Emphatic win leaves Broadway on brink

9:30am Wednesday 27th August 2008

BROADWAY edged closer to regaining the Concorde League title with a superlative performance against Hewell on Saturday when they won on all five rinks for an emphatic 99-shot success.

Colin Cooper was in imperious form as his rink strolled to a 38-7 victory.

Leaing 10-1 up after five ends, the front end of Dave Leroy and Terry Morley made life easy for Cooper as they scored 17 shots without reply mid match to win comfortably.

Richard Hall, fresh from two wins at Worthing in the National Pairs Championships, was too strong for Mike Rowe as he finished strongly with a net 14 shots in the last half of the game to win 27-8.

Mark Rainbow, who has been in impressive form of late, was 2-1 down after three ends but Bob Niblock didn't score again for 14 ends as Rainbow surged into a 22-2 lead.

The closing ends were shared as Rainbow ran out a 20-shot winner.

Dennis Hall was never headed in his game and was 12-2 up after five ends which became 19-4 after ten.

A comeback by his opponent reduced the deficit to 20-11 at 15 ends but a five and a three on two of the last six ends pushed Hall to a 30-14 victory.

Andrew Walters was always in a close game and there was never more than a couple of shots in the score all the way through.

At 17 ends, it was 17-17 but Walters finished with a flourish to score 13 shots in the last four ends to seal a 30-17 triumph.

The overall 152-53 winning margin almost certainly means Broadway will win the title but Bredon still have a slim mathematical chance of overtaking them if they win all their remaining games and rinks.

Rink scores: P Groom, N Appleby, H Keyte, M Rainbow 27-7. C Gore, D Oldcorn, B Ford, A Walters 30-17. D Leroy, T Morley, S Aldren, C Cooper 38-7. T Chambers, M Barnes, E Shorthouse, R Hall 27-8. P Smith, J Davies, B Clarke, D Hall 30-14.

Other result - Hewell 44 (0), Broadway Ladies 95 (4): T Turley, V Brighton, J Hooper 15, M Allen, B Cresswell, S Davies 20. K Nighton, W Greener, P Boswell 9, L Rafferty, L Ashby, J Parfitt 25. M Moore, J Ison, C Grigg 8, D Gleghorn, B Mansion, V Hall 24. L Niblock, L Smith, W Nargetts 12, J Barnes, S Warren, D Jackson 26.

Concorde Men’s League Sponsored by Pershore BC

P W D L F A Pts Broadway 13 10 0 2 1456 1066 44 Hewell 11 7 0 4 1090 1066 30 Bredon 10 8 0 2 1006 872 29.5 Pershore 12 6 0 6 1112 1168 25.75 Overbury 13 5 0 8 1195 1283 25.5 Evesham 13 5 0 8 1244 1267 24.25 Littleton 12 4 0 8 1105 1108 23 Droitwich 12 3 0 9 983 1361 14

Ladies League

P W D L F A Pts Broadway 13 10 0 3 914 739 36.5 Overbury 13 8 0 5 942 808 31.75 Hewell 12 7 0 5 783 785 27 Evesham 14 6 0 8 864 964 24.25 Littleton 12 6 0 6 827 814 23.25 Bredon 12 5 0 7 761 795 21.5 Pershore 11 5 0 6 677 710 20 Worcester 13 3 0 10 764 917 15.75 Latest results - Men: Evesham 98, Broadway 94; Overbury 124, Pershore 83; Bredon 66, Littleton 41; Evesham 128, Overbury 76; Hewell 126, Droitwich 83; Broadway 152, Hewell 53.

Ladies: Hewell 44, Broadway 96; Worcester 52, Bredon 64; Broadway 57, Evesham 71; Pershore 67, Overbury 66; Evesham 76, Overbury 75; Pershore 56, Worcester 66.

Vale Mixed Triples League

Sponsored by the Bell at Willersey Standings: Littleton Blue P 17, Pts 135; Pershore 17, 119; Aston Red 17, 104; Broadway 17, 94; Evesham 16, 90; Weston-sub-Edge 17, 72; Littleton Gold 17, 69; Aston Blue 16, 69; Inkberrow 17, 60; Bredon 17, 38.