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BDPL 3/6/09
Rayne Swan 1 remain top of the Daniel Robinson & Sons Braintree & District Petanque league after another 3-0 win. This time it was Rayne Cock 1 who felt the force of Adam Buxton’s & Vince Schofield’s shooting which saw the Swan team defeat Paul Linehan, Scott Wilsdon & Clay O’Sullivan 13-4.
The Swan duo had a similar result in the doubles with a 13-3 win over Wilsdon & O’Sullivan.
Only Linehan for the away side came close to getting a result when he gave Lee Dodge a run for his money in the singles, only just losing 13-12.

Onley PC from Stisted played two games this week and kept their record of taking a point off the leading teams in the league. At Rayne Cock 2, who were lying in 2nd place, Derek Roughton, Daniel and Nikki Blows built a 9-2 lead but the Cock pulled back points at the next four ends. The Onley triple then recovered and with Nikki Blows shooting out the holding boule, took the game 13-8.
The singles saw Neil Morgan take 9 points from the first four ends with Trevor Blows not adapting to the sloping terrain. A fightback to 8-11 was not enough as Morgan scored the two to win the game.
Good pointing from Steve Tooley in the doubles helped the Cock to a 13-6 win and the match 2-1, but they slipped to 3rd place.

Against Rayne Swan 1 Roughton, Austin and T. Blows had a close, exciting game against the home team of Adam Buxton, Vince Schofield and Lee Dodge. All six players contributed to a game of excellent pointing and shooting that saw the home team edge the game 13-9 after trailing 6-9.
The doubles was a one sided affair with Buxton and Schofield not allowing Austin and Roughton a single point.
The closest game was the singles. After a poor showing at the Cock, Trevor Blows needed to bounce back against Lee Dodge, which he did in a closely contested game 13-12 which leaves Onley in 8th place.

Swan 4 were at home to newcomers Bocking Novices and a 3-0 win sees them move into 2nd place. Colin Sams was again the mainstay of the Swan side, backed up by some good pointing by Tom Smith which gave them a 13-2 win in the triples.
Sams & Courtney weren’t troubled in the doubles where they won 13-3 against Steve Lloyd & Dave Robinson and Smith defeated Trevor Turner 13-2 in the singles for the clean sweep.

Feering Sun put up a tremendous battle in the opening triples against Rayne Swan 2. After over an hour of play Tom Winter, Russell Bingham & Dick Youngs just missed out, losing 13-11 to Graham Brewer, Dennis Smith & Beryl Gibson.
Smith & Brewer went on to win the doubles comfortably 13-2 against Winter & Bingham. Lorne Gibson trailed in the early ends of the singles, but his experience dragged him through to a 13-10 win over Youngs and another 3-0 win for the Rayne Swan club.

 

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