FYLDE 8 Bowdon 8

Bowdon: Dave Holland (C), Alan Mayne, Carol Steinberg & Iman van den Bout
Fylde: Ken (C), Betty, Leo & Philip

Bowdon's view:
Iman van den Bout scored an excellent 3 out of 4 in his first ever team match. Alan Mayne showed that it is still possible to win despite giving away 4 extra bisques and needing to do 2 peels. He also won 3 out of 4. Carol Steinberg had one of those enjoyable but frustrating days!

2 - 6 down at lunch the secret weapon was unleashed to good effect. With Ian unavailable Ken took over as captain for the match. Fylde suffered the first half of the day with only a win from Betty and Ken. So Fylde found themselves 6-2 down at lunch. An excellent meal of salmon and prawns seemed to be the tonic required, as Fylde rallied round to gain 2 wins for Leo, 2 wins for Betty 1 for Ken and 1 for Phillip to gain an impressive draw.

Posted by Ian, 10th July 2010

llanfairfechan 11 FYLDE 5

An early start saw us in plenty of time for some refreshment. The 1st round saw only a win from Ian.Round 2 saw a good win from Phillip 10-1 and from a tight game with Ken finally winning 14-12. After lunch Llanfairfechan continued their assult on us to gain another 6 games. They were a very good side being League winners last year and leading the way this year, so we did well to get the 5 games.

Posted by Ian, 19th June 2010

FYLDE 11 BURY 5

Fylde: Ian Theakstone, Peter Hallett, Betty Bates & Leonard Ainsworth
Bury: Richard Harvey, Bob Whittle, Len & Colleen Forkin

The match was played on the hottest day this year (25deg). Peters Handicap was revised to 3.5 and Bury were given information on how to use a half bisques. The 1st games saw wins from leonard Peter and Ian, with only Ian pegging out. The 2nd set of games had wins from Betty Peter and Ian all pegging out this time. A break for lunch in brilliant sunshine with plenty of fluids. Round 3 saw Ian lose to Colleen but the rest all won. Last round was just 2 wins by Ian and Leonard. The last win by Ian triggered his handicap down to 6. So Fylde continue their unbeaten record in all disciplines. No pressure then on the next matches.

Posted by Ian, 22nd May 2010

Southport 6 Fylde 10

FYLDE: Peter Wilson, Ian Theakstone (c), Ken Harper & Alan Morton
SOUTHPORT: Eileen Gallagher (c), Eileen Rossiter, Anne & Jean

A chilly start at the beautiful venue in Victoria Park using four lawns. The format moves each player to play one game on each lawn. This is quite a challenge for the away side as there were some features on each. Fylde secured a 3-1 lead which was retained at 5-3 over lunch. We were all glad of the hot meal by then topping it up with Tesco's Toffee Pavlova Yum. The third round was again tied so going into the last round Fylde needed just two more points for victory. The weather had turned considerably warmer by then and the lawns were playing quite fast especially around some hoops. An early finish by Ken put us on the hill and we passed the post with the captain pegging out soon afterwards. Alan added an extra point before the finish.

Posted by Peter, 16th May 2010

Pendle 6 Fylde 10

FYLDE: Peter Hallet, Ian Theakstone, Leonard Ainsworth & Geoffry Lipshaw
PENDLE: David Pollit, Catherine Parnell, Roy Berry, John Snowden, & Pam Pollit

Our 1st match of the 2010 season saw us at Pendle, who were fielding an unusual side with a team of 5 with 1 player playing 2 games in the morning and another player playing the afternoon games. After some discussion the 2 captains agreed. The Fylde were a player down but the Rev just made it for the 10am start. Although a sunny day there was a biting wind so it was wrap up time.This didn't deter Fylde as the 1st round saw wins from Ian. Leonard and Peter. Round 2 ended the same so at lunch Fylde were 6 - 2 ahead.The afternoon session saw wins from the same trio. Ian had a close game against Catherine being 10 all on time, however, Cath missed a hoop allowing Ian on to score a hoop to finish 11 - 10. Geoffry's final game was level on time so the game continued until a hoop was won, this unfortunately went Pendles way. Man of the match was Peter winning all 4 games to earn himself a Mars Bar.

Posted by Ian, 17th April 2010

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