Colchester A played Wellingborough at a neutral venue recently and earned a place in the semi finals of the Mason Trophy to be played in Nottingham. Colchester A won on both rinks and the shot count was 37-29 in their favour.
Skip Pam Smith had in her team Sharon Lunnon, Beverley Oakes and Gail Barrett. They got off to a quality start taking 4 shots on the first end. Wellingborough skip Tina Prodrick then responded taking 3 shots on the next end. Game on. Colchester A again leapt ahead by winning 3 of the next 4 ends to lead, 12-4. Wellingtons reply was to win 6 of the next 7 ends, leaving Colchester trailing 13-15 with 5 ends to play. Digging deep they won 4 of those ends and the match 21-16.
Liz Tunn had in her team Tina Fisher, Linda Hills and Gill Costin. This was a very close game against Wellingborough skip Wendy Grant, Tracey Wilbur, Chris Cooper and Lorraine McD. Colchester A got a single shot on the first end to put them in the lead which they never lost, until the 16th end (11-13) with just 2 ends to play. They scored 2 on the 17th end to tie the scores followed by a 3 on the final end to win 16-13.