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Reports CMBL "A" TEAM

Billericay 'A' v Chelmsford 'A', 24th June Away

Billericay 'A' 1 point (35 shots):  Chelmsford 'A' 7 points (41 shots)

Rex, Val, Graham & David:  19:19 shots draw

Jeff, John, Jon & MikeY:  16:22 shots against

Playing a diminished Chelmsford team due to county commitments still proved to be a handful.  The final points score did not truly reflect our good performance and we deserved more.  A flying start by both teams gave us a cushion to the midway point with a score advantage of 12 and 8 for Val and Jeff's teams respectively but both dropped a five and a six at this point, our achilles heal.  Our teams fought back with some good scores of their own and managed to keep in touch but the backend play especially, of the opposition was very accurate at times.

Well done for a good team performance with some special outstanding shots, just not our night.

Tony. 

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Billericay 'A' v Great Baddow 'A', 17th June Home

Billericay 8 points (38 shots):  Great Baddow 'A' 0 points (24 shots)

Val, Mike S, Tony and Graham:  22:11 shots in favour

Jeff, John, Tracy and Jon:  16:13 shots in favour

A fantastic result against an upper quartile team in the league.

Val's team had a gruelling start saved by the backend players, especially Mike, whilst the frontend adapted to the test of rink two.  The breakthrough came by scoring a four on end 10 to be 9:8 up against the run of play.  End 11 proved to be the second turning point on a long end with three Billericay bowls on the bank and holding one, the opposition skip took his own bowl out to give us three, now 12:8 up.  The opposition lost control and concentration, rattled by our continuing regular scores helped by our improving front end.  Plugging away we only lost one of the remaining ends.  Brilliant result, how did we do that?

Jeff's team all performed consistently well and in charge certainly up to end 10 with a score of 11:5 in favour, only to be hit by losing seven in the next three ends.  Score now 11:12 against on end 13 and everything to play for.  Stepping up a gear winning the next 4 out of 5 ends rendered our winning score of 16:13.  Well done for keeping it together and maintaining our overall score. 

Tony

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Billericay 'A' v Stock & Buttsbury 'A', 10th June Away

Billericay 0 points (22 shots):  Stock & Buttsbury 'A' 8 points (36 shots)

Val, Jenny, Graham & Jon:  8:21 shots against

Rex, Mike S, Tracy and Mike Y:  14:15 shots against

A sticky green that retarded the shots at the beginning and continued to some degree throughout the match making length adjustment tricky.  It is obvious that the opposition focussed their team intent on winning this local derby and although Stock won, the margins were close on one rink and the score is not truly representative of the match.

Val's team played well overall but the opposition skip Sid had the ability many times to touch the jack and change the outcome.

Rex's team faced the antics, razzmatazz and bravado of opposition skip Gary and held together a regular score helped by saving shots by Mike S as number 3 to contain the opposition.  Our team scoring a four on end 13 equalled 9 all and the atmosphere changed and Stock were noticeably worried.  Billericay needed four on the last end and held one before the skips turn.  Rex scored another 'brilliant' two shots to end the match 14:15 down.  We certainly had them worried, entertaining to watch!

Tony.

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Billericay 'A' v Maldon 'C', 3rd June Home

Billericay 0 points (17 shots):  Maldon 'C' 8 points (56 shots)

Val, Jenny, Jon and Tracy:  9:27 shots against

Rex, Graham, Winston and Mike S:  8:29 shots against

Well at least it didn't rain.  Dissappointing evening for all the players with some moments of joy but unfortunately not enough to battle the front end consistency of the opposition who played well throughout both their squads.  Outplayed on the night, a few early saves but never gained control of the jack or the match and only demonstrated a glimmer of scoring near the end.

Selection is proving difficult with sickness and unavailability, although on face value we should have adequate player numbers but positioning to achieve the best combination needs some thought.  We are in a tough league but never mind, we face Stock next week who are beatable.  

Tony.

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Billericay 'A' v Danbury 'C', 27th May Away

Billericay 6 points (32 shots):  Danbury 'C' 2 points (28 shots)

Val, Graham, David S and Mike S:  19:9 shots in favour

MikeY, John F, Winston and Jon:  13:19 shots against

Firstly thanks to David Sarbutt for stepping in and witnessing our first win earning a valuable six points.  Rained all day but thankfully abated in the evening but still slow on the green.  We overcame our tendency to lose most ends in the second half of the match on this occasion, maintaining momentum throughout.  A good step forward.

Val's team worked well together, supporting Val in the early stages and scoring a four on end 7.  Normal service then resumed with some classic shots to win all the remaining ends except three.

Mike's team struggled a bit early on but realised the importance of the overall score and battled on to secure our extra four points.  Our team actually won half the ends although not securing such high scoring ends as the opposition.  However, scoring six in the last four ends against the opposition's one shot clinched the overall score and put a smile on Mike's face.

Brilliant result, well done!

Tony.

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Billericay 'A' v Falcon 'A', 20th May Away

Billericay 0 points (24 shots):  Falcon 'A' 8 points (49 shots)

Val, Jenny, Mike S and Mike Y:  11:25 shots against

Graham, John F, Winston and Jon:  13:24 shots against

Division one is proving difficult at the moment following our promotion last year.  The draw against seasoned county players appears to take a toll in the later stages of our matches.  This week both teams started really well in the opening ends with the potential of scoring points but hope drifted as the match progressed in cold bumpy conditions.

Val's team were 10:4 up on end eight, dropped a three on the next end and failed to score on the remaining ends except the last.  Dropping some threes and a five on the way, a shame as some individual brilliance was witnessed many times.

Graham's team experience a similar tale, 5:1 up on end six and then a problem to maintain momentum but able to score a three and a four within the remaining ends but beaten by more threes and fours by the opponents.

Injuries both on and off the rink are not helping our progress but motivation will be maintained for sure.  Well done, some good play demonstrated.

Tony

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Billericay 'A' v Silver End, 13th May Home

Billericay 0 points (26 shots):  Silver End 8 points (59 shots)

Rex, Val, Winston and Jon:  17:29 shots against

Graham, Mike Y, John F and Tracy:  9:30 shots against

This match was always predicted to be a challenge against a highly competitive leading contender in division one.  We should not be disappointed as everyone played their part in trying to contain the scores, so well done.

Rex's team performed well in the early stages to maintain a 12:12 score on end 10 and at one stage looked like winning but unfortunately  dropped a five on end 11.  Recovery from that point appeared difficult absorbing shots against for the remaining ends.

Graham's team again did well in the opening ends but luck against played a part with an early scoreline unrepresentative of the standard of play exhibited.  The opposition's scoring became consistent from end 7 and saved on many occasion by the Silver End skip scoring on every end except five of the eighteen.

Another opportunity next week to bring home some points.

Tony

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