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Season Updates 2026

2026 SEASON

Update - W/C 27 April '26

Week 2 of the season saw an upturn in our fortunes - so let's deal with the good news first.

On Wednesday we travelled the short distance to Tynemouth for our second Clegg League fixture - and came away with a strong 40-shot (12-2 win) ....... and hypothermia. Sadly, despite Tynemouth's best efforts, their field has not improved and it remains uneven and INCREDIBLY slow. However, it was the same for both teams and our lot coped with the conditions much better.

Our star performers, again, were Kev, Corey and Connor who raced into the lead and never looked back - eventually winning 33-10. Ryan, Reg and Anthony were also in control throughout and triumphed 23-7 with Ronnie, debutant Amy and James eventually winning 19-17 despite dropping a '5' near the end.

The final rink saw a close and, some would say, exciting finish. Chris, George and Sue initially led 8-2 before an appalling run on very long ends saw them fall 8-21 behind. They then recovered to 18-21 but went into the final end needing 5 to draw - and they nearly did it. George and Sue had 3 woods counting and Chris rolled-in two more. But Tynemouth nudged one of their own woods forward by about 1 cm, meaning we counted four and were measuring for the 5th. After four or five attempts at measuring to decide which was closest the two woods couldn't be split and we came away with just the '4' and an agonising 22-23 defeat.

But overall an excellent effort and result (97-57, 12-2) which means we sit in 3rd place at this early point in the season.

On Monday evening the team travelled to Benfield in the Knott Cup for what was expected to be a tough fixture - and so it proved. We had just one rink win (Keith, Kev and Corey won 22-13) and slumped to a 58-91 (2-12) defeat.

Our final league match of the week was also away at Benfield for our opening fixture in Div. 1 of the Public Utilities League - and alas it was another defeat. The final score was 29-45 with our best rink coming from Kev, Ash and Corey who lost narrowly 18-20. 

There was no Hateley League fixture this week.

Next week (w/c 4 May) our fixtures are as follows: Mon 4th - Tynemouth (Home); Wed 6th - Seghill (Home); Thur 7th PM - Tynemouth (Away); Thur 7th Eve - Gosforth Coxlodge (H).

 

Update - W/C 20 April '26

As the first week of the season draws to a close we can look back in disappointment at 3 defeats ... and all at home. We're consistent if nothing else!

Let's start with Monday's Knott Cup opener (20 April) vs Willington Quay. We had just 1 winning rink - Reg, Kev & Kerrie (making her debut) with a great 20-11 win. Our other rinks all lost, so we went down 2-12 with a 49-72 shot deficit. Notable mentions also go to the other two debut-makers, Dave Buck and Brian Gascoigne, who played well against strong opponents.

On Wednesday (22nd) we opened our Clegg League Div. 3 campaign with a home game against Newbiggin. On a typically freezing early season evening we started well and after a six or seven ends we were ahead. And then things began to turn. 

Rink 1 saw George, Sue and Chris find it tough against a good trio and if it hadn't been for Sue things could have been worse than the 11-20 defeat they suffered.

On Rink 2 Ronnie, James and Reg began well and took a 7-1 lead before their opponents sussed out the rink and took control - leading to a 14-21 defeat.

Happily, Rinks 3 and 4 went much better. Connor, Corey and Kev were on Rink 3 and were our best winners , 22-15. Well played lads.

Our other winners were Ryan, Anthony and Michael who won 19-18 with a '2' on the final end. Nail-biting but ultimately very satisfying, but still a 4-10 (66-74) defeat. Not a hammering but disappointing nonetheless.

The final league game of the week (Thur. 23rd) saw us take on Rockcliffe Rollers in the Hateley League - but it was another defeat. Our two winners were Ron, Lynn and John C who triumphed 18-12, and Reg, Kev and Eddie who also won by 6 shots, this time 21-15. Sadly the other two rinks were defeats. Anthony, Colin and Ian G had a close game on Rink 1 but eventually lost narrowly 12-16, while on Rink 3 John T, Geoff and Dave B met good opponents and went down 9-29. All this meant a 4-10 (60-72) defeat.

On the bright side, quoting Yazz and the Plastic Population, "the only way is up." And so it is.

Next week we take on Benfield (A) in the Knott, Tynemouth (A) in the Clegg (let's hope it's not still an allotment), and Benfield (A), again, in the Public Utilities league. We have a free week in the Hateley.