Ashcombe Bowling Club : Men's Somerset Legues

ASHCOMBE PARK BOWLING CLUB

All Matches are now played, and almost all have their Result provided, Friendly match rink details and comments are included on this page, but other reports are provided on other pages as appropriate. Stephen Ash and Barbara MacGregor provided reports to the local newspaper during the season.

Somerset County Bowls

Men’s league tables. Our “A” Team play in League ‘NORTH 1’, and our “B” Team play in League ‘NORTH 2’. Match summary and team members are provided for each match.
Below is a special ‘window’ to the Somerset County web-site, where all League Tables are recorded. Last year’s Table is also provided.

SOMERSET COUNTY BOWLS LEAGUES

COMMENT

Our “A” Team has unfortunately been relegated to North Division Two, but our “B” Team has been promoted back to North Division One. It is going to be ‘interesting’ to see what will happen. The Somerset League could see that Team “A”, being the ‘top’ team should stay in Division North-1, and Team “B” stay in Division North-2; that would make everything simple. But, in these ‘complicated’ times, the ‘simple’ approach may be overlooked, and put Ashcombe into a dilemma - playing our ‘best’ team in the lower division, or making Team “B” our ‘top’ team.

MATCH SUMMARY and TEAM PLAYERS

Team "A" 44(0pts), CLEVEDON "B" 81(12pts) (Home, 27 August)

This result sees Ashcombe's "A" team relegated, unfortunate since four teams are dropping down this season. However, the "B" team has been promoted back to North-1, which should make things interesting for Ashcombe next year.
R Powell, D Bleasdale, S Hedges, D A Williams 14-26; I Chesney, J Main, D Carr, J Whitlow 18-28; M Adams, M Brummell, W Caddick, J Taylor 12-27.

Team "B" 60(10pts) : WINSCOMBE "B" 56(2pts) (Home, 27 August)

A Freke, R Kibble, E Roberts, J Creasey 22-20; G Fews, R Simmons, J Whitton, B Webber 16-17; A Wilmot, P Fisher, A Little, L Day 22-19

Team "A" 61(12pts) : YATTON "A" 48(0pts) (Away, 20 August)

At the 15th, Alan Yates’ rink were 9 shots down (7-16), but finished with a ‘flurry’, scoring 11 on the next 5 ends, winning by a single shot.
I Chesney, J Main, G Wilkinson, J Whitlow 23-20; M Adams, S Hedges, W Caddick, A Yates 18-17; R Powell, D Bleasdale, J Taylor, D A Williams 20-11

Team "B" 50(4pts) : Isle of WEDMORE "B" 51(8pts) (Away, 20 August)

Barry Webber’s rink trailed for most of their game, but ended by picking up 9 without reply to run out winners by 5 shots.
R Perkins, T Cottrell, A Freke, J Creasey 18-12; A Wilmot, P Fisher, A Little, L Day 10-22; B Alden, R Kibble, J Whitton, B Webber 22-17

Team "A" 64(2pts) : WEST BACKWELL 68(10pts) (Home, 13 August)

P Sheppard, D Bleasdale, R Powell, D A Williams 15-21; D Carr, J Main, S Hedges, G Wilkinson 25-19; M Adams, I Chesney, W Caddick, A Yates 24-28.

Team "B" 74(11pts) : CHEW STOKE "B" 52(1pt) (Home, 13 August)

B Alden, T Cottrell, E Roberts, J Creasey 30-18; A Wilmot, P Fisher, A Freke, L Day 21-21; G Fews, R Simmons, J Whitton, B Webber 23-13.

Team "A" 46(2pts) : PORTISHEAD RBL 66(10pts) (Away, 6 August)

M Adams, I Chesney, W Caddick, A Yates 12-24; R Powell, J Horn, J Taylor, D A Williams 14-25; D Carr, D Bleasdale, S Hedges, G Wilkinson 20-17.

Team "B" 53(2pts) : BANWELL "B" 61(10pts) (Away, 6 August)

G Fews, R Simmons, J Whitton, B Webber 19-16; P Sheppard, T Cottrell, E Roberts, J Creasey 18-22; A Wilmot, P Fisher, A Freke, L Day 16-23.

Team "A" 67(10pts) : VICTORIA "B" 57(2pts) (Away, 30 July)

R Powell, J Horn, J Taylor, D A Williams 21-16; D Carr, J Main, S Hedges, G Wilkinson 29-16; M Adams, I Chesney, W Caddick, A Yates 17-25

Team "A" 57(10pts) : St. ANDREWS "A" 55(2pts) (Home, 9 July)

R Powell, J Horn, J Taylor, D A Williams 20-15; D Carr, J Main, G Wilkinson, J Whitton 14-24; M Adams, I Chesney, W Caddick, A Yates 23-16

Team "B" 70(10pts) : CONGRESBURY "B" 56(2pts) (Home, 9 July)

A Wilmot, P Fisher, R Simmons, L Day 18-20; G Fews, A Little, A Freke, J Whitton 24-19; S Hedges, T Cottrell, E Roberts, J Creasey 28-17

Team "B" 61(8pts) : Clevedon PROMENADE "B" 57(4pts) (Away, 2 July)

M Parry, T Cottrell, E Roberts, J Creasey 15-22; B Alden, P Fisher, R Simmons, L Day 18-19; G Fews, D Camper, A Freke, J Whitton 28-16

Team "A" 53(2pts) : WINSCOMBE "A" 59(10pts) (Home, 2 July)

The defeat was narrow, yet decisive. Strangely things started to happen from the 10th end - John Whitlow’s rink loosing 8 over 7 ends, whilst Alan Yates’s rink gained 8 over 5 ends. Tony Williams’s rink were winning at the 10th but lost a 6 at the eleventh, and were unable to regain their advantage. D Bleasdale, B Underhay, G Wilkinson, J Whitlow 10-20; R Powell, J Horn, J Taylor, D A Williams 20-23; M Adams, I Chesney, W Caddick, A Yates 23-16

Team "B" 67(10pts) : PORTIHEAD 38(2pts) (Home: 18 June)

A good win, despite Jim Whitton’s rink loosing their game by one shot, whilst winning by the same margin at the 16th. A Wilmot, P Fisher, A Little, L Day 25-7; A Purkiss, B Underhay, E Roberts, J Creasey 23-11; A Cracknell, G Fews, A Freke, J Whitton 19-20

Team "A" 53(4pts) : CONGRESBURY "A" 61(8pts) (Away: 28 May)

Although loosing the match, rink 3 snatched victory by claiming 4 shots on the last two ends.
S Hedges, J Main, G Wilkinson, J Whitlow 25-14; D Carr, D Bleasdale, I Chesney, A Yates 9-30; R Powell, J Horn, J Taylor, A Wilmot 19-17.

Team "B" 63(12pts) : St. ANDREWS "B" 41(0pts) (Away: 28 May)

From as early as the third end, Ashcombe were in control of the match. Jim Creasey’s rink were 4 down at the 12th but then picked up 9 without reply.
A Wilmot, P Fisher, A Little, L Day 22-15; A Freke, A Cracknell, J Whitton, B Webber 22-10; A Purkiss, B Underhay, E Roberts, J Creasey 19-16

Team "B" 61(5pts) : YATTON "B" 61(7pts) (Home: 21 May)

It was ‘nip and tuck’ throughout the game, and a draw, on reflection, was the right result, with Earie Hooper’s rink picking up a 4 on their last end.
A Cracknell, M Parry, R Kibble, B Webber 17-19; A Purkiss, B Underhay, E Roberts, J Creasey 25-20; B Alden, P Fisher, R Simmons, E Hooper 19-22.

Team "A" 43(0pts) : Isle of WEDMORE "A" 72(12pts) (Home: 14 May)

A comprehensive victory by the “Isle” when they visited Ashcombe; their success made more convincing by the second rink gaining 10 shots on the last two ends to clinch victory and seal a win on all three rinks.

P Sheppard, J Horn, I Chesney, J Taylor 11-25; D Stanton, J Main, D Carr, J Whitlow 19-28; M Adams, D Bleasdale, Clive Winser, A Yates 13-19.

Team "B" 56(4pts) : BRISTOL "B" 59(8pts) (Home: 14 May)

A disappointing result for Ashcombe, winning on two rinks but failing to win overall.

A Freke, P Fisher, R Simmons, E Hooper 19-15; R Perkins, M Parry, B Underhay, B Webber 21-20; G Fews, A Cracknell, E Roberts, J Creasey 16-24.

Team "A” 55(8pts): CHEW STOKE “A” 54(4pts) (Away: 7 May).

The result was held in the balance right until the last ends were played, and crucially, Ashcombe gaining a total of five shots, won them the match.
M Adams, D Bleasdale, R Powell, A Yates 15-25; D Stanton, J Main, G Wilkinson, J Whitlow 25-13; P Sheppard, J Horn, I Chesney, J Taylor 15-16.

“Team B” 70(12pts) : MARK MOOR 38(0pts) (Away: 7 May).

This result was never in doubt, and with the surprise relegation last year, the team were keen to make a good start this season.
G Fews, T Cottrell, E Roberts, J Creasey 27-12; A Freke, P Fisher, R Simmons, L Day 21-10; D Andrews, R Kibble, A Little, B Webber 22-16.

Points total calculated by 6 points for an overall win, 3 points for an overall draw, PLUS 2 points for each winning Rink, 1 point for a draw.
Information obtained from Somerset County Bowling Association.