Spital v Birch Coppice A

In the Baddesley Mine Midweek League Spital played host to Birch Coppice A on an unusually warm evening for late April. David Storr had a tight game with Mark Pratt to end 18 keeping in touch at 11 all but couldn’t pick up the shots as Pratt forged ahead to 17-11 and despite getting a couple of singles went down 21-13. In game 2 Ray Vanstone started strongly against Simon Thomas leading 16-10 at end 20 but Thomas scored 9 shots in 6 ends to lead 19-16. Vanstone fought back with 3 singles to level the game 19 all but Thomas sealed the game with 2 singles. In game 3 David McAneny had a marathon match lasting well over an hour with Laura Pratt where she led most of the game to end 26 at 15-14 but McAneny managed to draw at 15 all then pull away to 18-16 at end 31 finally taking the game 21-17. Game 4 saw Jackie Fox play Andy Jones who never settled as Fox steadily built the shot score leading 10-2 then 14-4 finally taking the game 21-9. Keith Evans started well in Game 5 against Steve Betteridge with a steady score line up to mid game but Betteridge fought back to equalise at 10 all then 16 all and finally took the game with 5 shots over the next 4 ends. By the last game the shot score was Spital 90 to Birch Coppice A 89 so the onus was on Ade Coleman to try and secure the match. His opponent John Hammonds had a shaky start but soon got into his stride and got into a good scoring rhythm whilst Coleman could only trail behind finally losing 21-13. Final shot score Baddesley A 110 - 103.

Spital v Tamworth Castle A.

After three weeks of beautiful weather Spital played host to Tamworth Castle A in the Baddesley Mine Midweek League on a cool and cloudy evening. In game 1 David McAneny played a powerful game against Glyn Evans leading 16-2 at end 13 and taking the victory 21-6 in 21 ends. Game 2 saw David Storr start slowly but by end 11 had equalised against Tony Millerchip 8 all then kept in the lead from then on taking the game 21-14 on 28 ends. Game 3 saw league newby Paul Greenaway have some unlucky knock-ons against experienced Castle player John Bennet in the early stages but buckled down to pull up to 1 shot behind 14-15 at end 25. Bennet held his nerve and took 6 shots over the next 6 ends to take the game. Game 4 saw Jackie Fox have a slow start against Chris Barnett but pulled back to draw 5 all then 8 all mid game. Barnett pushed Fox for the next 11 ends to lead 15-14 then Fox scored 3 doubles and a single on the last 4 ends to take the victory. Game 5 had Ade Coleman playing Bill Jephcott who lead until end 6 but Coleman pulled back the score and from then on the game swung in favour of both players until end 28 when Jephcott led 20-19 only for Coleman to bowl a double for the win.The final game saw Ray Vanstone take on John Coope who led in the early stages but Vanstone equalised at 8 all and then built a steady lead and maintained it to take the game 21-14. Final score Spital 120-90