Maldon C Division 3
Fixtures for 2026
May
Tuesday 12th Away v Braintree B -Our first game of the CMBL season saw the team trek across Essex to Braintree. We were greeted with an excellent green and the captain had high hopes for the game.
Steve Nicholls, making his debut in the league, had a really strong game at lead and in fact 'old hand' Moyra playing lead on the other rinks also was impressive. Bobby was playing 3 for the first time supporting Simon, and although she says she didn't like it, played well, making a difference to many ends.
The 'Old Firm' of John B and Trevor were a steady hand for skip Dave B. Dave Sargood playing at No. 2 made up Simon's team and both rinks had close games. Dropping 7 points over two ends made Simon's rink's job a little more testing but we had time (so he thought) but this was when the opposition's No 3 woke up and got over his 'yips' to begin to deliver much more smoothly.
Although we shared the amount of ends won we lost the rink by 6 points.
Dave, Trevor, John and Moyra had a strong start and were never behind. However, it was a rather 'squeaky bum' time over the last 4 ends when Braintree made a dash to the finish line but, thankfully, they came up one shot short.
Final score 31-26 so we only picked up 2 points but being the newly promoted team we were no pushovers.
Tuesday 19th Home v Maldon B Match Report: Maldon C v Maldon B.
Friendships were suspended, pleasantries forgotten for the duration of the match and the game both teams wanted to win the most began.
Sheila fielded a strong looking team on paper and Simon did the same despite some notable absences because of a family holiday, (surely this could have been postponed until after the March date!!)
On one rink The C team was lead by Dave B and ably supported by Helen at lead, John B at 2 and Trevor at 3. Not a great start against Eric, Brian H , Richard W and Len T . The C team eventually caught up on the 11th end but Skip Dave was whinging about Eric’s form although Eric seemed pretty pleased regarding his bowl placement. The last 6 ends saw a very tight game going into the final end with Dave needing 2 to draw and 3 to win. Despite a valiant effort from all 4 ‘C teamers’ only one point could be gained resulting in a 12-13 win for the B team.
The Drama was no less impressive on the rink next door. Sheila at skip led Peter H at 3 John R at 2 and Geoff C at lead. These impressive bowlers shot out the blocks and were 7-1 up after only 4 ends. Simon looked to his fellow bowlers , Richard B at 3 Bobby B at 2 and Chris T lead to hold tough and dig deep. They did not disappoint and over the next 4 ends we were level . A 4 pointer is always satisfying but doubly so to draw level. However, Sheila must have had stern words with her crew as they won the next 6 ends.
Lesser bowlers may have wobbled at this point, but ‘C’ teamers are made of sterner stuff. We held our nerve, blocked out the over confidence from the ‘B’ teamers and posted a 5 to drew within 2 points with 3 ends to go. By this time the spectators were on the edge of their seats and the other rink who had finished and migrated to the bar came out to witness the C team win the final 3 ends winning by 2points T’s and post an overall win by one point.
A very close result showing the depth of talent at MBC.
Handshakes and smiles all around as we went to the bar to celebrate/ commiserate.
The bragging rights sit with the C team , but only until the return match when hostilities will resume.
Tuesday 26th Away v Ingatestone A
June
Tuesday 2nd Home v Stock & Buttsbury B
Tuesday 9th Away v Southminster
Tuesday 16th Home v Great Baddow B
Thursday 18th KO Shield Preliminary Away v Maldon A
Tuesday 23rd Away v Witham A
Tuesday 30th Home v Braintree B
July
Thursday 2ndKO Shield 1st Round -
Tuesday 7th Away v Maldon B
Tuesday 14th Home v Ingatestone A
Tuesday 21st Away v Stock & Buttsbury B
Tuesday 28th Home v Southminster
Thursday 30th KO Shield Semi-final
August
Tuesday 4th Away v Great Baddow B
Tuesday 11th Home v Witham A
Saturday 22nd KO Finals
