Barry Romilly end mixed season with a win

The Rom’ have had an up and down season, but visited Ynysybwl looking for a win to finish in the top three for the season.

On a fine Saturday afternoon Romilly got off to a positive start on a well running green and by the fifth end held a nine shot advantage, mainly thanks to some brilliant drawing bowls by skip Jeff Wright.

As the game progressed, Wright's rink of Jerry Daly, Dave Noble and Clive Collins continued to play well and they held a nine shot lead themselves by the tenth end.

Romilly’s other rinks, skipped by Mike Doyle and Fred Phillips, held leads of seven and five respectfully, whilst Brian Foscolo’s rink was level at ten all giving the ‘Rom’ a 21 shot lead at halfway, 54-33.

Although Romilly were holding a comfortable lead they couldn’t rest on their laurels as the home team were fighting for their First Division survival, and between the eleventh and fifteen ends they reduced their deficit to just nine shots overall. The Romilly rinks of Foscolo and Phillips were overtaken in this period, going behind by three and two respectively, while the other rinks of Doyle and Wright maintained their advantages by wider margins.

In fairness to the Ynysybwl team, they continued to press hard over the final ends but the Romilly rinks of Doyle, Wright and Foscolo composed themselves to win their games, but Phillips' rink never recovered after losing seven of the last nine ends.

The ‘Rom’ ran out comfortable winners by fifteen shots, 95-80, taking twelve points to Ynysybwl’s two.

M Doyle 24 v 12 A Dash

J Wright 28 v 22 I Randell

B Foscolo 26 v 21 M Thomas

F Phillips 17 v 26 K Jones

This coming Saturday, September 9, Romilly hold their Competitions Finals Day, incorporating the Romilly

Ladies finals. Games will commence at 10am with both Lady and Men’s Novice finals taking place, culminating with the Championships finals at 3.30pm.

Refreshments will be available all day from the bar, including the Bloomfield ‘Barbecue’.