Tenby 128

Kidwelly 113

A warm April day welcomed our annual visitors from Kidwelly.

Traditionally, Kidwelly provide stiff opposition and this year was no exception, with their team containing multiple Welsh internationals and Gold Cup winners.

Wigan and his rink of Cameron, club chairman Fred and JR started slowly against Gold Cup legend David Kingdon, 12 shots to five down after 12 ends, but picking up a six on the next end changed the game and they eased to a 23-15 victory.

Rink two saw Chris skipping Dai, club steward Joe and Ben. An evenly-matched game until the 12th end, the Tenby rink accelerated away picking up counts of 2, 4, 4, 4 in the next four ends to take the lead and also ease to a 24 shots to 18 win.

Simon and his rink of Ben, TP and Peter continued where they left off against Pendine the previous week. Comfortably ahead by 15 shots to six after 10 ends, they continued in a similar vein in the second half to win by 29 shots to 14.

Ashley, ably supported by Viv, David and Neil, started slowly, losing by 13 shots to two after seven ends. After a brief comeback to get within one, Kidwelly then counter-attacked and ran out comfortable winners by 25 shots to 17.

Jon Webb with Beano, Johnno and Ken had a ding-dong battle against Matthew James’s Kidwelly rink. The lead changed hands on numerous occasions, but the Tenby quartet looked comfortable on the 19th end, leading by six. However Kidwelly picked up seven shots in the remaining ends to win by a single shot.

Out on rink six, Gerald, together with John, Kev and Steve, also struggled early on, trailing by 11 shots to three after eight ends. Solid bowling by all four allowed them to even up the match by the 16th end, however a final flourish by the Kidwelly rink led to 21 shots to 16 win for the visitors.

A tough game against quality opposition which will set up both the Tenby and Five Arches teams for the forthcoming season.

Finally, many congratulations to Jon Hubbard who has been selected to represent Wales in the forthcoming Para Bowls Home Internationals in Glasgow. Jon has been a stalwart member of Tenby Bowling Club for many years and has finally received the recognition he thoroughly deserves.

Rink scores (Tenby first, Kidwelly skips only) were:

Cameron White, Fred Broomhead, John Roberts, Andrew Muskett 23; David Kingdon 15.

Dai Rees, Ben Sheldon, Joe Richards, Chris Court 24; Thomas Holmes 18.

Ben Cloake, Tony Powling, Peter Hooper, Simon Evans 29; Mark Davies 14.

Viv John, David Lloyd, Neil Dickinson, Ashley Hooper 17; Keith Evans 25.

Ken Lloyd, Jon Hubbard, Huw Nicholas, Jon Webb 19; Matthew James 20.

John Rees, Kevin Lewis, Steve Davies, Gerald Hewitt 16; Colin Jones 21.

Congratulations

The club would like to congratulate Mark Davies, of the Bowling Club pool team, on winning the Captains KO Cup at Finals Night last week. Well done.

Sponsorship

Saturday’s raffle prize for the friendly game between Tenby and Kidwelly was donated by Lynn Rafferty. Many thanks.

Forthcoming Event

In June, the club are trying to organise a 24-hour bowls marathon for charity. Please watch this space for more details.

Whist Results

Monday, April 4: top - Mair Marquiss, 173; 1st lady - Mary Renowden, 171; 2nd lady - Pearl Thomas, 160; 1st gent - Sandra Milward, 170; 2nd gent - Pauline Barnikel, 169; 1st half - Joan Webb, 83; 2nd half - Gladys Irvine, 83; raffles - Pauline Barnikel and Mary Renowden.

Monday, April 11: top -Gladys Irvine, 177; 1st lady -Joan Webb, 176; 2nd lady - Mair Marquiss, 164; 1st gent - Mary Renowden, 171; 2nd gent - Margaret Hill, 155; 1st half - Jill Lewis, 89; 2nd half - Sandra Milward, 69; lowest score - Pearl Thomas, 148; raffles - Sandra Milward and Mary Renowden.

Tenby Ladies

Tenby Ladies will be playing the Pembroke Dock Park return fixture at home today (Friday) and not as previously stated. Sorry for any confusion. Please come along and support.

Bonus Ball

The bonus ball was not won, so it will be a rollover - good luck.