Five Arches v Pendine
 Five Arches 101 v Pendine 54
On a breezy Sunday afternoon we welcomed Pendine to Tenby in our first league match at home in the First Division. After last week's fine performance at Castle we were hoping for another equally as good.In front of the crowd on rink one. Ashley and his rink of Mike, Tony and Ken had a good afternoon against the Pendine rink skipped by Pembrokeshire' s over 60's singles champion Mal Evans. With Mike and Tony playing very well , the Five Arches foursome romped away to a 29 shots to 13 victory. Tony with Stuart, Jim and Peter had a tough game on rink two. After ten ends they trailed by a solitary shot and after twenty ends by just two. Fine bowling from Tony's front three, left the Five Arches rink holding five shots on the last end, however opposing skip Mal played a superb drive to kill the end and clinch the game by 21 shots to 15 on the replayed end.
Ray and his rink of John, Steve and Ben, still smarting after last week's one shot defeat played wonderfully against former Five Arches player Dai King Thomas, conceding shots on only three ends they won by a comprehensive 33 shots to 7. Out on rink five, Clive and his rink of Joe, John and Harold continued their great start to the season. After a solid first ten ends, they led by 8 shots to 4 and then pulled away in the second half to win comfortably by 24 shots to 13. To pick up twelve points against Pendine was a great performance and hopefully bodes well for the remaining fixtures. The next game is away to Pembroke Dock on Wednesday 30th May.
Mike Gouldingay, Tony Powling, Ken Lloyd, Ashley Hooper 29 Mal Evans 13
Stuart Askew, Jim Taylor, Peter Hooper, Tony Brown 15 Mal Thomas 21
John Rees, Steve Davies, Ben Simmons, Ray Taylor 33 Dai King Thomas 7
Joe Hewitt, John Hubbard, Harold Ebdon, Clive Webb 24 Stuart King Thomas 13
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Carruthers - Tenby v Milford Haven
TENBY 120 v MILFORD HAVEN 43
 The Layton and Co Solicitors sponsored Tenby side were in action in their first Carruthers Group match last Saturday. The visitors to Sutton Street were Milford Haven, who were arriving on the back of 2 dissapointing League defeats, so were more than eager to capture their first win of the season. Rink 1 consisted of Cameron White, John Baggott, John Webb and skip Paul Diment. The Tenby foursome raced into an early lead, with their opponents only scoring 1 shot throughout all of the first half of the contest. The Milford rink fared a little better in the second half but Paul and his men kept their concentration to end up 14 shot victors.
Luke Rees, Peter Hooper, Peter Day and Andrew Muskett were drawn on Rink 2. The Tenby rink had a very good day at the office with Peter Hooper in outstanding form. The opponents only managed to score on 5 of the 21 ends, resulting in an impressive 27 shot win for the home rink. Neil Dickinson, Ashley Hooper, Luke and Craig Guymer had to battle hard in the early stages of their contest. 9-6 down at half time, the Tenby boy’s then upped their game in the latter stages, running out 14 shot winners. John Rees, Dai Spencer, Mike Jackson and John Roberts had a very comfortable afternoon on rink 4. Racing into a 9 shot lead the home rink always had control throughout, finishing up 22 shots to the good.
Captain John Webb was delighted with the effort and application as Tenby notched up their first win of the group stages of the Carruthers, putting them top with 2 matches remaining. Tomorrow the team travel to Fishguard for their next Carruthers group match.
Rink Scores (Tenby First, Milford Skips only)
Cameron White, John Baggott, Jon Webb, Paul Diment 26; T. Ellyatt 12
Luke Rees, Peter Hooper, Peter Day, Andrew Muskett 36; D. Griffiths 9
Neil Dickinson, Ashley Hooper, Luke Guymer, Craig Guymer 27; K. Wood 13
John Rees, Dai Spencer, Mike Jackson, John Roberts 31; R. Thomas 9
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Tenby v Haverfordwest
 TENBY 81 v HAVERFORDWEST 64
Haverfordwest were the visitors to Sutton Street last Saturday. After the excellent win against Whitland last week, this would be another stern test for the Layton and Co Solicitors sponsored Tenby side. Rink 1 consisted of Luke Rees, Ben Cloake, Peter Day and Andrew Muskett. After 12 ends the Tenby rink were 1 shot in arrears having never been in front all match. Andrew and his men then decided to put their foot to the pedal, and raced away into an unassailable lead, including a 6 count on the way to a massive 16 shot victory. Rink 2 were always in control in their contest, but then they shot themselves in the foot by dropping a disastrous 6 on the 16th end, this let the opposition back into the match. Skip John Roberts had to produce a magical last bowl to earn the rink of Aaron Lloyd, Dai Spencer and Mike Jackson an honourable draw.
Cameron White, John Baggott, John Webb and Paul Diment were all in fine form on rink 3. The contest was close up untill until the 17th end, but Paul and his men then scored on all of the final ends to record a valuable 6 shot win for the Tenby Team.
Neil Dickinson, Pat Currie, Luke and Craig Guymer battled all afternoon against a very talented Haverfordwest rink. The Tenby foursome were all level after 19 ends but unfortunately dropped a 4 on the next end, which ended up the difference between the two sides.
A 17 shot victory and a points haul of 11 to 3 gives Captain Jon Webb a very good start to the season, with the Carruthers campaign starting against Milford tomorrow, the early season signs are looking promising.
Scores -
Tenby First, Haverfordwest skips only.
Luke Rees, Ben Cloake, Peter Day, Andrew Muskett 27; M. Hughes 11
Aaron Lloyd, Dai Spencer, Mike Jackson, John Roberts 19; R. Thomas 19
Cameron White, John Baggott, Jon Webb, Paul Diment 19; C. Jones 13
Neil Dickinson, Pat Currie, Luke Guymer, Craig Guymer 16; C. Court 21
Castle v Five Arches
 Castle 87 v Five Arches 65
The Five Arches started their campaign in the First Division with an away trip to Haverfordwest to play Castle. We were hoping for a good start to the new season and with the weather being kind we started in good spirits.
Ashley and his rink of Ken and uncle and nephew combination of Tony and Joe struggled out on rink 3. Up against a strong Castle rink, they only managed to collect 2 shots by tea to trail by a massive 20 shots. A more even second half followed with the Five Arches quartet at least getting into double figures however they finished well behind by 34 shots to 10. Tony playing with Jim, Peter and Stuart had a much closer game. After ten ends the score was 7 shots to 5 to the Castle foursome. This lead was increased to 14 shots to 9 at the 17th end but then the Five Arches rallied picking up two 3's and a single to win three out of the remaining four ends to clinch victory by one shot. Special mention must go to Tony's final bowl which moved the jack back to make the three shots required to win.
Clive, Harold, John and Ray were involved in another thriller. They started well on a tricky green and were leading by 14 shots to 8 after 10 ends. The game got closer and closer and the Castle team had levelled the game after 19 ends. Reluctant skip Clive then showed true skip qualities by playing telling bowls in the last 2 ends to gain shots and run out winners by 22 shots to 20. Finally to complete a trio of tight games, Ray aided and abetted by John, Steve and vice-captain Ben were involved in another tight tussle. 11 shots to 8 down after 10 ends, they couldn't quite get back into the lead, narrowing the gap to one shot on a couple of occasions but trailed by 4 going into the last end. Fine bowling by all four let them pick up three shots to fall short by only one.
A very satisfactory start to the season, picking up a couple of rinks away from home in our first game in the First Division was a fine performance. We can now look forward to our first game at home on Sunday against Pendine.
Joe Hewitt, Tony Powling, Ken Lloyd, Ashley Hooper 10 G Jones 34
Stuart Askew, Jim Taylor, Peter Hooper, Tony Brown 16 B Absalom 15
Ray Hine, John Hubbard, Harold Ebdon, Clive Webb 22 D Summers 20
John Rees, Steve Davies, Ben Simmons, Ray Taylor 17 R Jones 18
Tenby Arches Ladies v Saundersfoot
 Tenby Arches Ladies 34 v Saundersfoot 41
Wednesday, 2nd May
Wednesday aftenoon the Tenby Arches (sponsored by The Fourcroft Hotel) played host to Saundersfoot. The weather was very kind for a change. Rink 5 saw the home side 9-6 up at tea. They stayed in the lead to finish 21-15. Rink 6 saw Julia and co. 10-6 up at tea but they only managed to score on two ends after to finish 13-26 down. Tenby team first (Saundersfoot skips only)
Rink 5 C. Lloyd, A. Owens, H. Baggott, A. Redman 21 L. Bissell 15
Rink 6 R. Silcox, L. Evans, G. Brutnell, J. King-Thomas 13 M. Evans 26
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