CLOSE GAME IN SEASON OPENER!!
West Yorkshire Terriers were our visitors for our 1st game of the season.
Singles -
We welcomed back Glen Scott and after six ends he found himself 10-0 down but in typical fashion he managed to turn it around for a 12-11 win. His 2nd game was equally hard fought for an 11-13 loss. Kevin Burnett was in scintillating form recording two wins 21-8 and 20-6.
Points 6 + 2 aggregate.
Pairs
Andrea and Ian got us off to a perfect start winning 17-9 but couldn’t repeat it in their second game, losing 9-19. Alan playing with new partner Ann Lucas had a hard first game, losing 11-16. They won their 2nd game 17-10 thus sharing the aggregate points.
Points 4 + 1 aggregate.
Triples
Hard day for the trips against 2 very good well established teams. Howard’s trips recording an 8-8 draw in their first game.
Points 1
Fours
Last season we relied on the fours for points, it was a bit of a struggle today however with only 2 points scored. Walter’s four lost their first game 5-11 , a change in the playing order for their second game resulted in a 13-6 win. Ron’s four had a difficult day recording 4-8 and 5-16 losses.
Points 2.
Ann Lucas, who was playing her first county game, played very well and looked very much at home in the team. Frank Lindsay, also playing his first county game, played well in Walter’s four.
So all in all an encouraging performance ( last time we played the terriers we lost 30-10)
Final result West Yorkshire B 16 North Yorkshire Terriers 24.
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By Capt. Alan Byers
DARK DERBYSHIRE DAYS!
Difficult day in Derbyshire.
The B team travelled down the M1 on November 3rd to play what we all knew would be a difficult match and so it was !.
It was a day to forget for our stand in singles players Yvonne and Dennis up against 2 very accomplished players in Ivan Lunn and Phil Wright.
0 points.
The pair’s fared better with a win for Ian and Andrea, but a tough day for Ann and Alan.
2 points.
The trips were the stars with 2 wins for Janet, Howard and skip Dorothy Phiz and a win for Warren, Gary and Gordon. Aggregate points won.
8 points.
Another hard day for the four’s with Walter, Maveen, Ken and Rene recording the only points with 1 win.
2 points
Final score West Yorkshire 12 Derbyshire 28.
STOCKPORT STUMBLE!
Sunday November 10th.
Our visitors today were Stockport B; last season’s relegated team from division 1.
Singles
With both Glen and Kevin back we were optimistic of winning some points, however this was not to be as both endured a testing day against two good players.
Points
West Yorkshire 0 Stockport 8 + 2.
Pairs
Ian and Andrea got us off to a good start with a 13-7 win. But a narrow 10-11 loss for Alan and Maveen was the next best result.
Points
West Yorkshire 2 Stockport 6 + 2.
Triples
A narrow 6 - 8 loss for Janet , Howard and Glennys, was followed up with a good 11- 8 win in their second game. Warren, Gary and Catherine recorded a good 13-6 win in their first game so with an 8 point advantage the aggregate point was up for grabs. It was not to be, however, with a 7-18 loss.
Points
West Yorkshire 4 Stockport 4+2.
Fours
A bad day for our fours, the best result being a last end loss for Walter’s four 7-9.
Points
West Yorkshire 0 Stockport 8+2
Final Score
West Yorkshire 6 Stockport 34
A disappointing result but everyone tried their best against a very good Stockport side.
Alan
TOUGH AT THE TERRIERS!
Our second away match of the season took us up the A19 to play North Yorkshire Terriers at Easingwold.
Singles
Kevin got off to a great start leading 10-2 after 7 ends but was pegged back and eventually won 16-15. Glen had two very close games which could have gone ether way but unfortunately they both went to the Terriers 13-15 and 11-13. In his last game Kevin needed to win by 4 points to secure the aggregate point, all square after 11 ends, he couldn’t quite do it losing 17-12.
Points
West Yorkshire 2. Terriers 6+2
Pairs
Another hard day for the pairs with the only points coming from the reliable Ian and Andrea with a win in their second game.
Points
West Yorkshire 2. Terriers 6+2
Trips
A bad day for the triples, with four wins and the aggregate going the way of the Terriers.
Points
West Yorkshire 0. Terriers 8+2
Fours
A win for Walter’s four in their second game gave us our only points in the fours.
Points
West Yorkshire 2. Terriers 6+2.
Final score
West Yorkshire 6. Terriers 34.
So a disappointing day overall. Everyone at some stage played well, we are just not consistent enough at the moment.
Alan