Wide Boys win close game

Milborne Woodmen 412 - 421 Wide Boys

Throwing first at The Royal Oak Wide Boys hit a solid 61 hand that gave them a 3-pin lead. A reasonable score of 57 followed on the second hand, however Woodmen replied with two stick-ups and a total of 67 to move 7 in front. Wide Boys then hit their worst hand of the game (54) that included three 5's. Unexpectedly Woodmen hit their worst hand (47) of the game as well to leave the game all square after 3 hands.

Buoyed by pulling pins on the previous hand Wide Boys then hit their only 2 stick-ups of the evening on the fourth and fifth hands that helped them to scores of 64 and 65 respectively. In complete contrast to their third hand Woodmen pulled 4 pins on Wide Boys 64 by hitting 68, and followed it with a 59 to leave Wide Boys 2 up. On the sixth hand Wide Boys hit a 56 that Woodmen could only beat by 1 pin to trail by just 1 going into the last hand.

Wide Boys then hit their most consistent hand of the night, a 64 without a stick-up, that left Woodmen 66 to win. They were always struggling to reach this target after hitting three 6's in a row and eventually finished with 56 to give Wide Boys a 9-pin victory.

Matt Slade top scored for Wide Boys with 60 and T.Prior hit 65 for Woodmen.