CIBC met Tye Green, home and away in a County League fixture at the weekend. At home CIBC won on one rink and lost on the other two. The total shot count being 41-64. Away at Tye Green, the result was the same, but the shot count was closer 60-67. The overall shot count was 101-131. The match earned CIC 2 points while Tye Geen claimed 11.
At home CIBC skip Elliot Mann had in team club president John Montgomery, Kevin Smith and Len Oakes. Tye Green got off to the better start and led 8-3 after 7 ends. After 16 ends and 7 scoreless ends CIBC trailed 6-26 and they went on to lose the game 10-29.
Skip Darren Dellar had Rowland Harden, Ian Reeves and Nigel Jenner in his team. It was a close game over the early ends and CIBC led 7-6 after 10 ends. Darren and his team still held a slim lead after 14 ends, 9-8. Unfortunately, Tye Green went into overdrive doubling their score in the last seven ends and won 18-11.
In skip Dan Rodgers team were, Brian Smith, Peter Leatherdale and Dave Hunt. The home team did not get off to a good start and were 1-11 down after 5 ends. They then started to play well and after 15 ends the scores were tied 15-15. The final 6 ends were close except for a 4 on the 17th end giving the hosts a 20-17 win.
On the away rink skip Malcolm Stark played with Brian Finney, Matt Lace and Grahame Walkingshaw. After 7 ends Tye Green had a 10-5 lead. The visitors hit back winning the next two ends to trail by just 1 shot, 9-10. The hosts got going again and had a 17-11 after 14 ends. After getting 5 on the 18th the CIBC boys gave themselves a good chance of snatching a win as they had bounced into a 19-18 lead. Sadly, the Tye Boys picked up 6 shots on the next two ends and won the game 24-20.
Skip Andy Smith and team Robin Piggot, Martin Hogg and Tom Smith. CIBC led 6-5 after 7 ends, and later 14-8 after 13 ends. The hosts got really close to taking the lead as the trailed by just 1 shot 15-16 after 19 ends. CIBC won the last 2 ends and the match 19-15.
In skip Ian Harris’s team, he had Jeff King, John Kavanagh and J. Coleman. After 7 ends they were behind 5-12. After 13 ends they were struggling to keep up and trailed 10-22. In the last 8 ends they improved their shot count but lost, 21-28.
Tye Green have won the County League this season. They were the only unbeaten team winning 5 matches and drawing in one. Runners up were Falcon. They also won 5 matches but were beaten once by Tye Green). CIBC finished 4th with 3 wins and losses to the two top teams plus a draw against 3rd place Essex County.
An interesting stat is that Falcon had the highest positive shot count margin (+209). This is 30 shots better than Tye Green who they finished just 3 points behind in the league. That lost game proved vital.