National Singles success for Moody
Tuesday 24 October saw young Jordan Moody win his first round of the National Singles 21-9 against an experienced Dolphin player, Malcolm Potts. Please check out our Facebook page here for further details.
Tuesday 24 October saw young Jordan Moody win his first round of the National Singles 21-9 against an experienced Dolphin player, Malcolm Potts. Please check out our Facebook page here for further details.
Five Rivers 10 points
Dolphin 6 points
Match scores (Five Rivers teams first):
Ladies’ Two Wood Singles: Diane Makepeace lost to Lyn Howard 17-8
Men’s Two Wood Singles: Jordon Moody lost to Gary Fountain 15-12
Mixed Pairs: Janice Rowe/Tom Warner beat Julie Leake/Carl Fountain 19-11
Mixed Triples: Janice Bull/Graham House/Fraser Boynton beat Sally Williamson/Clive Truscott/Chris Weekes 16-14
Mixed Fours: Ann Hindley/Ros Corke/Jamie Reynolds/Nick Revell drew with Anthony Hobby/Ann Warner/Penny Cresswell/Les Manning 13-13
On Saturday 21 October the 16-strong men’s team faced Riverside in the first round of the National Denny Cup competition. With the Riverside green running at a considerably slower pace than Five Rivers’ carpet, it looked to be a tough match with the eight players playing at Riverside knowing they needed to keep the away scores tight.
At 5 ends Five Rivers led 22-17 overall due to strong starts from the home rink skipped by Jamie Reynolds (9-1) and away rink skipped by Fraser Boynton (5-2). Tom Warner’s rink playing at Riverside struggled over the first 5 ends suffering an 11-15 deficit, after dropping a 6 and a 5 on the first two ends.
At 10 ends the gap of 5 shots remained with the overall scores sitting at 41-36 with the two home rinks winning 10-4 and 13-8 respectively and Fraser’s away rink winning 10-7, however’s Tom rink continued to slip with a score line of 17-8 down after 10 ends. The gap closed even more with the overall score at 15 ends 58-57 to Five Rivers. However, at 18 ends Five Rivers were trailing 70-66, the first time they had been behind in the match – this was a combination of Tom’s rink trailling 28-15, Dennis’ rink drawing 15-15 and Fraser’s rink trailing 15-12. However, Jamie’s rink at home had pulled it together and were winning 24-12 at 18 ends.
Over the final three ends the Five Rivers team showed real strength and team spirit with Tom’s team rallying to reduce the deficit on the rink to 29-20 and Dennis’ rink at home winning the final three ends 7-1 to produce a final score of 22-16. Fraser’s team led into the last end 18-15, but after two brilliant bowls by Chris Ralph to secure a three left the rink score 18-18. Jamie’s rink contined on their impressive streak securing a 24-15 win.
Five Rivers 84 – Riverside 79 (Five Rivers teams first):
Home Rinks
Jim Stanford, Bob Hayes, Graham House, Dennis Shipp vs A Moore won 22-16
Mike Crane, Jack Stone, Brian Merritt, Jamie Reynolds vs R Snook won 24-16
Away Rinks
Rich Hindley, Ron Thompson, Jordan Moody, Tom Warner vs E Bates lost 20-29
Allan Wilson, Mike Stock, Ashley Plumb, Fraser Boynton drew 18-18
Five Rivers now face the winner of Banister Park and Atherley in the next round on Saturday 4 November.
Six players from Five Rivers have been selected to represent Wiltshire in their upcoming Liberty Trophy match against Oxfordshire on Saturday 28 October at Westlecot BC, Swindon. The Liberty Trophy is a 24 player match between counties on a knock-out basis.
Four of the players (Ashley Plumb, Jamie Reynolds, Fraser Boynton and Tom Warner) have been selected as a rink together, with the two remaining Five Rivers players (Jordon Moody and Nick Revell) being selected as a lead and three respectively.
On Sunday 15 October a mixed team consisting of eight men and eight ladies played the first round match in the National Egham Trophy competition against Eastleigh-based side, Banister Park. This is the first year since 2010/11 that the Club has entered this competition which is an indication of the strength of existing and new players at the club and Five Rivers were determined to not fall at the first hurdle.
At 5 ends Five Rivers led 25-9 overall due to strong starts from the home rink skipped by Tom Warner (12-2) after taking a 7 on the second end and the away rinks skipped by Nick Revell (7-0) and Jamie Reynolds (6-1). This lead continued into 10 ends where Five Rivers led 38-23 with Tom continuing to an 18-3 lead and Nick continuing with a 9-3 lead. The gap narrowed slightly over the next 5 ends with the overall scores at 55-42. However, the next 3 ends saw a flurry of activity with Five Rivers winning the 3 ends 21-8 overall. The game came to an early conclusion with the Banister Park home rinks conceding at 20 ends.
Five Rivers 82 – Banister Park 63 (Five Rivers teams first):
Home Rinks
Mary Brown, Ros Corke, Jordan Moody, Tom Warner vs S Rice won 29-14
Carol Francis, Lynne Stanford, Ashley Plumb, Graham House vs B Dibden lost 12-23
Away Rinks
Ann Humphries, Jenny McShane, Dennis Shipp, Nick Revell vs P May won 23-16
Janice Bull, Janice Rowe, Brian Merritt, Jamie Reynolds vs B Barber won 18-10
Five Rivers now face Loddon Vale in the next round on Sunday 29 October.
Please find a link below for the dates on which Five Rivers’ Men’s matches will be selected for all competitive external leagues and National Competitions.
Sunday 24 September saw the qualifiers for the World Pairs competition, held at Potters in January 2018, played at the Dolphin Indoor Bowls Club in Poole. 16 pairs took to the stage to battle it out to earn their place as the Dolphin qualifier at Potters on 12 January.
As the day reached the semi-finals stage Five Rivers had three players still remaining in the competition. Tom Warner (Five Rivers), partnered with Scott Edwards (Oxford City & County), were drawn to play Shaun Jones (Malvern Hills) and Neil Collett (Clarrie Dunbar). Whilst in the other semi-final Jordan Moody and Jamie Reynolds (both Five Rivers) were drawn to play last year’s finalists Paul Sharman and Andy McIntyre (both Carterton).
Both semi-finals went down to a tie break with both Five Rivers’ representatives winning their matches in tightly fought contests.
The final was a nice affair for both pairs as Tom, Jordan and Jamie all knew that at least one Five Rivers player was going to make it to Potters this year. Tom and Scott started very strongly taking the first set 10-4, however the second set proved to be a much tighter affair with Tom and Scott narrowly getting over the line 7-6.
Tom and Scott now attend Potters on 12 January to battle it out with the three other English qualifiers (Bromley, Lincoln and Cumbria) to earn their place in the Last 8 of the World Pairs.
The Club is situated in Salisbury and is a friendly four rink indoor bowls club with over 200 members ranging in age from 8 upwards.
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