Cringleford (H) 30th May

Following last week's trip to North Elmham, where the  Priory Garden team secured a first round win in the Knock-Out Cup against the King's Head, they returned to Back Lane to play hosts to their visitors from Cringleford.

On Rink One, Pat Goody, Karen Smith and Ivan Howman contested a very tight game which saw only twenty three shots being shared between the two teams. After starting slowly they trailed the visitors by four shots to seven by the halfway stage. In the last eight ends they often held three or four shots only for the visiting Skip to reduce their holding to one shot or to steal the hold with a well delivered drive shot. Even though the hosts managed to take the lead in the game by the twelfth end they could not maintain their comeback and finally lost by ten shots to thirteen shots.

On Rink Two, John Austin, Mike Attwell and Melvyn Barker also got off to a slow start and trailed by thirteen shots to five after the eighth end. They rallied in the second half of the game winning four consecutive ends but finished the game losing by nine shots. The final score being Priory Garden eleven, Cringleford twenty.

The overall match result was Priory Garden twenty one shots, Cringleford thirty three shots.

Ivan H