Cobwebs blown away as Aldeburgh open 2010 season with home win

Sunday April 11th 2010
Deben Division

The teams assault on attempting to retain their divisional title began in earnest earlier today at the Moot Arena. Welcoming league newcomers, The Dolphin Inn from Thorpeness, and celebrating the news on the Mill Inns sponsorship, the team ably led by captain Jimmy Robinson, assembled on a slighlty blustery morning, with a few members having not played since last September.

As has proved to be succesful on many occassions before, Jimmy paired the Fletchers together in the first game whilst he and wife Tina took the second pair slot. Simon and Lewis used a combination of selective pointing and shooting and took the first game of the day by a score of 13-1.

However Jimmy and Tina weren't having it all their own way in the early exchanges of their game but moved away to a 13-5 win, leaving Aldeburgh 2-0 at the half-time break.

Aldeburgh squad member Caron Hill made her first appearance of the season and paired up with Lewis on the 'roadside' piste whilst Jimmy sat out and left Tina and Simon to do battle with the Dolphins captain and partner.

These two games were closer than the first two but perhaps the home advantage knowledge played a part in seeing Aldeburgh take the remaining games 13-7 and 13-8 respectively.

So a match score of 4-0 to the 'Seasiders' of Aldeburgh and a decent start to the season, where this groups teams will only get 8 matches to be 'top dog' rather than the 10 matches teams in other divisions will have.

After-match refreshments were served in The Mill and team captain Jimmy passed a framed memento to Andrew, the Thorpeness captain, commemerating todays match between the two teams.