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2nd December -  Calpe Orcas v Swords 

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On Monday 2nd December the Swords travelled to Calpe Bowls Club to take on the Orcas. After a cool start the sun came out and several layers of clothing were pealed off as we enjoyed very pleasant temperature. Unfortunately our team selection was disrupted again this week when Jill Glastonbury locked her keys in her car and was unable to join us. Luckily Adrian had offered to travel as a reserve, so we were able to field a full team and two friendlies.

 

In our first rink the trip of Adrian Cowdrey, Selma Blight, and Norma Warrilow who stepped up to skip, kept pace with their opponents until the twelfth end where they dropped a four to go 12 – 11 behind, eventually losing 17 – 14 in a very tight match.

 

Our second rink of Tony Bishop, John Feek, and Alan Ferrand also had a tight match against a very experienced trip, and found themselves just one shot behind after fifteen ends before picking up the final three ends to run out 17 – 13 winners.

 

Our third trip of Mary Feek, Pat Coburn, and Jimmy Paveling  roared of to a 17 – 1 lead after just eight ends, however an incredible fightback by the Calpe trip saw them win eight of the next nine ends before a one on the last end saw El Cid home by 19 – 17. This left our last trip of Bob Williams, Tony Spike, and Ian Blight battling it out on the very difficult rink 5. A seesaw match saw El Cid leading 17 – 12 after thirteen ends, however they failed to pick up a shot in the last five ends and Calpe nicked the game 18 – 17 on the last end.

 

This gave the Swords and the Orcas two games each, however we snatched the two extra points by 67 shots to 65, resulting in a 6 – 4 victory and a second win on the trot for the Swords. Both our friendly teams put up a good fight, but could not quite get over the line with the trip of Tania, Terry, and Phil losing 21 – 20, and the trip of Ken, Betty, and Dave going down 19 – 11.

 

We now go in to the Christmas break on a high and can look forward to our next match, away to the Bonalba Steeds, on the 6th January. I would like to thank all Sword members for their support over the first part of the season, and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy Bowling New Year!!

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