Final end blow foils bid for maximum points (From South Wales Guardian)

Final end blow foils bid for maximum points

10:49am Wednesday 8th July 2009

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Ammanford Town returned with 12 points after travelling to Graig Merthyr for a mid-week bowls match.

They went close to earning maximum points, the rink skipped by Martin Rees dropping three shots on the final end to lose by two.

Dai Turvey was right back on form and skipped his rink to a 16-shot win thanks to strong support from Les Williams, Mike Mullins and Brian Waters.

There were also wins for Martin Jones’ rink whose third, Dai Post Davies, was in brilliant form to win by five, and young Rhodri Harries, successful by three shots.

Scores (Ammanford names second).

Rink One: E Ball, D Mannu, R Page, H Thomas (skip) 19, Peter Williams, Ken Sullivan, Alan Wilcocks, Martin Rees (skip) 17.

Rink Two: C Matthews, E Evans, N Morris, A Thomas (skip) 11, Les Williams, Mike Mullins, Brian Waters, Dai Turvey (skip) 27.

Rink three: L Walker, A Dew, D Naylor, S Thomas (skip) 16, Steve Jenkins, Enir Morgan, Dai Post Davies, Martin Jones (skip) 21.

Rink Four: A Walters, D Jones, G Rees, O Thomas (skip) 15, Martin Henry, Alan Williams, Andy Hillier, Rhodri Harries (skip) 18.

Score: Graig Merthyr 61 (2pts) Ammanford Town 84 (12pts).

Congratulations to former policeman Martin Jones who rushed to the game from Brecon after being involved in the Welsh Police singles tournament, where he took the cup after a marathon final of 28 ends lasting more than two hours.

The previous day he was involved in the police pairs final with Ammanford captain Martin Henry, the duo losing narrowly to a Gwent pair, one of them being Ammanford’s new signing Andy Hillier.

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