Reports Basildon "B"

1st May - Home v Brentwood
WIN 50 v 49 (5 League Points)

A fine dry evening. The green was moderately heavy with long jacks proving challenging for some bowlers.

Rink 1 - Chris White, Colin Banner & Paul Maybury (skip)
A game of mixed fortunes, notable for intermittent heavy scoring by both teams.  After 9 ends, Brentwood led 10-9, before Billericay scored 3 on the 10th to give us the lead for the first time.  However, losses of 5 shots on the 11th end and 7 shots on the 13th end left us with an uphill battle which despite winning 4 shots on the 15th end, proved too much.
Final Result 18:27, winning 7 ends.

Rink 2 - Lorraine Colla, Catherine Barrett & Dave Aggio (skip)
After a worrying start, losing the first five ends, we then won the following five ends to be level at 7:7 after 10 ends. Steady scoring by both teams left Billericay leading 14:13 after 17 ends.  On the final end, with just one wood remaining, Brentwood were holding 3 shots.  Dave used his final wood to great effect by firing, giving us the final end by 1 shot!
Final Result 15:13, winning 10 ends

Rink 3 - Helen White, David Barrett & Mike Seviour (skip)
No heavy scoring by either team in this game, a feature of which was the tussle between David and his opposite number two as they continually matched each other shot-for-shot !  Brentwood won the first end before we pulled back level by the 4th end.  A string of seven Billericay wins left Brentwood able to score only two shots betwen the 4th and 16th ends.
Final Result 17:9, winning 12 ends.

Well done team! An excellent start to our Division 3 campaign!