CIBC men took on Clacton BC in a County League match at the weekend on three home and away rinks. At home CIBC won on all 3 rinks, while Clacton won on 2 of their 3 home rinks. At home CIBC had a shot count of 79-47 while away Clacton won the shot count 54-46. The overall shot count favoured CIBC 125-101. The points earned were 9-4 in favour of CIBC.
On the home rinks skip Mitchell Springett and his team Brian Finney, Phil Wheeler and Martin Spencer got off to a slow start and found themselves 0-11 down after five ends. After eleven ends the score was 11-14. The home team were still behind after 17 ends (13-19). The hosts then turned the tables by winning the last 4 ends and almost doubling their score to win 25-19.
On the second home rink CIBC Darren Dellar playing with Tony Dale, Nigel Jenner and James Coleman started well and led 16-6 after 13 ends. However, they only won 2 of the 8 ends and the final result was a narrow 20-18 win.
On the third home rink CIBC skip Andy Smith was making his debut as CIBC County League skip. Together, with team, Robin Piggott, John Montgomery and Tom Smith they went up 10-0 after 4 ends. The lead stretched to 19-9 after 15 ends. CIBC then won 5 of the last 6 ends to win 34-10. A winning margin of 24 points, the same margin by which CIBC won the match.
On the first away rink CIBC sip Elliot Mann playing with Geoff King, Roland Harden and Peter Pushman got off to a slow start by losing the first 3 ends but had gained the lead (6-4) after 5 ends. The entire game was a close fought affair as neither team was ever more than 5 shots ahead, and after most of the ends the scores were tied or a 1 or 2 shot difference. The final score was a CIBC 17-15 win.
On the second away rink Clacton skip T. Henry and his team P. Moss T. Dixon and B. Cook won a hard-fought game against CIBC skip Dan Rodger playing with Peter Leatherdale, Grahame Walkingshaw, and Dave Hunt. There was never more than 3 shots in it up to the 13th end at which point the scores were tied 9-9. Then Clacton went on the rampage by winning the next 3 ends to lead 15-9. Dan was not happy, and CIBC came back to win the next 3 ends and go into a 17-15 lead. The final two ends were won by the hosts giving Clacton a 18-17 win.
The final away end saw Clacton skip P. Hagger and his players, V. Hall, C. Bell and D. Germon have a good win against CIBC skip Malcolm Smith playing with Brian Smith, Martin Hogg and Ian Harris. Clacton won most of the early ends and led 9-3 after 8 ends. After 16 ends their lead was 17-8 and they went on to win 21-12.