CIBC and Harwich BC clashed on home and away rinks at the weekend in Cohen Cup ‘action’. Both clubs managed to win and lose a game at each venue. At home the shot count went to CIBC 44-25. They also had the better away shot count of 39-31, giving them a 83-56 score on the overall count. The points earned on the day were 7-4 to CIBC.
At home skip Andy Smith had young Alfie Comerford and Peter Pushman in his team. This was always a close game with never more than 4 shots between the teams. After eight ends CIBC trailed 6-8. After eleven ends it was 9-10, over the final seven ends CIBC scored 4 to 6 by the visitors. Final score 13-16, to Harwich.
On the other home rink Alan Ghent played with Judith Tarr and Steve Butler. This was a close game until the hosts picked up 5 shots on the ninth end to lead 11-6. Harwich won the next end but then lost the following 4 resulting in CIBC leading 24-8. The hosts went on to win 31-9.
Away from home CIBC skip Paul Hills and team, Olive Hawkins and Andrew Johnson started slowly losing the first two ends. They then won the next seven and led 13-3. Later they had another good spell winning 5 ends in a row to lead 25-5. They ended as they started losing the last two ends but winning the game 25-8.
On the second away rink John Whitlam had Tony Skinley and Gill Costin aboard. They did well over the first six ends but trailed 6-8. After losing the next three ends they were behind 6-14. They pulled it back to 11-14 at the end of the eleventh, but the host dominated the final seven ends and CIBC lost 14-23.