Bridlington Alexandra Bowling Club teams shine in Midweek League

Buckle/Mitchell/Mitchell trailed after four ends but by end 8 they had established a 12-3 lead, including a seven on end 6.

A brief fightback by Walkington reduced the arrears to just three shots by end 12, but the home triple took the following two ends to lead by 19-10.

Although Walkington won the next three ends, the Alex won the final end to take the match 21-15.

The other rink was a close affair for the opening eight ends with McCall/Dawson/McCall holding a slender one-shot lead.

From here it was all one way traffic with the Alex triple winning nine of the remaining 10 ends to end up 25-9 victors. All six available points to Bridlington.

The B team entertained Langtoft in Division 2.

Nicolson/Morgan/Philpott were two shots up after five ends but by end 13 they had gone on to open up a comfortable 19-8 lead.

Five shots to Langtoft gave them some hope but Bridlington eventually ran out 22-17 winners.

Watson/Scruton/Booth were 9-6 down after nine ends but they then settled to win seven of the last nine ends to take the game 18-11. Six points to Bridlington.

The second set of matches in the Midweek League saw Hornsea 1 as the visitors to the A team in Division 1.

This was a match of contrasting rinks.

McCall/Dawson/McCall were 9-6 up after seven ends but then went on to take eight of the next 11 ends to win 16-9.

On the other rink Buckle/Mitchell/Mitchell led 5-0 after the first two ends but then Hornsea took control winning all but four of the remaining ends to win 22-9.

With the aggregate in their favour, four points out of the available six went to Bridlington.

The B team were away to Walkington in Division 2.

Nicolson/Talbot/Booth got off to a good start, leading 6-1 after four ends.

Although Walkington pegged them back to 6-5 on end 7, the Bridlington triple were bowling well and slowly extended their lead, eventually winning 26-10.

Allen/Morgan/Scruton had a much closer game. 9-2 ahead after seven ends, Walkington came back and were only two shots behind by end 9.

On end 15, Walkington were still in contention but three shots on end 16 gave Bridlington a four-shot advantage.

Four shots to Walkington on the penultimate end left the game on a knife edge but Bridlington took the final end by a shot to give them a 18-16 win. All six points to Bridlington.

The Driffield and District Vets league had Brid Alex B at home to Hornsea 3 and the home triple of Paylor/Talbot/Booth went 10-0 up after the first four ends, but by end 10 Hornsea had levelled the game.

Bridlington then piled on the pressure with 4s on ends 11 and 13 and 5 on end 14 to take their lead to 23 -11.

There was no way back for Hornsea and Bridlington eventually ran out 28-15 winners.

There was a closer game on the other rink with Nicolson/Dawson/Philpott 4-0 down after three ends but 11-6 up after eight.

By end 11 Hornsea had reduced the arrears to one shot and by end 15 they had moved into a 15-13 lead.

The Bridlington triple held firm and won the final three ends to win the game 19-15. All six points to Bridlington.

In Division 1 the A team travelled to reigning league champions Riverview of Hull and it proved a tough task on both rinks with Riverview taking all six points.

Friday evening took Brid Alex to Stamford Bridge in the quarter-final of the Independent League Cup, the result to be decided on aggregate scores after 18 ends.

Talbot/Philpott/Hutchinson were quickly into their line and length being 8-1 up after five ends.

Their opponents hit back and by the halfway mark Bridlington only led by a shot at 8-7.

On the next rink, Buckle/Mitchell/Mitchell went 7-3 up after the first five ends but Stamford then won the next two ends to take a 9-7 lead. By the halfway at end 9, the scores were tied at 9-9.

The final rink had McCall/Morgan/McCall 7-4 down after seven ends, but five shots on the next two ends took them into a 9-7 lead on end 9.

At this stage and with half the game gone, the aggregate scores were 26-23 in favour of Bridlington and a close second half seemed likely.

Talbot/Philpott/Hutchinson moved on to an 11-8 lead on end 12 but by end 15 their opponents had come back to level once more at 12-12. 2 shots to Stamford moved them into the lead with 2 ends remaining but again Bridlington came back to level on end 17.

In an exciting finish, the Alex triple took 2 shots on the final end to clinch a thrilling 16-14 victory.

Buckle/Mitchell/Mitchell had moved 15-11 up by end 13 but Stamford then won the next four ends to lead 16-15 with an end remaining.

In another close finish, Bridlington scored the one shot to tie the match.

With the match now closely standing at 32-30 in favour of Bridlington, all attention moved to the final rink.

Stamford won ends 10 and 11 to level their game at 9-9, but the Bridlington triple of McCall/Morgan/McCall suddenly found their line and length and went on to win six of the remaining seven ends to win 25-10, thereby giving the team an overall 57-40 victory and earning the team a place in the Semi-final draw.

The final event of the week was Bridlington’s annual friendly against Retford Bowling Club who brought 34 members on their day out by the seaside.

All 6 rinks were in use and a great afternoon of social bowling was had by all, culminating in tea and a slice of homemade cake.