Hollywood send Balyna home pointless in KWWIBA encounter
Kildare West Wicklow Indoor Bowling Association (KWWIBA)
Balyna’s Pointless Journey
Balyna undertook the long distance trek to Hollywood on Tues 19th Jan. to take on the hosts in this division 3 clash. Already having taken all five points from Hollywood in their home patch earlier in this campaign, they would have been reasonably confident of securing some points in this difficult venue. But for some reason on mat 1 they failed to get into the game at all. Their play was sporadic and inconsistent throughout the whole game, and this is something very untypical of these players. I suppose like all sports, it was one of those times when everything went wrong. One cannot fault their effort in trying to stay in the game, but with all four Hollywood players on this mat playing well it was never going to be easy.
Hollywood: Carmel Tutty, Peter Byrne, Stephen Daly and Tony Hogan.
Close Encounter
It was a completely different story altogether on mat 2, with both sides in great form. It was a real hum-dinger from the beginning to the finish. Every alternative end the lead kept changing hands. In fact on three occasions the teams were level, such was the closeness of the scores. In contrast to the other mat the result was in doubt up to the last. It was only on the last two ends that Hollywood got the scores to see of a mighty challenge from the visitors.
Hollywood after a very bad start in this league have fought their way back into contention and are now sitting in the top four, after taking all five points from this match.
Disappointment for Balyna, who go home pointless from this one, but even with this defeat they remain the league leaders at the moment.
Hollywood: Kevin Byrne, Rita Flanagan, Jason Hand and Mick Daly.
Balyna: Phil Holton, Tommy Grifferty, Colman Byrne and Paul Hillen.
Best for Hollywood were Stephen Daly, Tony Hogan, Kevin Byrne and Mick Daly, while best for Balyna were Tommy Grifferty, Colman Byrne, Paul Hillen and Phil Holton.
Allenwood prevail
Allenwood’s distant trip to Donard recently to play the hosts in this Ned Byrne (section E) game was expected to be a very tough assignment.
On mat B Donard/Glen came up against a team that hit top form on the night, and except for the first three ends the visitors took complete command of the game to win comprehensively.
Donard/Glen: Joe Murphy, Eric Hanbidge, Heidi Kennedy and Michael O’Reilly.
Allenwood: Jim Mangan, John Phelan, Eileen Smullen and Tony Smullen.
Donard/Glen Falter
Mat A saw the Donard/Glen side completely dominate the game up to the tenth end and had a lead of nine at this stage, while the Allenwood players seemed to be struggling to find any kind of form.
Then suddenly the visitors started to play with more assertiveness on the last five ends, holding their opponents scoreless for the remainder of the match. On the second last end the hosts were clinging onto a one score lead. On the fifteenth and final end with Donard/Glen holding three scores it looked like they had weathered the storm. But with the Allenwood skip Tom Sullivan still having his final bowl to play it was all down to this shot.
Even though it was an extremely difficult and pressure shot he brought the jack into the ditch along with his bowl to record a score of one, thus earning his side a draw on a score 14 each.
Allenwood will be happy with the 4 points and Donard/Glen having to settle for 1 point.
Donard/Glen: Harry Mangan, Paddy Doyle, Patrick Kennedy and Michael Cummins.
Allenwood: Patricia Fanning, Ann Doyle, Miriam Malone and Tom Sullivan.
Best for Donard/Glen were Michael Reilly, Heidi Kennedy, Michael Cummins and Paddy Doyle.
Best for Allenwood were John Phelan, Eileen Smullen, Tom Sullivan and Ann Doyle.
Recent League Results (home team first)
Div. 1: Kildare 5 Ardclough 0, Caragh 5 Brownstown 0
Div. 2: Ryston 5 Castlemitchell 0, St. Laurences 4 Kill 1
Div. 3: Hollywood 5 Balyna 0, Rathcoffey 2 Rathmore 3, Straffan 5 Kildare 0
Ned Byrne Shield: Allenwood 4 Donard/Glen2) 1, Allenwood 2 Kill CBC 3, Ardclough 5 Clane/Staplestown 0