RHYDLEWIS FLYING HIGH

SHORT MAT BOWLS-Cardiganshire County League

High fliers Rhydlewis now lead the County short mat league following a narrow 5-3 success over rivals Llechryd whilst second placed Manordeifi who were held to a 4-4 draw away at Penrhiwllan are in the runners up spot.

There were also two very competitive matches between Tygwydd and Caerdwedros with the latter winning by 6-2  on the Tuesday evening but then going down to the Llandygwydd based outfit the following night by  7-1.

There were victories also for Capel Dewi over Orllwyn by 5-3 and Mydroilyn who picked up a  full house against Dolphins to claim an 8-0 success.

 

 

Llechryd 3 Rhydlewis 5

Llechryd got off to a good start in the singles, leading 7 – 1 after the fourth end. Rhydlewis fought back to 10 – 7 in favour of Llechryd going into the last end.  Rhydlewis managed a three to make it a draw.

The pairs was a close game, both teams taking one or two points on each end until the Rhydlewis duo pulled away and went on to win the game.

Rhydlewis made a good start taking four on the first end of the triples. It was a bit of a struggle against the experience of Rhydlewis for Llechryd, but they did take a well-deserved four on the 7th end to make their losing score more respectable.

In the fours, Llechryd got off to a flier and scored a three on the second end. They played well, keeping Rhydlewis at bay.  By the seventh end, Llechryd were still six points ahead.  Rhydlewis fought back to take a five making it a more even score.  On the last end, both sides had the chance to win but Llechryd held on for a rink success.

Penrhiwllan 4 –Manordeifi 4

In the singles, Steve Reynolds dominated the game for Manordeifi and cruised home to win. The pairs was a more even game, with Manordeifi never racing ahead, but maintaining control to win by a comfortable margin.

The home team were much steadier in the second half of the match, never giving either the visiting triples or fours a look in.

Results in full.

 

Week 12	WE 9th January
Day	Teams	Result
Monday	Capel Dewi v Orllwyn	5 – 3
Tuesday	Mydroilyn v Dolphins	8 – 0
Tuesday	Caerwedros v Tygwydd	6 – 2
Wednesday	Tygwydd v Caerwedros	7 – 1
Wednesday	Orllwyn v Llandygwydd	2 – 6
Thursday	Aberporth v Llandygwydd	3 – 5
Thursday	Penrhiwllan v Manordeifi	4 – 4
Friday	Llechryd v Rhydlewis	3 – 5

 

 

 

League table current standing January 17th 2017.

Team name	P	W	D	L	P+	P-	Diff
Rhydlewis	12	9	1	2	63	33	+30
Manordeifi	11	7	3	1	62	26	+36
Aberporth	12	5	5	2	61	35	+26
Capel Dewi	12	8	1	3	61	35	+26
Caerwedros	12	6	2	4	55	41	+14
Penrhiwllan	12	6	3	3	55	41	+14
Llechryd	12	6	1	5	53	43	+10
Llandygwydd	12	6	2	4	51	45	+6
Tygwydd	11	3	0	8	39	49	-10
Mydroilyn	12	3	2	7	34	62	-28
Orllwyn	12	1	0	11	19	77	-58
Dolphins	12	2	0	10	15	81	-66

 

 

Next week’s fixtures

Week 13	WC 16th January
Day	Teams	Umpire
Wednesday	Tygwydd v Manordeifi
Thursday	Caerwedros v Orllwyn	Paul Edwards
Thursday	Dolphins v Capel Dewi
Thursday	Rhydlewis v Llandygwydd
Thursday	Penrhiwllan v Aberporth
Friday	Llechryd v Mydroilyn
Friday	Manordeifi v Tygwydd	Gerald Hands