With apologies for the delay. I have now received various reports about the above competition. It started with a “round robin” of 3 matches of 7 ends. Phil’s team of Maureen, Mike and Esther unfortunately lost their first 2 games but managed to draw in their last game after changing the playing order. Terry’s team, of Nick, Carol and Angie, fared much better. In their first game in the “round robin” they came back from being 0-4 down to win 6-4 and went on to win their next 2 games. They then entered the quarter finals of the Knockout but lost that game, qualifying for the Shield semi-finals, which again unfortunately they lost.
The competition ran well over time, and sadly our players started to lose concentration – remember, at our sessions, we play for less than 2 hours, but this was a full day of competing, which most of our players had never experienced before. Overall, this was a very successful outing, remembering that for Angie, Esther and Maureen, this was their first County Competition.
Overall opinion was that they did Calne proud, with one team even making the latter stages of the days competition. It bodes well for the future as we have other players coming on. All in all it was an overall good experience.