With one round to go in the Evening League at Boston Indoor Bowling Club, the leaders in both divisions have a clear lead and theres a scramble for the places below them.<\/p>\n
The result of the week in the Orchard Health Group First Division was the clash between leaders Invaders and fourth-placed Strollers, which saw Strollers taking all six points.<\/p>\n
Invaders still have a clear lead, while Strollers are now only one point shy of third place.<\/p>\n
Kathryn Rockall, Mick Hippisley and Mick Dodes were trailing for most of their game with Invaders, but always managed to stay within touching distance. <\/p>\n
They grabbed the lead on the 15th end and then held on to win 19-18 in a tight finish.<\/p>\n
On the other rink, Strollers, with skip Alan Everitt ably supported by Paul Flatters and Keith Swain, were slow to get into their groove. <\/p>\n
Five shots scored on the 10th end kick-started their game, giving them the lead, before they powered away to win 19-11.<\/p>\n
Second placed Holland Fen won their match against Royal Mail 4-2. <\/p>\n
Les Fearys rink won with ease 32-7, having got away to a good start and dominating the scoring.<\/p>\n
The other rink was well won by Royal Mail, skipped by Keith Sharp, by 24-8, as they quickly established an early lead of 15-1 and never lost control of the game.<\/p>\n
Breakaways beat Nomads 4-2 and did enough to hold onto third place in this division. <\/p>\n
The rink of Neil Harrison, Anita Rymer and skip Michael Rymer ran out convincing 30-8 winners, never giving Nomads any chance to get established in the game.<\/p>\n
Nomads, with skip Mel Maddison, were similarly ruthless on the other rink to take the win 20-8.<\/p>\n
The mid-table clash between A40 in fifth and IBC in sixth saw A40 win 4-2. <\/p>\n
A40 are now three points adrift of Strollers. <\/p>\n
After a slow start, Sue Hoyles rink for A40 took the lead on the 10th end and built on it to win 20-11.<\/p>\n
A40 were leading on the second rink for two-thirds of the game before IBC were able to tie the scores. <\/p>\n
Still tied after the penultimate end, IBC scored two shots on the final end to win 17-15 and take two points from the match.<\/p>\n
Cosmos and Central at the foot of the table proved to be closely matched opponents and shared the points equally, 3-3, from their match.<\/p>\n
Cosmos moved up to eighth place with this result, with Central still in last place.<\/p>\n
Jean Thompsons Cosmos rink took a few ends to get going, then controlled the game to win 16-10. <\/p>\n
Central and skip Peter Copeland on the other rink held the lead throughout to win 17-11.<\/p>\n
The top four in the T&B Containers Second Division faced each other this week, with leaders Golfers winning 4-2 against The Burtons and Autos taking all the points from their clash with Amateurs. <\/p>\n
Burtons, in second, are now only one point ahead of Autos, but both are well adrift of Golfers.<\/p>\n
For Golfers, Graham Scarboros rink quickly established a safe lead and ran out 23-16 winners. <\/p>\n
Golfers went 17-2 down on the other rink, then steadily worked their way back and challenged for the win. <\/p>\n
In the end, Chris Hills Burtons rink had done enough and won 19-16.<\/p>\n
Autos built a 15-4 lead on Ivor Roberts rink before Amateurs started the fight back, but it was not enough and Autos won 17-12.<\/p>\n
Amateurs were 11-5 ahead on the second rink, but Jeff Homewoods Autos squad finished strongly to snatch the victory 15-14 and bag all the points.<\/p>\n
Hotspurs moved up to fourth spot after beating bottom-placed Phantoms 4-2. <\/p>\n
Neil Owens rink for Hotspurs won comfortably in the end, 21-8.<\/p>\n
Hotspurs started slowly on the other rink and were soon 17-3 down. <\/p>\n
They did well to come back into the game, but Phantoms still won 22-17 for skip Roy Stanley.<\/p>\n
The result of the week in this division saw ninth-placed U3 beat Dynamics, four places higher, 5-1. <\/p>\n
Jack Carrs U3 rink made a good start to their game and went on to win 21-10.<\/p>\n
U3 also built a good lead, 12-1, in the other game, but Dynamics were dogged in fighting back and finished better, to level the scores 15-15 at the end.<\/p>\n
Vikings faced Vectors and took four points. <\/p>\n
One rink, Janet and Ray Loughran with skip John Stray, were good from the outset and won 35-8. <\/p>\n
Closely matched on the second rink, Vectors and skip Kevin Rockall seized control towards the end to win 21-12.<\/p>\n
Lastly, Patriarchs had a good 31-12 win against Shipmates, dominating the match.<\/p>\n
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