Short Mat Match Report: we 09/11/25
Added: Wednesday 12th November 2025 11:13 am
Match Reports, Short Mat
In the return matches, Lancasters were first up playing against Boughton Challengers at home on Tuesday 4/11. On the blue mat with a change of position, Graham Packman played skip to Jane Lee's lead and Janet Packman two, they won 6 of the fifteen ends, unfortunately going down 15-9. On the red mat, with Dave Prior this time taking Chris Stuart's place as skip, with Pam Head 2 and Dave Stuart lead they made a tremendous start being 11-1 up after 6 ends. Unfortunately, they then dropped the next five ends but maintained the lead 11-10 after 11. The last 4 ends were neck and neck with each team winning two ends and each picking up 3 points. This meant the Lancasters held the lead overall by one point to win the red mat 14-13. Unfortunately, the bigger point difference on the blue meant the Boughton Challengers took the overall points. Final score 4 points Challengers, 2 points Lancasters.
On Thursday 6/11, Spitfires hosted their return match with the Chislet Cavaliers. Keen to regain points dropped away, Spitfires were up for the match and got their revenge: Pat Knight, Marianne & John Offer won 13-11 whilst Maureen Tobutt, Pauline Hougham & Colin Tobutt won 15-12. Overall points went to Spitfires so giving them a 6-0 victory. After 4 matches Spitfires are 4th in the table.
The final return for fixture two was between Swalecliffe Oysters and Hurricanes away. Already a difficult fixture with a sloping floor, Hurricanes were also faced with a major change of mat position meaning they were bowling as if it were a totally new venue - advantage Swalecliffe! Despite the challenges Hurricanes managed to pull off a 5-1 win to return to the top of Division 1 with a 2 point lead after 4 games.