THE DAY KICKED OFF WITH A NEW GAME, THE OFFICERS CUP, WHICH WE HOPE TO MAKE AN ANNUAL ADDITION TO THE FINALS DAY PROGRAM, THIS IS THE BRAINCHILD OF PRESIDENT LIONEL, INVOLVING A RINK FROM THE HOST CLUB & A RINK FROM THE M.D.B.L. COMMITTEE. I HAVE NO REPORT ON THIS GAME, ONLY THAT ABBROOK WERE VICTORIUS. (NOT SUPPRISING REALLY).

THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE M.D.L. CUP WERE ALSO PLAYED IN THE MORNING SESSION.

BABBACOMBE ‘A’ v BABBACOMBE ‘B’.

THIS WAS A CLOSE GAME BETWEEN TWO EVENLY MATCHED TEAMS, AFTER 16 END IT WAS 11 ALL. THE ‘A’ TEAM THEN SHOWED HOW IT WAS DONE SCORING 6 SHOTS ON THE NEXT 4 ENDS. THANKS TO THEIR SKIP. THE MAGICIAN BETTER KNOWN AS RORY LEVY.

THE SECOND SEMI-FINAL WAS ANOTHER ONE CLUB AFFAIR.

TORBAY COUNTRY CLUB ‘A’ v TORBAY COUNTRY CLUB ‘B’.

THE ‘B’ TEAM HAD THE BETTER START AND WERE 7-2 UP AFTER 3 ENDS. THE ‘A’ TEAM STARTED TO PLAY AND BY THE 15th END WERE 23-11 AHEAD. THEN THE SECOND TURNAROUND OF THE GAME SAW THE ‘B’ TEAM CLAIM 14 POINTS TO TIE THE SCORES AT 25 ALL AFTER 21 ENDS. THE ‘B’ TEAM WON THE EXTRA END WHICH MEANT A FINAL AGAINST BABBACOMBE ‘A’ FOR THEM UN THE AFTERNOON.

AFTERNOON SESSION 2pm.

TRIPLES……R HORRELL, R MILNE & T SANDELANCE (ABBROOK PARK) v G BUDGE, J HEARD & S COLL (BRIXHAM St MARY)

THE ABBROOK BOYS WITH THE ADVANTAGE OF PLAYING ON THEIR OWN GREEN WERE 7-1 UP AFTER 5 ENDS. THEY CONTINUED TO SCORE CONSITANTLY AND TOOK THE TROPHY WITH A SCORE OF 17-9.

PAIRS……B SMITH & T LEACH (PAIGNTON) v D FARLEY & J RICHARDSON (BRIXHAM)

BRIXHAM WERE 7-1 UP AFTER 5 ENDS. THE PAIGNTON BOYS THEN WON 10 OF THE NEXT 11 ENDS TO TAKE A 16-8 LEAD. DESPITE A SPIRITED COMEBACK FROM BRIXHAM IT WAS TO BE TO LITTLE TO LATE WITH PAIGNTON WINNING THE GAME 17-14.

SINGLES……JAMIE PHILLIPS (MARLDON) v BOB BUSHELL (PAIGNTON)

BOB HAD THE BETTER START AND WAS 5-0 UP AFTER 3 ENDS. JAMIE THEN WON THE NEXT 5 ENDS TO TAKE A 10-5 LEAD. BOB GOT BACK TO WITHIN3 SHOTS, HOWEVER JAMIE WITH HIS LAST BOWL ON THE 20th END TOOK THE JACK INTO THE DITCH SCORING 3 SHOTS AND TAKING THE TROPHY 21-15

M.D.L. CUP BABBACOMBE ‘A’ v TORBAY COUNTRY CLUB ‘B’

THIS MORNINGS TWO WINNERS WERE BACK ON THE GREEN FOR ANOTHER 21 ENDS (TEMP: 27degrees) HOT.

BABBACOMBE MADE THE BETTER START OF THE TWO TEAMS AND WERE 10-6 UP AT THE HALFWAY POINT. THE TWO TEAMS WERE EVENLY MATCHED THROUGHOUT THE SECOND HALF OF THE GAME AND BABBACOMBE ‘A’ WENT ON TO WIN THE GAME BY 21-14.

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF ABBROOK PARK FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY ON THE DAY. WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CATERERS, BAR STAFF AND NOT FORGETTING THE GREENKEEPER AND ALL INVOLVED WITH PREPARING THE GREEN.

ALSO THANKS TO LIONEL FOR ALL HIS SUPPORT IN MY FIRST YEAR OF ORGANISING THE COMPETITIONS.

COLIN WHILEY M.D.B.L. COMPETITIONS SCRETARY.