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Men’s Captain Report for June/July

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New Forest. We are in 4th place, but with only two games to play there is only a slight chance of climbing up the table to 3rd. Four wins and a draw with five loses. Just two weeks to go makes the NF season quite short. One highlight was actually winning two triples out of 4 at Braeside, always a challenge on their surface.

Salisbury and District: Played 9 matches in this league, so just over halfway through the fixtures. As usual, so not unexpectedly, we are propping up the League table, although not without success. A very good win against Amesbury and an excellent victory over Alderbury where our up and coming skips, John James and Lewis Ambler, both won their rink.

In a lot of the games rinks have come close to winning overall, but the opposition always have that edge. The Herbie Turner knockout cup was conceded as we could not find twelve players. Again I think the league should give thought to allowing ladies to compliment the sides for this and also the league.

Bournemouth and District. The Bustards have just past halfway and are third. It would be a really big ask for them to improve on that position, but, with 6 games to play, stranger things have happened. The Dragons are 4th and have seven games to play, so are quite capable of runners up or winning this league.

Competitions of all sorts have been, or are still ongoing. Some notable successes, one being the victory over a very good rinks side at Ringwood in the New Forest fours. Still a couple of us in the plate competitions. As I have said before, the men have been remarkable in their support of all the League games.

Alan Waters, 18/7/23.

Bustards v Highcliffe

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8th July 2023. Match Report.
Firstly, I would like to say well done to the green keeping team. With all the bad weather we have had recently, the green played really well & produced two very good games.
Rink 1 – Tony, Ivan & Cathy won 20-12, helped by a 6 & a 4 in the 12th & 14th ends.
Rink 2 – Muriel, Alan & Geoff battled hard before going down 9-15, but crucially they managed to score 2 on the last end, which enabled us to win the match overall 29-27.
Next week we are at home to Poole Park. The bar will be open from midday & all spectators are very welcome.

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Branksome Park Falcons v Downton Bustards

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1st July 2023. Match Report.
The Bustards made the long trip to picturesque Branksome Park to play bottom of the league Falcons.
After a bit of light rain, their snooker table looking green played superbly well, which helped produce two excellent matches.
Rink 1 – Muriel, Alan & Geoff played out a really hard fought game, which they finally won 19-15, taking 7 shots in the last 4 ends.
Rink 2 – Paul, Ivan & Cathy all played very consistently to take their match 15-10.
Overall score Bustards 34 Falcons 25. The Bustards stay 3rd & the Falcons bottom.
Next week we are at home to Highcliffe. The bar will be open from midday & all spectators are very welcome.

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Bustards v Bournemouth Buffalo’s

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24 June 2023 – Match Report.
On a glorious day, 3rd place Bustards took on 4th place Bournemouth Buffalo’s.
Rink 1 – Paul, Ivan & Cathy won 15 ends on their way to an emphatic 30-4 victory.
Rink 2 – was much harder work for Muriel, Alan & Geoff, who put up a good fight before going down 9-19 to a very strong Buffalo’s trio.
The overall match score was 39-23 to the Bustards, who remain 3rd. The Buffalo’s drop to 5th.
Next Saturday we make the long journey south to face bottom of the table Branksome Park Falcons.
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S&D – Downton v Pewsey Reds

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Downton won one rink & lost two.
Nick, Dibbie & Rod did really well to come back from 2-10 and narrowly lost 16-18.
After 14 ends John, Lewis & Colin were 14-16 down. Sadly, the Pewsey trio then pulled away to win 16-28.
On the final rink, Ivan, Paul & Geoff won 12 ends on their way to an excellent 15-10 victory.
Overall score Downton 47, Pewsey 56.

Bustards v Swanage Dolphins

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June 10th, 2023 – Match, Result
Tough day at the office in the heat, against the unbeaten Swanage Dolphins.
Tony, Muriel & Ivan sadly didn’t play very well & lost 9-19.
Rosemary, Alan & Geoff put in a great performance & won 18-16. This is the first rink the Dolphins have lost all season, so very well done.
Overall the match score was 27-35 to the Dolphins. Bustards 2 points, Dolphins 4. We are now comfortably in third place, but even at this early stage of the season, it looks like a straight fight between the Dolphins & Lyndhurst for the title.
Next match is at home to the Bournemouth Buffalos on 24th June. All spectators are very welcome.
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S&D Match – Pewsey Reds vs Downton

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On Monday 5th June, Downton played against Pewsey Reds at Pewsey. Downton had 3 Triples skipped by Colin Morris, Steve Allen and Lewis Ambler. Colin’s team won their rink but unfortunately the other two lost. The final score was 56 to Pewsey and 52 to Downton. The points total was 10 to Pewsey and 2 to Downton.

Lyndhurst v Bustards

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June 3rd, 2023 – March, Result
The Bustards travelled to Lyndhurst for their top of the table clash. On a perfect day for bowls, on a lovely consistent green, both our teams played really well, before going down in two close, well fought encounters.
Tony, Ivan & Cathy lost 19-23. Without conceding a 7 & a 6 in the space of 3 ends mid match, this match would surely have been won.
Rosemary, Lewis & Geoff came back brilliantly from 5-15 down, before eventually going down 19-21.
Lyndhurst won the match overall 38-44. Lyndhurst 6 points, Downton 0.
Next week we are home to top of the league Swanage Dolphins. All spectators welcome.

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