Ten of Central’s ladies beat Buckhurst Hill in the area final of the ECWBA Top Club competition. Comfortable wins in the triples and fours more than offset a loss in the pairs. As a result it was up to Lesley Cowell to wrap up the 3-1 victory by winning 21-19 in a hard fought, topsy-turvy match that took almost as long as the other games to complete.
The ladies go on to the semi-finals in a few weeks.
Not to be outdone by the men, the ladies celebrate in Olympic style
Colin Jones, Dave Waters, Paul Woodford and Paul Whellams beat a rink from Fords Sports to reach the final of the London Parks Fours
Well done Isabel Anderson, winning by an outstanding margin of 22 to 9 over her opponent from Chelmsford in the Area Final of the Officers Cup on Monday 13th August.
She now joins Maureen Norgate – also an Area Finalist in the Champions of Champions competition – to play in the Unfinished Finals at the Falcon B.C. on Friday 24th August.
We wish them both every success.
Once again it was great to see bowlers from near and far basking in the sun, and playing a few ends as well, in search of the cash prize.
The round robin stages produced a tight final between Buckhurst Hill BC and Connaught BC, with only one in it going into the last end The Connaught Club prevailed. From left to right: Tim Mould, Yvonne Bates, John Gray and Janet Gray, plus Wanstead Central’s President Joyce and tournament official Jim
Bill demonstrates his Olympic discus prowess
Part of the troop of volunteers pitch camp in the bar area ready to spring into action at a moment’s notice.
Meanwhile the Behind The Scenes staff toil away
Central only employ the most glamourous Umpires to keep the day running smoothly
Terry Lichkin beat Gerry Qui in the Churchill Cup
Wanstead Central’s two rinks celebrate in Olympic style after beating Wanstead BC to win the Jubilee Cup
With Team GB performing so well, and a lot of the action taking place just a few miles away, is it time to follow their lead and modernise our name?
So from next year should we go by the name of Team WC?
Ok, perhaps not 😉
Central travel to Ilford for the last round of the league stages.
Having come out on top in all the previous league matches it was a disappointment to loose on all rinks. It won’t stop Central progressing to the final semis, but fair play to Ilford for putting us in our place.
Team 1 wins narrowly away against Old Dagenham
Team 2 wins at home against Woodford
This Saturday sees Central’s members undertake their regular pilgrimage to the County finals, this time to cheer on Mitch in the Singles final against Eric Ovel of Falcon BC
Updates and photos from the match will appear here …
2:00 Here we go. Good luck Mitch …
2:25 Mitch three up after 3 ends …
2:30 Three down on the end but Mitch gets a lucky glide with his last wood and wins the resulting measure
2:35 The last couple of ends Ovel has settled down and now the score is 4 – 2 to Mitch
2:40 One down with three seconds Mitch’s forceful last wood cannons out Ovel’s shot to count 4!
2:45 Ovel picks up a pair with a good end
2:48 Another good end from Ovel gives him 3 and now it’s only 8-7 to Mitch
2:53 See saw end but Ovel takes 2 and the lead for the first time.
2:55 Another two for Ovel. He’s definitely in the ascendancy and is playing more consistently.
3:00 Loose end from Ovel and Mitch picks up couple to stand 10-11 down
3:05 Tighter end but Mitch’s unlucky tickle of the jack gives Ovel three
3:10 It’s a one handed rink and even the playable hand isn’t easy. A loose end from both players but one to Ovel who now leads 15-10
3:12 Two down on the end Mitch plays a firing shot and knocks jack into ditch for three. Ovel doesn’t improve his situation and Mitch takes the 3. Mitch 13-15 down. After a spell in which Ovel has dominated Mitch drags himself back into the game.
3:17 Ovel back on top on this end and takes 2
3:20 A rare gift of a push up from Ovel and a good final wood from Mitch gives him three. Only 16-17 down now
3:25 Another loose end from both players, but Ovel takes 1 to lead 18-16
3:30 A better end from both and despite a tickle of the jack from Ovel Mitch takes a single
3:35 Excellent bowling end. Ovel was three down with just his last wood but he managed to rest Mitch’s shot wood away and stay for second wood. All square 18-18
3:36 Mitch is bowling slightly better than Ovel at this stage, but it’s sooooo close, it could go either way
3:40 One to Mitch. He’s back in front 19-18
3:45 On the next end Mitch puts in two telling woods and is holding game …
3:46 … only one wood left in the end and it’s Ovel’s and he misses. Mitch wins!!!
After a closely fought matches on both rinks we unfortunately only managed to salvage 2 points. Maureen Norgate’s rink were always ahead of the opposition and won 25 shots to 20. However, Isabel Anderson’s rink could never quite catch up to their opponents and ran out 20 shot to 26 leaving us with a minus 1 score. Still 2 points were better than none and we still have a further two home matches before the end of the Season in which to increase our overall scores.
Janet Bird wishes all of our woods find their way to the Jack
Barbara Sankey hopes for the same thing
Isabel gets a consoling hug from the Opposition
And Maureen does the same to Pat Whiteman
