Mercifully it was a much cooler evening for our annual get together with the Fire Service although it proved a bit chilly towards the last few ends.  Unfortunately Mark Stokes had to pull out at the last moment for medical reasons but the Captain twisted the arm of the President who agreed to step in for half the match and he was substituted by his grandson, Fin, for the second half.  It was good to see another member of the Jelfs family in our squad, Jasper, who was on a winning side.  Thanks to Nugget for agreeing to run the bar on a fairly busy night and to Chris and Maggie Skidmore for setting up the lounge for us including the snacks and raffle tickets which is a great help to the Captain.  The game was shortened to 14 ends at our guests' request.

 

 

 

It was good to welcome Michael Gudge to his first competitive game for us and we hope that it will be the start of an enjoyable relationship with us.  Our guests will claim the evening as a draw as it was 2 rinks each but the overall score of 48 to Adderbury and 36 to the Fire Service tells a different story!

 

 

Rink 1

 

Jill Hart, Jasper Jelfs and Bryan Ogilvie took 10 of the 14 ends and were comfortable winners 13 - 5.

 

 

 

Rink 2

 

Michael Gudge, Yvonne Twomey and Chris Twomey managed to halve the ends and lost by a single point 12 - 13.

 

 

 

Rink 3

 

Paul Jones, Claudia Stokes and John Standen struggled a bit and went down 7 -13 with only 4 ends to their credit.

 

 

 

Rink 4

 

Steve Clarke, Mick Wilkins and Mick and Jasper Jelfs were always in control taking 9 ends to romp home by a winning margin of 11 points 16 - 5.