On Tuesday, May 22, Tenby Arches Ladies welcomed Picton to their Sutton Street green on a pleasant, sunny evening.

On rink five, Katie, Liz, Jo and Alison had a very close game throughout. They scored three on the second end, but then lost the next four ends. Picton held a small lead of 5-3 after six ends. Tenby then settled down, winning four of the next five ends, but Picton fought back and won six of the last seven ends. The final score was an honourable draw of 13 each, which was a fair result for a hard-fought game.

On rink six, birthday girl Lynn, Carol, Jan and Helen got off to a good start and had a lead of 15-5 at the half-way point.

Unfortunately, the second half told a different story and they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory by winning only one of the remaining eight ends. They went into the last end with a narrow lead of 17-16, but Picton then scored two, claiming the final victory by 18-17. Picton therefore won the game overall by just one-shot.

Both games were very close and played in good spirit.

Tenby Arches Ladies v Neyland

On Saturday, a slightly depleted Tenby Arches Ladies welcomed Neyland to the Sutton Street green. Despite dire weather warnings, it was a warm, pleasant day and the game was captured forever by photographer Laurence Hourahane.

On rink five, Katie, Liz and Jo won the first end, but lost the next five before rallying, to make it a respectable 7-9 to Neyland at the half-way point. They stayed in close contact with Neyland right up to the second to last end, but unfortunately dropped a six on the penultimate end. It was too late to catch up and the score at the end of the game was 10-18 to Neyland. After the 25 per cent deduction the final score was Tenby 7.5 Neyland 18.

On rink six, Carol, Jan and Helen took the early lead and were 11-5 up after 10 ends. They maintained their lead up to the 14th end, but then Neyland scored eight shots in the next three ends. Tenby went into the last end still just ahead by 17 shots to 14. Neyland scored one on the final end, so the score was 17-15 to Tenby before the deduction, unfortunately not quite enough to give them a point. The final score was Tenby 12.75 Neyland 15.

Tenby Arches Ladies are sponsored by Tenby House Hotel.

Fixtures

The fixtures for the coming week are.

Tomorrow (Saturday): Five Arches play Milford Haven away, while Tenby play Pendine at home, both with a 2 pm start.

Monday: Tenby Ladies v St. Issell’s, 2 pm at home.

Tuesday: Goscar team will be playing in the Meyrick Owen fixture against Pembrock Dock, at home, 2 pm start.

Wednesday: Tenby Ladies play Neyland away, with a 2 pm start.

Thursday: Tenby play Saundersfoot away, with a 6 pm start.

Friday, June 8: Tenby have a friendly game with Pentrych (six rinks) on the Sutton Street green, with a 2 pm start.

Bonus Ball

The winner of last week’s bonus ball was Molly, with number 3, congratulations.

Thank you

Liz Rees would like to give a big thank you to the Rossiter family for their generous donation of the raffle money at their yearly bowling event that took took place in Tenby this year on Bank Holiday Monday. The money raised will be going to Tenby and Saundersfoot First Responders for a defibrillator to put in the Tenby club in memory of Dave Rees. Again thank you.