Great Aycliffe Bowls club’s last game before the Xmas break in the Durham & District Inter Club Triples League took the club the short journey to Spennymoor. Aycliffe were looking to build on their recent improvement in form but found the home side also looking for improvement.
In a very closely contested match where the sides were separated by only five shots on the overall score Aycliffe were on the wrong end of a 5-3 score line.
The reliable P Whittaker skipped his rink to a three shot victory. Skip Rob Jones pulled off a draw though at nine shots down with five ends to play defeat looked the more likely outcome.
However they stunned the home rink with a late burst to force a tie at 13-13 and share the rink points. Neil Roberts was unable to add more points losing by eight shots to the consistent home skip of Ian Brown.
Final scores: P Whittaker 13-10 G Black, R Jones 13-13 H Hall, N Roberts 11-19 I Brown