The only game this week was a Men’s Top Club game which took place on Friday evening at home to Portishead with the weather remaining dry but getting colder as the evening progressed.

For those who do not know the Top Club competition is played across five different events or disciplines with all games being required to have a winner (no draws in any event). The disciplines are two wood singles, four wood singles, pairs, a triples rink and a full four player rink needing a total of eleven players in each team.

Some games, of course, take less time to play than others. The first game to finish was the two wood singles which Prattens lost. The second game was the four wood singles which Prattens won to go level.

Next was the pairs and Prattens won to take the lead but then Portishead won the triples to draw level which meant that the match was all down to the fours. This game had been taking place alongside the others and was always very close with the leaders changing along the way.

On the penultimate end, Prattens did well and went into the final end with a four shot lead. However, the first three Prattens players had a bad end, and with Dave James at skip having only one wood left, Prattens were seven shots down but Dave managed to save the day getting the second shot meaning that Prattens had won the fours by three shots giving them the win by three disciplines to two and taking us into the next round.

Next week we should be much busier with the Ladies, Men and Mixed teams all scheduled to have games.

We still have room for several more new members so if anyone else wishes to join the club (or discuss joining the club) please contact Barrie or Pauline Dando on: 01761-412705 or come along to the club evening on Monday evenings from 6pm where you can take part in the wonderful game of bowls.

Graeme Smith