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| Posted by Miranda Shelley on 18th November, 2008 |
Triumph in London and Southern Counties Shield |
Victory started their campaign with a convincing 98 - 53 shot win against Worthing Pavillion on Sunday.
The overall result was built around the two home rinks with Darren Griffith recording a 35 - 10 win and Matthew Marchant rink winning by 18 shots.
Away from home solid perfromances ensured that the win was never in doubt.
| Victory Players |
Opponent Skips |
| J keat J Biggs J Leggett D Griffith 35 |
A Clarke 10 |
| G Guy A Marchant D Biggs M Marchant 24 |
C Brown 6 |
| D Deacon P Lawrence T Pullin A Jones 17 |
J Frew 21 |
| P Drewball M Boltwood B Starks I McKenzie 22 |
C Hosking 16 |
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| Posted by Richard Shelley on 8th November, 2008 |
Victory make it three out of three |
Victory overcame Loddon Vale this morning (Saturday) 83 - 61 in the latest round of Bramley matches, collecting six points in the process.
The win was built around the rink of Phil Penn who recorded a 23 shot victory over Phil Spreadbury. From the start the Penn rink always appeared to be in control. A 7 - 1 advantage at 5 ends had become 17 - 2 by the 11th end. Over the remaining 10 ends they collected a further 13 shots whilst conceeding 5 shots, to run out 30 - 7 at the end. Meanwhile on the adjoining rink at Victory the rink skipped by Dave Biggs opened up a 5 - 2 lead at the 5 end stage, but the next 5 ends saw them drop 8 shots without reply to trail 5 - 10 at 10 ends. That remained the difference for most of the remainder of the game before eventually losing. 15 -22.
At Lodden Vale both rinks trailed at the 5 end stage Adrian Ash 4 - 8 against Dougie Morgan and Alan Jones 4 - 6 to the rink skipped Hampshire LibertyTrophy player Marc Rivoira The next 5 ends saw conflicting results with Adrian Ash and his colleagues scoring 8 unanswered shots to lead 13 -8. Whilst it was the opposite on the next rink where Alan Jones and his colleagues dropped 8 shots whilst replying with a single to trail 5 14 at the halfway stage.. The next five ends saw role reversal with Ash only scoring a single whilst losing 7 shots to trail 14 - 15. A five on the 15th end saw Jones's rink only trailing by 2 shots 13 - 15 at the same stage. The last 6 ends on both rinks saw the lead change hands on a few occasions with Ash's rink gaining a single on the last to record a 20 - 19 win and gain a valuable point in the process. Playing the last end 4 shots behind it looked like an unlikely win might be gained until Marc Rivoira drew 3rd bowl whilst 5 down, in gallant effort to remove the offending bowl Jones's moved the jack to drop one and lose 18 - 23
Another good solid team performance and confidence can be taken into the next game against Palmerston in 3 weeks times.
| Victory Players |
Opponent Skips |
| T Smith R Reeves P Drewball P Penn 30 |
P Spreadbury 7 |
| G Guy R Newell A Marchant D Biggs 15 |
J Marchant 22 |
| D Deacon D Smith T Pullin A Ash 20 |
D Morgan 19 |
| E Coward J Biggs P Lawrence A Jones 18 |
M Rivoira 23 |
Overall Score: Victory 83 Lodden Vale 71 |
| Posted by Miranda Shelley on 1st November, 2008 |
| Denny Cup - Round 3 |
Victory moved into the fourth round of the Denny Cup with a 47 shot victory (91 - 44) over Worthing Pavillion.
At the 5 ends stage, Victory had opened up a 15 shot advantage with the home rinks of Shelley and Thresher being 9-1 and 9-4 up respectively.
By 10 ends the lead had increased further to 36 shots with Charlie Bailey's rink moving from 3-3 (after 5 ends) to 14 - 4.
With a lead of 50 shots after 15 ends the final match result was not in any doubt.
Worthing Pavillion conceded at around 18ends.
Victory Rinks, Worthing Pavillion Skips
D WATTS L REEVES S ROBERTSON C THRESHER 25 J FREW 11
J KEAT J LEGGETT G STARKS R SHELLEY 21 C BROWN 12
T BAILEY I MCKENZIE M MARCHANT D GRIFFITH 20 A CLARKE 12
R GADD D BISHOP B STARKS C BAILEY 25 D THOMAS 12 |
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