Matches shot on 23rd November 2006.

Thursday 23 November 2006 - Joint league leaders Binton and Wilmcote met at Wilmcote WMC in a bid to top the league. Eager to meet the challenge, Binton set up a practice night on Tuesday and Wilmcote have been getting in some practice on Sunday evenings for a few weeks now. The match was very tense and nervy and saw some great shooting under pressure. Outstanding shooting from Andy Morris who was first up for Wilmcote and shot a possible, (or 35.6 if we were scoring 5.1s), Lyn Brookes 33pts and Alan Brookes 34pts (Wilmcote) took Wilmcote into the lead with Binton shooting catch up throughout most of the match. However, Michelle Dale 34pts and Andrew Smith 33pts pegged back some of the
points for Binton. Both teams fielded their better shooters first which kept the game very close. It was down to Ron Bailey (8th shooter for Binton) to salvage some points from the match. He needed a 34 to win, and after some outstanding pressure shooting managed 33 to tie with Wilmcote. The night ended with a particularly high score of 226pts from both teams. The score is well above each team's league average.

Meanwhile back at Binton Club, Binton B, formerly Mason's Arms, were at home to Avenue Sports & Social Club (ASSC). Both teams got off to a slow start with Roy Clarke for Binton B, unable to find the accuracy he displayed in the Whitbread Individual Competition and Dennis Ganderton (ASSC) who despite shooting a number of bulls in practice could not repeat his performance in the match. Binton B with consistent shooting gradually pulled away from the ASSC team so that after the 6th shooter they had 176pts and ASSC only 138pts. Jo Everett shot a seasonal personal best of 31 and Dee Green, who has only shot a couple of times this season, also shot a personal best of 30 to boost ASSC's score to a more respectable 199pts. Binton B with A N Other totalled 201pts and won the match.

No details are available for the MEB vs Home Guard match.

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