Start with win on road (From Tewkesbury Admag)

Start with win on road

BROADWAY kicked off the defence of their Concorde League title with a 96-74 victory at Hewell last Saturday when they won on four of the five rinks.

After five ends, the visitors trailed by six shots but gradually began to adjust to the pace of the green and recover the deficit.

The shot of the afternoon came from the home side's Dennis Hutchins against Colin Cooper when, with the last wood of the 11th end and being seven shots down, he drew a touching bowl to tie the end.

Cooper still went on to win comfortably but it was a terrific wood.

There were also wins for Dennis Hall, Mark Rainbow and Paul Speake while Richard Hall made a super comeback from 11-1 down after eight ends only to lose by two shots.

Rink scores: P Springell, F Crosbie, P Taylor, D Hall won 18-14; P Groom, H Keyte, R J Oliver, R Hall lost 18-16; R Ryman, T Morley, B Clarke, M Rainbow won 18-14; S Aldren, D Dennis, D Turner, C Cooper won 19-10; D Speake, P Hale, M Aubrey, P Speake won 25-18.

Broadway entertained a mixed triples team from Moreton-in-Marsh last Thursday and emerged victorious 101-89 winning on four out of six rinks.

The closest game was between David Dennis and K Pulley. After 11 ends the visitors were ahead 12-5 but a score of 9-1 from the last six ends saw the Broadway man edge home on the last end by one shot.

There were also good wins for captain Mick Aubrey, Cooper and Ernie Shorthouse.

Rink scores: J Moore, J Chapman, C Cooper won 19-7; D Hill, L Skett, D Den-nis won 14-13; T Chambers, C Gore, E Shorthouse won 20-13; D Oldcorn, B Sturgess, S Davies lost 27-14; M Jefferies, N Appleby, M Aubrey won 23-12; J Davies , J Harris, J Parfitt lost 17-11.