There was a different start to this tournament, sponsored by Al Bell and Laura Mounce, in Bob’s memory. We had a drone operator taking video and photos as we all assembled in front of the clubhouse. He continued to film as we held a spider and started the games. It will be interesting to see how it all turns out. We will hopefully have some great media to use for future promotions. The spider was won by Brent Bayley (an omen for a good day for Brent? Read on. )
We were one person short of 12 triples teams so drawmasters Bill Arthur(game 1) and Louisa Arthur (game 2) filled in on Brent Bayley’s team with Dale McMillan playing in game 3. We played 3x10 end games.
Round one
Top scorers in game 1 were the team of Sarah van Steijn, Mary Thibault and Chris Dinner with 15+2 points for and 5 against. Next with 14 points was the team of Brent Bayley, John Saunders and Bill Arthur with 14 points so that meant a match up between Sarah and Brent’s teams in round 2. Other winners in round one were Jacob Hyatt, Henry Kowalski, Terry Bradshaw and Bob Bates.
Round two
An extra factor was introduced in round two with each team allowed a power play in one end. The power play had to be declared to the opposing skip before the end started and the score was doubled if a team won the power play end. There were some big changes if teams were successful in their power play. Bob Bates team, for example, scored three points on their power play and that was doubled to six points. Lynn Bryans was winning 10-0 against Andrew Perry but a successful power play put him right back in the game and he won 14-10.
Round three
When the scores were totted up after round 2 the top match to determine the winners was Bob Bates team versus Brent Bayley’s. Each team had two wins. This was a close encounter and with one end left Brent was one point ahead. Bob scored one in the final end to tie the game but lost the extra end. Brent’s team were the winners.
Henry Kowalski went into round three with two wins but a low points total. Nevertheless he had a good chance of claiming second place if he could beat Carol Dewey’s team. Partly due to judicious use of her power play Carol’s team won 15+6 points to 7. That took Carol into second place.
The full result:
Winners – Brent Bayley, John Saunders and Dale McMillan 3 wins 36+1 points
Second – Carol Dewy, Donna Ball and Alan Loney 2 wins 35+7 points
Third – Bob Bates, Jenn Wetherall and Norma Stoffers 2 wins 35 points
One game high – Andrew Perry, Helen Kowalski and Greg Booth 28 points
Between the second and third games we held a “put the jack in the ditch” skills test. Three jacks were place at the edge of the ditch and the bowlers had to hit one of the jacks into the ditch. Each bowler had one bowl and they bowled from 21 metres away. The only players to put the jack in the ditch were Jan, Skillen, Jan Moynes and Ron Kinsey. They moved on to the second round but none of them hit the jack. However, Ron Kinsey was declared the winner as he was closest to the jack. Ron won a bottle of wine courtesy of the sponsors.
And finally Baylee van Steijn won the draw for a bottle of Scotch which was donated by Ann Tough
Bill Arthur
We were one person short of 12 triples teams so drawmasters Bill Arthur(game 1) and Louisa Arthur (game 2) filled in on Brent Bayley’s team with Dale McMillan playing in game 3. We played 3x10 end games.
Round one
Top scorers in game 1 were the team of Sarah van Steijn, Mary Thibault and Chris Dinner with 15+2 points for and 5 against. Next with 14 points was the team of Brent Bayley, John Saunders and Bill Arthur with 14 points so that meant a match up between Sarah and Brent’s teams in round 2. Other winners in round one were Jacob Hyatt, Henry Kowalski, Terry Bradshaw and Bob Bates.
Round two
An extra factor was introduced in round two with each team allowed a power play in one end. The power play had to be declared to the opposing skip before the end started and the score was doubled if a team won the power play end. There were some big changes if teams were successful in their power play. Bob Bates team, for example, scored three points on their power play and that was doubled to six points. Lynn Bryans was winning 10-0 against Andrew Perry but a successful power play put him right back in the game and he won 14-10.
Round three
When the scores were totted up after round 2 the top match to determine the winners was Bob Bates team versus Brent Bayley’s. Each team had two wins. This was a close encounter and with one end left Brent was one point ahead. Bob scored one in the final end to tie the game but lost the extra end. Brent’s team were the winners.
Henry Kowalski went into round three with two wins but a low points total. Nevertheless he had a good chance of claiming second place if he could beat Carol Dewey’s team. Partly due to judicious use of her power play Carol’s team won 15+6 points to 7. That took Carol into second place.
The full result:
Winners – Brent Bayley, John Saunders and Dale McMillan 3 wins 36+1 points
Second – Carol Dewy, Donna Ball and Alan Loney 2 wins 35+7 points
Third – Bob Bates, Jenn Wetherall and Norma Stoffers 2 wins 35 points
One game high – Andrew Perry, Helen Kowalski and Greg Booth 28 points
Between the second and third games we held a “put the jack in the ditch” skills test. Three jacks were place at the edge of the ditch and the bowlers had to hit one of the jacks into the ditch. Each bowler had one bowl and they bowled from 21 metres away. The only players to put the jack in the ditch were Jan, Skillen, Jan Moynes and Ron Kinsey. They moved on to the second round but none of them hit the jack. However, Ron Kinsey was declared the winner as he was closest to the jack. Ron won a bottle of wine courtesy of the sponsors.
And finally Baylee van Steijn won the draw for a bottle of Scotch which was donated by Ann Tough
Bill Arthur
