Browne’s winning rink enough to gain side win

HENLEY ran out 80-62 winners in a four mixed triples friendly match at DESBOROUGH on Wednesday of last week, despite only winning on one rink, drawing on another and losing on two.

Kevin Browne, with John Munnelly and new bowler Ken Rumens, were 3-3 after three ends, 11 up after nine, then gained a further 20 shots over the final ends to win convincingly 35-4.

Simon Hatcher, with Andy Scott and Romy Painter, were fairly equal after nine ends at 7-8, five down after 15 ends but then clawed back the difference to draw 16-16.

Ramsay Adams with Ian Gibson were 6-6 after seven ends, one up after 13 ends then fell away, going down 25-19. Peter Borsberry, with Nigel Bridges and Glynis Holland, were four up after three ends, fell away to nine down after 11 ends and although they reduced the deficit still went down 17-10.

HENLEY travelled to PALMER PARK last Saturday where they drew their Oddfellows Triples League match 7-7 despite the visitors winning 87-74.

Peter Borsberry, with Peter Falle and Angelika Crisa, were the highest winning rink, 16 up after six ends, pulled back to 19-8 after 11 but by scoring 13 shots over the final ends, won convincingly 32-12.

Steve Sullivan, with Andy Scott and Jo Wilson, were evenly matched at the halfway stage, pulled away to lead 15-8 after 14 ends, fell away to be one down going into the final end but then picked up one shot to draw 16-16.

Dave Wilson, with Peter Watkins and Joan Edwards, were 9-9 after 14 ends, dropped a five, then picked up two on the final end to go down 14-13. Kevin Browne, with John Munnelly and Sally Daniells, led 9-8 after 11 ends, were 13-12 down after 16 ends, dropped a two on the next end and picked up one on the final end to go down 15-13. Kevin Currill, with Norman Daniells and Karen Wakeling, were 6-6 after seven ends, pulled away to 12-7 after 13 but then fell away to go down 17-13.

In the same competition the following day, HENLEY went down to a 78-77 home defeat against TILEHURST where the hosts won on two rinks and drew on one. Henley secured five league points to the visitors’ nine.

Kevin Browne, with Norman Daniells and Glynis Holland, were the highest winning rink. They started strongly, dropped a five on end eight, were 8-8 after 10 ends but finished strongly to win 20-14.

Steve Sullivan, with Andy Scott and Angelika Crisa, were always playing catch-up but by end 15 they were 12-12. They then picked up six shots on end 17 to win 19-14.

Dave Wilson, with Peter Menhinick and Sally Daniells, were 5-5 after six ends, fell away to five down after 13 ends but then scored well to draw 14-14.

Kevin Currill, with John Munnelly and Andrea Tate, started strongly, were five up after 11 ends then fell away to go down 18-13. Peter Borsberry, with Joan Edwards and Peter Watkins, started slowly, failing to score over the first five ends, found the green and were 10-8 up after 14 ends, then fell away, dropping nine shots over the final four ends to go down 18-11.

WARGRAVE went down to a 67-57 home Kennet League defeat against MAIDENHEAD TOWN B on Tuesday of last week. The result saw the hosts pick up two points to the visitors’ 12.

On the first rink, Wargrave were level at 9-9 at the halfway stage before the visitors eased to victory.

The rink of John Coombes, David Luscombe, Ray Gardiner and Fred Furneaux were four shots up after 15 ends but the visitors hit back to win 20-16. Barry Holder, Maurice Freenan, Brian Turnbull and Keith Sykes went down 19-9. Ray Trussler, Wayne Manley, Tony Sims and Brian Stain were strong throughout to triumph 18-13. The rink of Peter Burton, Ian Robbins, Alan Crisp and John Tegg held Maidenhead mostly to a draw throughout. Drawing at 14-14 going into the last end, a careful measure after the final shot saw the visitors run out 15-14 winners.

On Sunday WARGRAVE went down to a 95-70 defeat at SHIPLAKE in a five mixed triples friendly.

Wargrave’s Tony Boffin, Maurice Freeman and John Tegg went down 22-10 while Chez Annetts, Barry Holder and Peter Burton tackled a challenging rink which due to an unpredictable curve on one side forced everyone to play on the same bias, with the visitors winning 21-11.

David Moore, Heather Annetts and Brian Turnbull went down to an 18-12 defeat while Tony Annetts, Ray Gardiner, and Norah Holder lost 16-14. The final rink saw Ian Robbins, Stan Crooks and Jean Burton lost 28-13.

Last Wednesday SHIPLAKE went down to a 115-78 friendly six-rinks defeat against SUTTONS. The only winning triple for Shiplake was that of Sue Reid, Jean Buckett and Graham Kennedy, who triumphed 21-8.

It was unfortunately a similar story when SHIPLAKE visited MAIDEN ERLEGH on Saturday in an Oddfellows Triples League as the visitors went down 84-77.

The triple skipped by Elaine Robinson were level with one end to play but dropped two shots to just come up short. Shiplake’s only winning triple was that of Jane Ward, Ali Uygur and Wendy Cross, 26-13.