09/08/2026
On Friday the Mixed Team were playing at Ystrad Mynach in the South Wales Mixed League.
On the rink of John MacGregor, Peter Steed, Cath Badham and Sue Williams after getting a single on the first end they lost the next 8 to be 17-1 down. Scoring a 4 on the 10th end and three singles in the rest of the game meant that the final rink score was Abergavenny 8 Ystrad Mynach 28.
Jenni MacGregor, Mandy Harris, Ronnie Harris and Tom Cobb were 7-1 in the lead after 6 ends, but then Ystrad Mynach won the following 6 ends to give them a three shot lead of 10-7. It was all square at the 16th end, Ystrad Mynach got a single on the 17th end and Abergavenny scored 2 on the last end to make the final rink score Abergavenny 14. Ystrad Mynach 13.
On the rink of Dave Cooper, Val Jones, Julia Salter and Mary Evans Abergavenny led after 6 ends by 6-4 but by the 10th end Ystrad Mynach had taken a 10-6 advantage. It was all Abergavenny for the last 8 ends as they went on to win all of them and win the rink with the final score of Abergavenny 18. Ystrad Mynach 10.
The final match score was Abergavenny 40. Ystrad Mynach 51.
On Saturday morning the Ladies were playing Ynysddu in the Mary Wardle League at Avenue Road.
It was very even for the first 9 ends when the score was 9-9. It stayed close until the 14th end when Abergavenny scored 6 shots and with both sides scoring a 3 and a 1 over the last 4 ends the final match score was Abergavenny 21. Ynysddu 15.
On Saturday afternoon the GBL team were playing against Caldicot at Avenue Road.
On rink 2 Dave Cooper, Val Jones, Roger Griffiths and Gerald Parry were 1 behind after 6 ends at 3-4, Abergavenny scored a 4 on the 8th end and then failed to win on the next 5 ends to make the score 16-7 in favour of Caldicot. Abergavenny had the better finish but it was not quite enough to win the rink with the final score being Abergavenny 13. Caldicot 18.
The rink of Mary Evans, John Vale, Ian McCuish and Sue Williams were playing against 3 Caldicot players who would lose 25% of their score as a penalty. Abergavenny got off to the better start leading 7-2 after 5 ends, Caldicot came back strongly with some high scoring ends and by the 12th end were leading by 20 shots to 8. Abergavenny then won 4 of the last 6 ends to make the final rink score Abergavenny 13. Caldicot 22 which after the penalty was reduced to 16•5.
The rink of Mike McGonagall, Mandy Harris, Colin Hughes and Charles Harper were also playing against a team of 3. A good start from Abergavenny saw them leading on the 6th end by 6-2, their form continued so by the 12th end it was 13-5 to Abergavenny. Caldicot didn't have any answers to Abergavenny and the final rink score was Abergavenny 18. Caldicot 8 which was revised to 6 after the 2% deduction. The final match score was Abergavenny 44. Caldicot 40•5.
The MBA team travelled to Six Bells for their game which was played on a fast, tricky and brown green.
On rink 2 Jimmy Harris, Fred Mutimer, Ron Harris and Peter Steed won 2 of the first 7 ends to be 6-9 behind, once they had got a pace and lines of the green they levelled the score at 12 all at the 14th end. Abergavenny then outplayed Six Bells by winning 6 of the last 7 ends to achieve a final rink score of Abergavenny 25. Six Bells 13.
Mike Collins, Steve File, Stephen Williams and Tom Cobb were trailing 8-2 after 7 ends but had levelled the score at 8 all by the 10th end. Abergavenny then took the lead and were 12-9 ahead at the 14th end, Six Bells overtook Abergavenny on the 18th end and were 2 shots up on the 19th end. Abergavenny tied the score at 15-15 on the penultimate end to make for a decisive last end which Six Bells won so the final rink score was Abergavenny 15. Six Bells 16.
On rink 4 John MacGregor, Dave Hill, Denis McDaid and Mike Hayward were 8-3 behind at the 7th end but they went ahead on the 10th end when they scored 5. It was a tight battle then with only a shot or two either way between them, with the score at 21-22 to Six Bells on the 20th end. Abergavenny couldn't compete with Six Bells on the last end conceding 6 shots so the final rink score was Abergavenny 21. Six Bells 28.
On rink 5 Rob Pursey, John Newell, Courtney Hemmings and Paul Jones were dominated by Six Bells being 9-3 down after 8 ends. Six Bells advantage continued to grow and it was 19-7 at the 14th end, Abergavenny weren't allowed into the game and the gap increased until the last end when the final rink score was Abergavenny 9. Six Bells 28.
The final match score was Abergavenny 70. Six Bells 85.
2 points for Abergavenny and 12 to Six Bells.
On the green this week
Tuesday 11th. Ladies League away v Panteg House @2:30pm.
Saturday 16th. MBA v Panteg Park at Avenue Road @2:30pm.
Sunday 17th. Mixed Friendly away v Victoria Bowls Club, Weston-Super-Mare.
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