On a very pleasant Saturday afternoon, the mister men travelled over to Croesyceiliog for this GBL Div 1 match. Croesyceiliog are always hard to beat on their own green so the mister men knew they had to be at their best to get a result.
The mister men started well leading by 8 shots on 5 ends, this was extended to 17 shots on 10 ends, the margin narrowed slightly to 15 shots on 15 ends, before the Athletic finished off with a 50-60 victory taking 10 points.
On rink 2, the foursome of Alan Elliott, Sean Kenvyn, veteran campaigner Keith Richards, & club photographer Jack Collier trailed 6-3 to the Croesy four of B. John, P. Turner, S. Manley, & M. Brooks, before edging ahead 8-11 on 10 ends, 12-15 on 15 ends, and eventually winning 17-21.
On rink 3, the rink of Dennis Lewis, ardent Man U supporter Phil Huntley, the consistent Alan Taylor, & no nonsense big hitter Tom Guy led 2-3 on 5 ends against P. Silverthorne, T. Whitcombe, W. Saunders, & M. Cleaver, before steaming ahead 3-14 on 10 ends, 7-19 on 15 ends, & then surging home 11-26.
On rink 4, Pontymister’s Ian Collier, Alan Wilmott, Dave Kenvyn, and Jason Webb were 1-6 up after 5 ends against L. Hawke, I. Henry, T. Parfitt, and N. Gooding, before Croesy pulled that back to 9-10 on 10 ends, and levelled the score 13-13 on 15 ends, unfortunately the mister men had run their race and didn’t manage to win another end crashing to a 13-22 loss.
As always we thank Croesyceiliog for their hospitality & look forward to welcoming them to Fields Road later in the season in the return tie.