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Contributor / 2010-03-07 12:00:37

In the Northern League last week both the Sabres and the Swords played two matches. The Swords played at home against Javea’s Opals team, resulting in a mixed bag of results!

Over the four rinks, Swords had a big win, a big loss, a close game and a draw! However, they lost the overall by 9 shots, so the final result was 3 points to Swords and 7 points to Opals. Later on in the week Swords travelled to Benitachell and played their rained off game against the Jaguars.

Overall Swords had two good wins and 2 not so good losses, but didn’t manage to take the overall shot difference, leaving the final result as 4 points to Swords and 6 points to Jaguars. The Sabres also played that same week at BBC against the Jaguars, but they were more fortunate. Sabres had four very close games, one of which ended in a draw, but they held on and managed to win on two rinks and just grabbed one extra shot to take the overall too.

Final result was 7 points to Sabres, 3 to Jaguars.

In their second match of the week, Sabres travelled to Finca Guila to play against the Hawks. Again, there were some very close games, but Sabres took a loss on one rink and the 8 point win on Sara, Fred & Vernon’s rink didn’t quite make up the overall, so it went down to the last rink to finish to pull it out of the bag! Going into the final end Jill Glastonbury, Michael Cerio & skip Ron Jones were level with the opposition.

As the skips went to bowl Hawks were holding 2 shots. Ron Jones bowled his last wood as if his life depended on it and drew for shot through an already crowded head. The Hawks skip valiantly fired, but missed and that resulted in another win for the Sabres. Overall score was 63 shots (8 points) to Sabres, 62 (2 points) to Hawks. Keep up the fantastic work Sabres – only two games left this season.

In the Winter League last week, El Cid played host to Finca Guila on a very windy morning which made for some interesting bowling. On all the rinks at one point there were some very close scores. The final result was two rinks a piece with El Cid claiming the overall by just three shots. Final scores on the doors were 6 points to El Cid, 4 points to Finca Guila. Both our Berleen teams lost which was a shame after having won our last three. All in all it was a very competitive game and enjoyed by everyone.

Updates of the in-house Irish Cup competition league standings can now be found on the club website along with details of Federation competitions we are entering. Don’t forget to put the Club Championship Finals dates in your diaries – they will be played on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th March. A buffet and the presentations will follow the finals on the Saturday, notice is up on main board.

We will be having an Easter Bonnet fun day on Sunday 4th April. Prizes will be awarded for the best Easter Bonnets and keys will be drawn for teams. Put your name on the list soon as places will be limited.

New members are always welcome at El Cid Bowls Club and training sessions can be arranged for new bowlers, please contact El Cid Bowls Club on 96 640 4364. More details can be found on our website at www.elcidbowlsclub.com.

Sara Hamer