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On Wednesday evening Neil was up at Heathfield for the Semi-Final of the District Men's Singles, as he took on Belmont. Drawing well from the start Neil led 9 - 4 after 6 ends, but he then dropped 8 shots in the next 5 ends to trail 11 - 12. Back to the drawing game saw Neil win 7 of the next 8 ends and with it the game by 21 shots to 13 to book the club's ...
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On Wednesday afternoon we had our latest Mid-Week Triples match away at Merton. Mark, Vera and Martin were involved in a battle from the start and were 0 - 6 down after 4 ends. By end 12 it was 'game on' with the scores tied at 10 - 10. With the scores still level at 15 - 15 after end 17, it came down to a one end shoot out, but unfortunately for WPBC it ...
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Sunday afternoon's match was away at South London and it turned out to be another amazingly close game. Caroline, Nick, Richard F and Martin were 6 - 8 down after 9 ends, but rallied to edge ahead 14 - 11 with 3 ends left to play. With WPBC going to the last end 15 - 14 ahead, South London managed to edge the game by picking up a count of 2 to win 16 - 15. ...
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On Thursday evening Jackie and Neil were up at Heathfield to play Southey in the Semi-Final of the District Mixed Pairs. 4 - 9 down after six ends, Jackie and Neil began to build up some momentum and a count of 7 on end 12 took them to a 19 - 10 lead. That was the spur though for Southey to mount a come back and they in turn took the lead 21 - 19 with the ...
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On Wednesday evening up at South London Anne and Neil played Heathfield in the Semi-Final of the District Over-55 Mixed Pairs. In another close game it went down to the last end with WPBC leading 12 - 11. With the Heathfield skip's third bowl Heathfield drew the shot from the two that Anne was holding. A lucky edge from Neil's third bowl returned the shot ...
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On Tuesday evening Neil was up at South London for the Semi-Final of the District Champion of Champions competition. In a tightly fought contest the scores were locked at 8 - 8 after 11 ends, 16 - 16 after 20 ends and 20 - 20 after 24 ends. The final end saw Neil draw to within 10 inches with his first bowl and with one bowl left for the Mitcham bowler Neil ...
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On Saturday afternoon we had our latest league match against Belmont.
For much of the week both teams only had 9 bowlers, but thankfully 12 Wimbledon Park members took to the green accompanied by 11 bowlers from Belmont. In a close first half Caroline, Sue R, Vera and Martin found themselves 7 - 8 down, but then proceeded to outscore their opponents 13 ...
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On Thursday evening Pete, Mark, Neil and Martin were home to Mitcham in the 1/4 - final of the District Men's Fours. Drawing well from the start WPBC led 11 - 1 after 7 ends, before a change of jack length saw Mitcham close the gap to 11 - 6 two ends later. Getting back on track and winning the next three ends saw Wimbledon Park open up an 18 - 6 lead with ...
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On Tuesday evening Jackie and Neil were up at South London for the ¼ - final of the District Mixed Pairs. With their opponents drawing well from the start this had the markings of being a tough competitive game and so it proved to be with nothing between the pairs over the first few ends. Winning 6 consecutive ends saw WPBC pull ahead to lead 16 - 3 after ...
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On Monday afternoon Neil was at home to Belmont in the District Over 60's Singles 1/4 - final. After dropping a 2 on the first end, Neil won the next four ends to lead 10 - 2, going on to book a place in the semi-final with a 21 - 5 win. At 6pm, Neil was over at Belmont for the 1/4 - final of the District Mixed Singles. A slow start and some great drawing ...
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