to bad weather.
Rink scores (St. Issell's first, Pendine skips only):
L. Allen, G. Vigus, B. Glynn, S. Howe 12; S. King Thomas 34.
J. Bingham, J. Austin, M. Carr, R. Pring 12; M. Evans 38.
C. Roden, D. Reed, B. Deeley, K. Rowland 12; M. Thomas 29.
J. Evans, B. McKehon, T. Lamkin, B. Lee 24; D. King Thomas 14.
SAUNDERSFOOT 101 SEVERN BOWLING CLUB (BRISTOL) 97
Saundersfoot entertained Severn Bowling Club last Saturday in a five-rink mixed friendly and narrowly won an entertaining game by just four shots.
Top rink for the villagers went to John Bingham, Mike Oliver, Terry Lamkin and skip Marion Evans with a 15-shot victory.
Rink scores (Saundersfoot first, Severn skips only):
E. Pendlebury, C. Roden, N. Hensman, B. Lee 16; M. Tarret 23.
G. Vigus, B. Davies, B. Glynn, K. Rowland 20; J. Dixon 25.
D. Reed, D. Pope, M. Carr, P. Blayney 19; I. Sproting 22.
N. Griffiths, P. Lewis, D. Disney, B. Deeley 19; G. Macey 14.
J. Bingham, M. Oliver, T. Lamkin, M. Evans 27; R. Clark 13.
Welsh semi-finals
Today (Friday) is a big day for four of the ladies of the club who have reached the semi-finals of the Welsh competitions.
It is also a very busy day for them, as they are involved in three competitions!
Ann Lewis will be bowling from morning to dusk as she plays in the singles against 2008 winner Denise Molan, of Tridwr, while afterwards she will skip Viv Edwards and Ceris Hewlings in the triples against previous winners, Kathy Pearce and Co from Berriew, while the Saundersfoot trio will be joined by Kath Blayney for the rinks in which they play the legendary Betty Morgan and her quartet from Llandrindod Wells.
CLUB FINALS
This weekend sees the club tournament finals taking place and an exact timetable can be found on the competitions noticeboard.
Captain's Day
Good luck to Gemma Amos who is holding her Captain's Day at the club on Wednesday, September 8. Fingers crossed for a sunny day and plenty of fun and laughter!
Ladies' meeting
The ladies will be holding a meeting on Thursday, September 9, at 6.30 pm, to discuss the county propositions put forward by other clubs and also to discuss propositions for the league AGM. Please can all those ladies attending the WWLBA luncheon also bring their money along to give to Ceris. Many thanks.
Management committee
Nomination forms for next year's management committee are now on the noticeboard in the clubhouse.