Christow B vs Silverton A at Silverton

Last night Christow B (Derek, Chris and Neil) played Silverton A (Jack, John and Danny). Play was on their fast mat that turned a lot on the left. Play started evenly with 2-2 after 4 ends to become 2-8 to Silverton after a slight misunderstanding and a dropped four. Not to be outdone Christow made this 5-8 to keep the game alive. At 5-10 to Silverton Neil got some help from his team and the score got to 9-10 on the eleventh end. Christow scored a three to make it 12-10 on the 12th end and Silverton swapped their team around with John taking the lead and Jack at two. They took two singles to level the score at 12-12 at 14 ends. In the final end Christow were holding when Jack moved the Jack to left hand edge of the mat (remember the turning side) for what looked to be a measure. Danny’s first wood was perfect, drawing across the mat and finishing close to the jack but there was still room to draw shot. Neil was a tad short with his first wood and Danny proved that his first wood was no fluke by drawing a second shot. I could feel John and Jack start to count their chickens but Neil had the last wood. We all expected Neil to draw across the mat – after all there was no other shot – was there???  He elected to play down the left side of the mat aiming to hit Danny’s wood and stop in the gap. This is exactly what he did – down the left side, just the right weight, hit the other woods and took shot to win the match 13-12 to Christow with his last wood. Neil in characteristically modest manner said “I just thought that was the thing to do” – Nobody else thought it was possible!! Well done Neil.
Just to repeat Christow B 13 shots – Silverton A 12 shots.

posted by Derek