Wednesday 15th September saw Ladywell's fifth meeting of the season against Francis Drake BC, after three friendly matches and the semi-final of the BBDBA Triples League.
Ladywell had won all four previous meetings this season, but all four matches had been close affairs and the final meeting of the season - another friendly match - proved to be equally close.
On the first rink, Ladywell's team of Robert Dunn, Richard Moorhouse and Howard Smith won a tight match by 18-14. In the second match, the Ladywell team's number one position was shared by Jean and Charlotte Moorhouse, who stood in at short notice for her first Ladywell match and played some excellent shots. They were partnered by Bernie Jermin and Des Jarrett and lost another close encounter by 10-17. This gave Francis Drake an overall lead of three points with the crucial result of the final match still to come. In this match, the Ladywell triple of Mark Simmons, Kim Simmons and Norman Lewis managed to gain victory, with a 20-13 win, giving Ladywell the match by 48-44.
This gave Ladywell a win in their final friendly match of the season - an excellent end to a successful season, with some great memories to tide us over until next year!
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