League
Week 9
inton A with only six shooters acquitted themselves well in their match against Wilmcote last week. Andy Smith scored yet another possible his seventh this season. Chris Reed shot 34 and Wayne Harris, Michelle Dale and Will Cemis all shot 33 and John Parrott shot 32 but they gave away four points having to take an A N Other score of 28. Wilmcote continue to set a high standard and gave no quarter. Two of the three Clarke brothers who shoot for the team got possibles, Jamie and Adam and Ashleigh shot 32. Sammy Skye Unitt shot a career best and Graham East with 34. Newby Lester Langford also shot a career best with 33. Wilmcote finished with the highest score this season 235 to Binton’s 228 points.
Binton B were no real challenge to Home Guard. Steve Hodges, Ian Powell and Tom Gosbell stayed out of the threes for 31, 30 and 29 respectively but with too many loose threes on their home target they could only muster 201 points. Home Guard started well with 34 from Gareth Morris pressing on with another 34 from brother Tom Morris and 33 from father Andy with only two threes on the target Home Guard has a clear win with 225 points.
Clifford and Avenue had a close match though both teams had their fair share of threes. Trevor Morris, Martin Robinson and Rachael Brookes kept their shots tight for 32, 31 and 30 and despite a three Ben Withers also shot 30. It was the old Silhillian contingent of the Avenue team which saved them from defeat with James Wilby and Paul Lowe shooting 34s, Steve Parrack 33 and Alan Crichton 31. Peter Mole and Dee Green both had loose shots but with an A N Other score of 28 Avenue scraped to a win by just one point 209 to 210.
Struggling MEB had only five shooters when they shot against Avon. Mainstays Fred and Kath Williams had the best shots with 32 and 30. With two A N Other scores the beleaguered team could only manage 192 points. Avon had a slow start but pulled back point after point including 33 from Karl McMillan and Alison McMillan’s second possible of the season. An easy win for the Avon team with 214 points.
Next fixture Thursday 5 Nov Senior Shield Competition open to shooters 45 years of age or over on the day of the competition at Wilmcote Social Club. The Ladies Rose Bowl and Youth Cup competitions shown in the fixture book have been postponed.
Report by Juana Everett, to be published on 5th November 2015