Mixed fortunes for Cadoxton as ties go down to the wire

Cadoxton's Munro Cup Match against visitors Barry Athletic on Wednesday, June 28, saw the hosts finishing second best on all rinks.

Kelvin Chedgzoy lost his lead after just four ends and had to forfeit a quarter of their shots for the remainder of the game, which ended 15 each, before the adjustment.

Steve Clarke skipped the next rink due to the absence of the regular skip and failed by just 5 shots, against Mike Vaughan, while Howard Craven's game against Martin Clark ended in a narrow one shot defeat. Derek Jeffries meanwhile fell 7-0 behind after four ends and never recovered.

The final scores were as follows:

J Stacey, D Tuck, D Hammond, S Clarke 11-16 T Bishop, J Callow, A Cooper, M Vaughan

E Heppenstall, J Papoutsou, R Byrne, D Jeffries 12-22 J Killin, R Harris, L Paige, T Morgan

D Fanning, M Curtis,, I Heppenstall, K Chedgzoy 12¼-15 R Fletcher, T Collins, G Jones, G Whittaker

W Craven, A Prince, P Ellis, H Craven 17-18 DL Jones, J Coombes, J Jones, M Clark

Overall score: Cadoxton 52¼-71 Barry Athletic

Murch v Cadoxton: ML5

A terrific ML5 encounter between Murch and Cadoxton took place on Murch Bowling green on Saturday, June 31, with the home side stealing the narrowest of wins.

The game went right to the wire, with the result was decided on the very last end.

Roy Harding’s rink was first off, with Cadoxton suffering a heavy 20 shot defeat from Roger Mauchline’s four.

But the difference was swiftly negated, after a similar twenty shot success went in favour of Kelvin Chedgzoy and his team. Having surged into a 13-1 lead after six ends, the opposition made a mini recovery to trail by eight, before a storming finish brought thirteen more shots to complete the tremendous win.

Don Kuhnell’s rink had to fight hard for their victory against Alan Cross, having to play a sudden-death final end after the scores were left tied. The visitors had held the supremacy during the early stages, however a ‘four’ and ‘three’ took away the advantage on the 13th end with the score at 12-13. The lead fluctuated during the remaining ends until a ‘3’ settled it on the last, in the visitors favour.

Howard Craven had to endure a similar finish in a game which they had controlled in the early stages.

Two shots down going into the final end, but holding a one shot advantage in the match, the home side scored a ‘two’ to give them the rink win and claim a nailbiting overall victory.

The final scores were as follows:

D Hammond, I Heppenstall, I Robertson, D Kubnell 22-19 B Frampton, D Davies, D Rogan, A Cross

W Craven, R Byrne, P Ellis, H Craven 16-20 D Perkins, J Harrison, M Warman, I Williams

E Heppenstall, M Curtis, S Clarke, K Chedgzoy 30-10 W Spear, A Perry, T Rice, T Phillips

D Tuck, J Papoutsou, D Jeffries, R Harding 9-29 C Salvidge, G lane, D Poole, R Mauchline

Overall score: Murch 77-78 Cadoxton

Cadoxton v Llantwit Major: Munro Cup

The visit to Llantwit Major for a Munro Cup fixture brought Cadoxton little success on a lovely evening on Wednesday, July 5.

The rink skipped by Howard Craven was the only one to collect any points with ten winning ends from the eighteen played against Adrian Wood’s team, maintaining the ascendancy after taking an early 6-1 lead.

The game continued with each side winning alternate ends and after 13 had been completed the gap remained at five shots, but a strong finish with two ‘3’s helped widen the gap.

Derek Jeffries skipped his rink to an early 6-1 advantage against Charles Hiscock, but the home advantage took over and two ‘fours' and a ‘three’ were conceded during the next three ends which Cadoxton were never able to recover from.

For the third occasion, the visitors took a 6-1 advantage in skip Gordon Davies' rink against Steve Booker, but the lead was slowly cut until the thirteenth end when a ‘six’ gave Llantwit the lead for the first time. The remaining four ends brought two singles to each side.

The final rink was played with one player short, against Graham Jones. Skipped by Don Kuhnell, the score was kept in check during the early stages with Cadoxton holding a 6-5 lead and in the early stages the score was kept in check to hold a 6-5 lead. John Papoutsou was playing an outstanding game, and getting the upper hand regularly, playing with two bowls against four. However on the tenth end a ‘six’ was conceded to give the advantage to the home side. During the remainder of the match each side won four ends, but the home side held out for the win.

The final scores were as follows:

J Papoutsou, S Clarke, D Kuhnell 12-23 L Fowler, E Sparks, N Young, G Jones

A Guest, D Hammond, R Byrne, D Jeffries 9-19 J Moison, P Twomey, A Hayes, C Hiscock

J Stacey, M Curtis, I Robertson, G Davies 11-16 D Mutlow, M Everleigh, T Ingroville, S Booker

W Craven, A Prince, P Ellis, H Craven 22-14 G Fox, L Fry, N Nixon, A Woods

Overall score: Cadoxton 54-72 Llantwit Major

Cadoxton v Cyfarthfa Castle: ML5

Cadoxton was the venue for another tremendous game of bowls as they beat Cyfarthfa Castle on Saturday, July 8, again going down to the final bowl to decide the result.

After 10 ends Cadoxton held a 13 shot lead, but gradually the visitors played their way back into the game with some excellent bowling and with two ends left they had taken a three shot advantage.

Roy Harding’s rink were two shots down after 16 but failed to score in the remaining ends.

Howard Craven held the ascendancy throughout the game and the difference in the aggregate score on completion of both rinks was two shots down.

In a very tense game the scores on Don Kuhnell’s rink were very close and were level on several occasions., however they dropped behind with the constant pressure and trailed by 10 shots with two ends left. Meanwhile Kelvin Chedgzoy was continuing his good form from the previous match by building a good advantage, but the opposition struck back with nine shots against one over four ends to pile the pressure.

With two ends each left, the aggregate score was left at six against.

The first rink finished with a single and a ‘three’. On his penultimate end Kelvin scored a ‘three’, leaving him just one in front and needing a win on the final end. With his final bowl he faced a three deficit. The outcome was a trail on the jack for a winning 'three' shots. Well done Kelvin!

The final scores were as follows:

J Stacey I Heppenstall, I Robertson, D Kubnell 15-21

G Solomon, A Prince, P Ellis, H Craven 21-13

E Heppenstall, J Papoutsou, J Davies, K Chedgzoy 31-19

G Davies, D Hammond, D Jeffries, R Harding 14-24

Overall score: Cadoxton 81-77 Cyfarthfa Castle