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Welcome to the May 2017 Newsletter. This Newsletter will contain all information from 16th March 2017 | |
Men's Friendly v Reigate Priory Epsom Men started the season with an excellent win against Reigate Priory on Saturday 29th April 2017. They won on all 4 rinks & the match 109 - 46. Details: Rink 1 Stefan Tomm Vic Phillips Andrew Turnbull John Meningen won 34 - 12 After 8 ends this rink was level 8 - 8, but went behind on the next end. Epsom then won the next 8 ends scoring a total of 24 shots to take a commanding lead 32 - 9. They went on to win by 22 shots. Rink 2 Dave Pearce Howard Ellis Bob Blaker Martin Harbottle won 30 - 9 Epsom dominated this rink from the start. They led 16 - 4 after 10 ends, 19 - 7 after 15 ends finally winning by 21 shots. Rink 3 Bill Lawrence Derek Hoffmann Geoff Purrott John Huxford won 22 - 11 This was a similar story to rink 2 with Epsom leading 16 - 5 after 10 ends. They still had a good lead, 17 - 9 after 15 ends and won by 11 shots. Rink 4 Brian Kenyon Mike James Stefan Lukatschat Les Owen won 23 - 14 The scores were level 7 - 7 after 9 ends on this rink, but Epsom had the better of the next 8 ends outscoring Reigate Priory 15 - 1 to go ahead 22 - 8. This rink went on to win by 9 shots. Final Score: Epsom 109 Reigate Priory 46 Dave Pearce & Stefan Lukatschat played in their very first match for Epsom Bowling Club. |
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Indoor Friendly match v Donyngs Epsom played Donyngs in a Friendly match on 1st April 2017 & won on 2 rinks, lost on 1 rink and won overall 79 - 52. Details: Rink 4 Brian Kenyon Stefan Tomm Eileen Mills Martin Harbottle won 25 - 21 After 10 ends Epsom was 7 - 13 down, but then scored a total of 16 shots over the next 5 ends to go ahead 23 - 13. Donyngs had the edge over the remaining ends , but Epsom held on to win by 4 shots. Rink 5 Anne Hoffmann Sylvia Smart Derek Hoffmann John Warren won 36 - 3 Epsom raced into a 13 - 2 lead after 10 ends & totally dominated the rest of the game going on to win by 33 shots. Rink 6 John Hart Audrey Jones Keith Roberts Phil Sims lost 18 - 28 After 10 ends Epsom found themselves 4 - 13 adrift and despite picking up 5 shots on end 14 they were soundly beaten by 10 shots. Final Score: Epsom 79 Donyngs 52 |
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Jubilee Cup Epsom played Southey in the Quarter Finals of the Jubilee Cup on Thursday 16th March 2017 and lost on both rinks & the match 34 - 39. This was a very good performance against a very good Southey team. Details: Rink 2 David Bragg John Meningen John Warren Jim Scott lost 19 - 23 Epsom got off to a very good start and led 10 - 4 after 8 ends. However, Southey came back well and levelled the scores 11 - 11 after 13 ends. Going into the 18th end Epsom were 15 - 18 down, but dropped 5 shots which turned the game around. Epsom fought hard over the last few ends, but lost by 4 shots. Rink 3 Peter Salmon John Huxford Simon Meller Les Owen lost 15 - 16 This was, as the score suggests, a very close game. After 11 ends the scores were level 7 - 7 and still level 10 - 10 after 15 ends. Epsom dropped 4 shots on end 16 and just like rink 2 fought back well over the remaining ends. Going into the last end Epsom needed 6 shots to win the match overall and after a no end they managed to get 1 shot to lose narrowly by just 1 shot. Final Score: Epsom 34 Southey 39 |