keiths weekly report 13/07

The heatwave continues to curtail some of the scheduled fixtures whilst others have been successfully negotiated with some slight compromises.

Bovey welcomed Brixham St Mary for a Mid Devon League match split into three six-end sections with a water break after six and a tea break after twelve. Each team won two rinks with the overall score going to the visitors who gained ten league points to Bovey's four.

The Men's Over 55s X team (or "the X men", as they've become known at the club) had two excellent away wins, both by the same score of 7 points to 1 but in totally differing circumstances. At Kingsteignton one rink drew whilst the other won by 34 shots to 12, scoring 24 shots on the last seven ends whereas at Marina, Dawlish, after a draw on one rink, Bovey scored a three with the last bowl of the final end to win by one shot. After these results the X men have climbed to third place in the division.

In the County Ladies' Two Wood Triples competition, Sarah Breame, Heidi Call and Sue Johnson (pictured) had two great wins at Marina, Dawlish to reach the section 5 final which they won at Bitton Park by 15 shots to 6 whilst Kenny Breame, Chris Shorland and Roger Bailey (also pictured) won their Section 5 semi final in the County Men's Triples at Abbrook Park. Great to have two section finalists representing Bovey Tracey Bowls.

On Sunday a well organised (thanks to Heidi Call) and most enjoyable Club Drawn Pairs competition took place with twelve teams competing throughout the day in three 8-end randomly-drawn games. At the end of the day the top scoring four pairs now go forward to play two semi-finals with the final taking place on Finals Weekend in September.