The big local derby versus Golden Key Snape has been re-arranged to Saturday 21st August 2010, with an approximate start time of 10.30am.
All spectators are welcome as both sides attempt to claim the Deben Divisional title.
Saturday, 31 July 2010
Sunday, 18 July 2010
Unbeaten run continues
Sunday July 18th
Deben Division
In glorious sunshine with a cooling sea breeze, the Seasiders took on the visiting Greyhound team from Pettistree, in their last home match of the 2010 season.
The team consisted of the usual suspects with Simon & Lewis allocated the 'beachside' piste and Tina & Jimmy the 'roadside' piste. Despite a slow start and being slightly ahead at 6-5, Simon & Lewis took a big 5 and proceeded on to get the first win with a 13-5 score. Jimmy & Tina weren't having the same results on the sloping piste and slipped to a 13-6 loss.
How many times have our matches been 1-1 at half-time? Well this was another one but Jimmy had the conviction to stick with the normal pairings and Simon & Tina went onto the 'roadside' piste and combined well achieving a 13-3 result, putting Aldeburgh 2-1 up.
Almost at the same time a great shot by Lewis had cleared the head in his match and left Jimmy & Lewis with a 13-2 win and grabbing the match overall 3-1.
This result strengthens the teams grip at the top of the table but the 'big match' looms with the team due to visit second placed Golden Key Snape in the next few weeks.
Deben Division
In glorious sunshine with a cooling sea breeze, the Seasiders took on the visiting Greyhound team from Pettistree, in their last home match of the 2010 season.
The team consisted of the usual suspects with Simon & Lewis allocated the 'beachside' piste and Tina & Jimmy the 'roadside' piste. Despite a slow start and being slightly ahead at 6-5, Simon & Lewis took a big 5 and proceeded on to get the first win with a 13-5 score. Jimmy & Tina weren't having the same results on the sloping piste and slipped to a 13-6 loss.
How many times have our matches been 1-1 at half-time? Well this was another one but Jimmy had the conviction to stick with the normal pairings and Simon & Tina went onto the 'roadside' piste and combined well achieving a 13-3 result, putting Aldeburgh 2-1 up.
Almost at the same time a great shot by Lewis had cleared the head in his match and left Jimmy & Lewis with a 13-2 win and grabbing the match overall 3-1.
This result strengthens the teams grip at the top of the table but the 'big match' looms with the team due to visit second placed Golden Key Snape in the next few weeks.
Sunday, 20 June 2010
Victory earnt with 'porpoise'
Sunday June 20th
Deben Division
The team made one of the shortest journeys of the season to the quaint village of Thorpeness further up the coastal path. Located in the car park of the Dolphin Inn, surrounded on three sides by houses, shops etc, its probably the piste that has the closest feel of a Continental market square about it, all that was missing was half a dozen old Frenchmen in their 80's, a passing cyclist with a string of onions and a middle-aged sternly dressed lady carrying 3 French sticks under her arm...or maybe I'm stereotyping too much!!
Anyway, on a piste marked out the previous evening with thick sailing rope, signs and warning marker tape, Simon & Lewis started out on one lane whilst Jimmy & Tina took to the other lane.
The Robinson pair finished first after falling to a 13-8 loss whilst the Fletchers evened the match score to 1-all with a 13-6 win. The piste was proving to be very challenging and unpredictable but added to the challenge of learning to cope with the surface that is unlike any other at least in the Deben Division.
At the switcharound, Tina and Simon joined forces whilst Jimmy & Lewis made their traditional pairing. Playing against Dolphin captain Andy and daughter Heather, Simon & Tina pointed and outshot their hosts to run out 13-4 victors.
This left Lewis and Jimmy playing for the match and on the final end with the score at 8-8, Lewis' shot moved the coch out to the far right, pointing in with three boules and Jimmy followed in with 2 more to take a big 5 and secure the match 3-1 overall.
Bacon butties were the order of the day in the pub afterwards with the Mill Inn increasing their lead at the top of the Deben Divisional table to four points over The Golden Key Snape but Snape have a match in hand over Aldeburgh.
The next action sees the team play their final home of the season on Sunday July 18th when the Pettistree Greyhound come to the Moot Hall Arena.
Deben Division
The team made one of the shortest journeys of the season to the quaint village of Thorpeness further up the coastal path. Located in the car park of the Dolphin Inn, surrounded on three sides by houses, shops etc, its probably the piste that has the closest feel of a Continental market square about it, all that was missing was half a dozen old Frenchmen in their 80's, a passing cyclist with a string of onions and a middle-aged sternly dressed lady carrying 3 French sticks under her arm...or maybe I'm stereotyping too much!!
Anyway, on a piste marked out the previous evening with thick sailing rope, signs and warning marker tape, Simon & Lewis started out on one lane whilst Jimmy & Tina took to the other lane.
The Robinson pair finished first after falling to a 13-8 loss whilst the Fletchers evened the match score to 1-all with a 13-6 win. The piste was proving to be very challenging and unpredictable but added to the challenge of learning to cope with the surface that is unlike any other at least in the Deben Division.
At the switcharound, Tina and Simon joined forces whilst Jimmy & Lewis made their traditional pairing. Playing against Dolphin captain Andy and daughter Heather, Simon & Tina pointed and outshot their hosts to run out 13-4 victors.
This left Lewis and Jimmy playing for the match and on the final end with the score at 8-8, Lewis' shot moved the coch out to the far right, pointing in with three boules and Jimmy followed in with 2 more to take a big 5 and secure the match 3-1 overall.
Bacon butties were the order of the day in the pub afterwards with the Mill Inn increasing their lead at the top of the Deben Divisional table to four points over The Golden Key Snape but Snape have a match in hand over Aldeburgh.
The next action sees the team play their final home of the season on Sunday July 18th when the Pettistree Greyhound come to the Moot Hall Arena.
Thursday, 17 June 2010
Thorpeness welcome league leaders
Sunday June 20th sees the Dolphin Inn Thorpeness play host to divisional league leaders The Mill Inn Aldeburgh to their car park piste.
The match is scheduled to start at 10.30am with after-match refreshments in The Dolphin itself.
All spectators welcome.
The match is scheduled to start at 10.30am with after-match refreshments in The Dolphin itself.
All spectators welcome.
Sunday, 13 June 2010
Aldeburgh 'trilled' to beat Parrot
Sunday June 13th
Deben Division
The team welcomed local neighbours Parrot & Punchbowl Aldeburgh to the Moot Hall Piste earlier today in the latest Coastal League match, with the Aldringham team being the only one the team hadn't faced so far this season.
The Parrot have steadily improved over the course of the season and under the leadership of captain Darren, they showed Aldeburgh that they weren't going to be push-overs.
Using the normal pairings Simon & Lewis opened the match on the roadside piste whilst Jimmy & Tina took the beachside lane. With the Parrot proving a handful, the Fletchers found themselves 9-0 before pulling back to 11-11 before finally slipping to a 13-11 defeat, their first of the season. Fortunately Jimmy & Tina held on to earn a 13-10 win.
Not for the first time this season did the team face a 1-1 score at the 'half-time' stage. Time for the second round of games...
Tina & Simon selected the more flatter beachside lane and despite dropping two points on the first end, managed to point and shoot their way to a 13-3 victory, so securing a draw at the very least.
Lewis' confident shooting and Jimmys' pointing put the Mill into a decent position and with an unfortunate shot by the Parrot pair that cleared the only Parrot boule in the head, the Mill were left with the two deciding points to grab both game and overall match victory.
This latest league win puts the Mill two points clear of second placed Golden Key Snape and looking forward to an away match next week at the Dolphin Inn Thorpeness.
Deben Division
The team welcomed local neighbours Parrot & Punchbowl Aldeburgh to the Moot Hall Piste earlier today in the latest Coastal League match, with the Aldringham team being the only one the team hadn't faced so far this season.
The Parrot have steadily improved over the course of the season and under the leadership of captain Darren, they showed Aldeburgh that they weren't going to be push-overs.
Using the normal pairings Simon & Lewis opened the match on the roadside piste whilst Jimmy & Tina took the beachside lane. With the Parrot proving a handful, the Fletchers found themselves 9-0 before pulling back to 11-11 before finally slipping to a 13-11 defeat, their first of the season. Fortunately Jimmy & Tina held on to earn a 13-10 win.
Not for the first time this season did the team face a 1-1 score at the 'half-time' stage. Time for the second round of games...
Tina & Simon selected the more flatter beachside lane and despite dropping two points on the first end, managed to point and shoot their way to a 13-3 victory, so securing a draw at the very least.
Lewis' confident shooting and Jimmys' pointing put the Mill into a decent position and with an unfortunate shot by the Parrot pair that cleared the only Parrot boule in the head, the Mill were left with the two deciding points to grab both game and overall match victory.
This latest league win puts the Mill two points clear of second placed Golden Key Snape and looking forward to an away match next week at the Dolphin Inn Thorpeness.
Sunday, 9 May 2010
The Mill grind out victory
On a blowy Sunday morning (with the drizzle keeping off for long enough), The Mill Inn welcomed local neighbours Golden Key Snape to the Moot Hall Arena, for their third league match of the current Deben Division campaign.
Simon and Lewis were back in the side, following their absence from the away draw against Pettistree Greyhound and immediately paired up in the first game. A very long drawn out match ensued with each side picking up single points or dead ends from about the first 12 or so ends, but even with Lewis' pointing and Simons' shooting not up to normal standard, they suddenly broke free with a three and pulled away from a very good Snape pairing to eventually take the game 13-7 after around an hours worth of play.
Meantime Jimmy and Tina had established a decent 6-2 lead but faltered and didn't score anymore with the Snape team coming from behind to record a 13-6 win and make the match score 1-1 at the halfway point.
Simon & Tina partnered up and took the 'roadside' lane and within 6 ends had won the game 13-0 ensuring the Seasiders would at least get a draw from this match-up. Pointing and shooting was far better than in witnessed in the first games as the weather cleared up a bit and the wind dropped.
So the match hung in the balance with Jimmy & Lewis on the 'beachside' lane and pulled into a 6-3 lead but again the Snape side came back at them. At one point the Aldeburgh team were on 12 points but Snapes persistence kept plugging away at the points to bring it to 12-8 but finally a decent boule from Jimmy proved to be the decider and bring a 3-1 win to the home team, to continue their good form so far this season.
After-match pleasantries were exchanged in The Mill Inn, along with a gift to the visiting side, and everyone looks forward to the return match in August.
Aldeburgh do not now have a scheduled match until their home match on June 13 against league newboys Parrot & Punchbowl Aldringham but a high-calibre friendly match may be arranged in the meantime against a fellow 'Southern' section side.
Simon and Lewis were back in the side, following their absence from the away draw against Pettistree Greyhound and immediately paired up in the first game. A very long drawn out match ensued with each side picking up single points or dead ends from about the first 12 or so ends, but even with Lewis' pointing and Simons' shooting not up to normal standard, they suddenly broke free with a three and pulled away from a very good Snape pairing to eventually take the game 13-7 after around an hours worth of play.
Meantime Jimmy and Tina had established a decent 6-2 lead but faltered and didn't score anymore with the Snape team coming from behind to record a 13-6 win and make the match score 1-1 at the halfway point.
Simon & Tina partnered up and took the 'roadside' lane and within 6 ends had won the game 13-0 ensuring the Seasiders would at least get a draw from this match-up. Pointing and shooting was far better than in witnessed in the first games as the weather cleared up a bit and the wind dropped.
So the match hung in the balance with Jimmy & Lewis on the 'beachside' lane and pulled into a 6-3 lead but again the Snape side came back at them. At one point the Aldeburgh team were on 12 points but Snapes persistence kept plugging away at the points to bring it to 12-8 but finally a decent boule from Jimmy proved to be the decider and bring a 3-1 win to the home team, to continue their good form so far this season.
After-match pleasantries were exchanged in The Mill Inn, along with a gift to the visiting side, and everyone looks forward to the return match in August.
Aldeburgh do not now have a scheduled match until their home match on June 13 against league newboys Parrot & Punchbowl Aldringham but a high-calibre friendly match may be arranged in the meantime against a fellow 'Southern' section side.
Sunday, 25 April 2010
Away Day Point for The Mill
Sunday April 25th - Away to Pettistree Greyhound
The team, despite being without the services of Simon and Lewis (who were on Regional duty), arrived to the new piste area at Pettistree boarded by wood on harder shingle. Still a very interesting terrain and certainly a leveller for both sides. All matches were hard fought with Tina and Jimmy taking on Maureen and Ronnie, eventualy winning 13-2. Binnie and Chrissie didn't have the same luck and were at one point 12-1 down but they fought back one point at a time, finally losing 13-6.
Jimmy then paired with Chrissie and were down 12-10, then 12-12. Finally Chrissie dropped one right to the side of the coch and our hosts couldn't get close to it with 6 boules. 13 -12 to us. On the other piste Binnie and Tina were having a good tight game. Winning 12-9 with 3 boules perfectly placed but a moved coch to near the end and Pettistree dropped their last boules near it to clinch success from the jaws of defeat. Binnie could not quite then make his boule count. Another 13-12 but this time against Aldeburgh, therefore making the match score 2-2, just like last years league match here as well.
So the leagues first 2-2 draw of the season in any of the 6 divisions and now its just two weeks wait until the 'biggie' when Golden Key Snape are the visitors to the Moot Arena at Aldeburgh on Sunday May 9th, start time of 10.30am
The team, despite being without the services of Simon and Lewis (who were on Regional duty), arrived to the new piste area at Pettistree boarded by wood on harder shingle. Still a very interesting terrain and certainly a leveller for both sides. All matches were hard fought with Tina and Jimmy taking on Maureen and Ronnie, eventualy winning 13-2. Binnie and Chrissie didn't have the same luck and were at one point 12-1 down but they fought back one point at a time, finally losing 13-6.
Jimmy then paired with Chrissie and were down 12-10, then 12-12. Finally Chrissie dropped one right to the side of the coch and our hosts couldn't get close to it with 6 boules. 13 -12 to us. On the other piste Binnie and Tina were having a good tight game. Winning 12-9 with 3 boules perfectly placed but a moved coch to near the end and Pettistree dropped their last boules near it to clinch success from the jaws of defeat. Binnie could not quite then make his boule count. Another 13-12 but this time against Aldeburgh, therefore making the match score 2-2, just like last years league match here as well.
So the leagues first 2-2 draw of the season in any of the 6 divisions and now its just two weeks wait until the 'biggie' when Golden Key Snape are the visitors to the Moot Arena at Aldeburgh on Sunday May 9th, start time of 10.30am
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