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The Friendly Team were in winning ways against Horncastle. Team Captain Colin Thomas, with the support of his set of Carole Richardson, Sheila Pratt and Lorraine Falkingham got away to a spectacular 22 – 6 lead and finished 27 – 13 winners. Lily Searle’s set of Chris Fox, May Herbert and John Richardson were equally impressive to run out clear winners 26 – 17. Pauline Hansen, with Irene Ansell, Colin Underwood and Wilf King tore into a 16 – 6 lead but were pegged back over the final third but still hung on to win 20 - 15. Noel Herbert, with Monica Dabbs, Janet Underwood and Yvonne Paul had a close encounter losing 16 – 17 in a close-fought battle. Josie Naylor’s set of Edith Scott, Mike Dabbs and Goff Law seemed to have set themselves up nicely at 10 – 1, but fell away to lose out 20 – 24. A continuing good season for this team!

 

The A Team were at home to strong rivals Lincoln with P Roberts and his set of P Annison, L Bonello and A Bristow running out easy winners at 26 – 15. R Musson, with P Asher, D Stobart and B Briggs struggled all the way to go down 11 – 21. Club Captain Alan Watts, with R Barnes, P Robins and C Bradley continued winning ways by leading all the way to a magnificent 23 – 10 victory. D Chandley, with J Scott, K Callow and J Cave were in a good fight with the lead changing hands several times to triumph 19 - 1 5. T Bannister’s set of I Cliff, T Hudson and T Stanley never looked at peace with themselves and lost 14 – 22.

 

Meanwhile, the B Team travelled to Grantham and were soundly trounced on all but one rink. Team Captain G Johnston’s rink of K Searle, D Barr and T Dwyer made little headway on a “different” carpet and lost 11 – 28. D Stobart’s set of J Thomas, T Thackery and B Overton made a real fight of it coming from behind at the death to win 17 – 16. A Naismith’s set of T Curran, M Dunne and D Fisher did all the hard work to level at the mid-point only to fade away to lose 16 – 22. B Cooper’s set of R Sach, T Harding and P Fox were behind all the way and lost 15 – 20.  C Faria and his set of J Baker, J Houlden and R Barnes, apart from an early 5, were well beaten by 19 – 24.  A disappointing loss overall by 32 shots and only two points gained.