Week Ending 23rd August In a game which Marldon Men's 'A' team could have won, the deciding moment came before play began. Marldon were forced to play one rink of three players and a 25% deduction in score but this rink of Tony Beck, Brian Kendall and Terry Bowles came from 11- 0 at eight ends to only lose by three shots 20 - 23.Colin Cradock, Alan Rounsley, Barry Bailey and Derek Moore dropped three shots over the last two ends to lose by one shot 17 - 18. John Gibbons, Bryan Salter, John Veale and Geoff Kenneford were close until the twentieth end when a 4 to Alan Bowden gave Torquay a 17 - 19 win. Against Dave Evans, Ian Armitage, Keith Durbridge, Eric Glanfield and Pete Collings led most of the game winning 20 - 17. The 69 - 77 scoreline left Marldon wondering what might have happened with a full squad.
At the halfway point of the game against Shaldon, Marldon were just three shots adrift, but the second half of the game, which has been Marldon's downfall all season, saw Shaldon pull away to win by 91 - 59 and take all 14 points.
Marldon Men's 'B' team had a good 12 - 2 win against Paignton Torbay.
Peter Gadd, Derek Denbow, Bill Reeves and Brian Kendall scored consistently throughout to win 24 - 17. Roger Lang, Colin Vallis, Frank Hext and Vic Gautier were always in front against J. Short, winning 24 - 16. Norman Cundy, Gerry Pickard, Graham Dowell and Angus McMartin converted a 9- 4 deficit into a 26 - 15 win. John Rhodes, Harry Partridge, Mike Coles and Keith Durbridge were 10 - 8 ahead at ten ends but fell away to lose 14 - 23.

Week Ending 16th August With two home games in a week Marldon Men's 'A' team had hoped to gain a few points, but unfortunately were only able to claim 2pts from Dave Coombes winning rink against Kingsteignton. Dave's rink of Tony Beck, Brian Kendall and Terry Bowles fought hard for the victory and a three on the last end gave them an 18 - 15 win. The othe rinks of Geoff Kenneford, Derek Moore and Pete Collings all lost with Kingsteignton winning overall by 67 - 82. Against Newton Abbot a score of 57 - 106 was a fair reflection of the game. The 'B' team fared little better against Belgrave, the only winning rink of Roger Lang, Sam Sarahs, Frank Hext and Mike Coles having a convincing victory by 20 - 11. Overall score Marldon 61 2pts, Belgrave 83,12pts.

Week Ending 9th August Marldon Men's 'A' team had another disappointing evening against Bitton Park. John Gibbons, Alan Rounsley, Tony Beck and Dave Coombes never recovered from dropping 18 shots over five ends early in the game, finally losing 31 - 13. The other three rinks were all in with a chance of winning, but as in many other games this season fell away towards the end of the game. Colin Cradock, Keith Durbridge, Barry Bailey and Derek Moore fought back well to be only one shot down at the seventeenth end but could not manage a further score losing 17 - 24. Ian Armitage, Terry Bowles, Eric Glanfield and Pete Collings were 12 all at thirteen ends but could not keep up the momentum during the second part of the game losing 21 - 17. In a close game the one point Marldon gained on the night was when Bryan Salter, John Veale, Kevan Davey and Geoff Kenneford scored three on the twentieth end and held on for a 17 each draw.
Marldon Ladies 'A' team suffered a 10 nil defeat at home to Paignton Torbay. Sylvia Ross, Pam Neale and Audrey Coles were always behind losing 11 - 17 to J. Short. Yvonne Knapp, Val Kendall and Chris Alcock dropped four shots over the last two ends to lose 16 - 21 to M. Higgs. Marcia Piper, Pat Storer and Tina Rhodes led by two shots on the sixteenth end but also dropped four shots to lose 15 - 17. Playing five ends to complete a rain affected match at Ipplepen Marldon picked up two points with Heather Pickard, Pam Neale and Chris Alcock the only winning rink.

Week Ending 2nd August Although not gaining any points Marldon Men’s ‘A’ team produced a much improved performance against Kings. Only a three from Craig Downs rink on the last end saved them from defeat after Bryan Salter, John Veale, Kevan Davey and Geoff Kenneford had led for the whole game. The 19- 18 defeat was a disappointing end to a good display from the Marldon four. Ian Armitage, Terry Bowles, Eric Glanfield and Pete Collings kept putting woods in the head, only to see Sam Tolchard and his rink remove them and give their side a 14 – 22 win. John Gibbons, Alan Rounsley, Tony Beck and Dave Coombes drew level at 12 all on the seventeenth end, but Aidrian O’Neil scored nine shots without reply over the last four ends to win 21 – 12. At 16 ends Colin Cradock, Keith Durbridge, Barry Bailey and Derek Moore led 15 – 10 but could not quite hold on losing 16 – 18. The Men’s ‘B’ team lost to TCCB with the rinks of Brian Kendall, Mike Coles and Angus McMartin all losing. Ray Locke, Derek Denbow, Harry Partridge and Keith Durbridge let slip a lead of three shots going into the last end dropping a four to lose by one shot.

Marldon Ladies ‘A’ team had a good 8 – 2 win over Ipplepen. Marcia Piper, Pat Storer and Tina Rhodes were always in control winning 25 – 18. Sylvia Ross, Pam Neale and Audrey Coles played consistently throughout to win 21 – 12. Only a very fortunate drive from P. Powell which wicked in to take the Marldon shot out of the head giving a five shot turnaround saw Heather Pickard, Val Kendall and Chris Alcock go down by one shot 17 – 18. The Marldon Ladies ‘B’ team had two good wins beating Paignton Torbay 49 – 34 and Upton 52 – 43 taking all 10pts in both matches.

Week Ending 26th July The undoubted highlight of the week was the win for Marldon Ladies ‘A’ team over TCBC by 65 – 33. In a match in which all the Marldon rinks competed well, Tina Rhodes, Pat Storer and Marcia Piper had a great win 28 – 7 over B. Lock and Chris Alcock , Yvonne Knapp and Heather Pickard beat J. Wilkinson 22 – 10. In a close game Pam Neale, Audrey Coles and Sylvia Ross were narrowly beaten by one shot by L. Broughton. Marldon took a well deserved 8 pts.

A much less successful week for Marldon Men saw the ‘A’ team beaten 12 – 2 at Kingsteignton. Dave Coombes rink coped best with the slick surface recording Marldon’s only win 21 – 17 against K. Taylor. The mens B team lost heavily to Shaldon. Against TBCC the only two points were gained by J. Newcombe, P. Gadd, B. Wyman and B. Kendall who beat E. Lewis 21-17 and against Ipplepen N. Cundy, C. Vallis, G. Dowell and A,McMartin beat T. Chapman 22-16.

Week Ending 19th July Marldon Men were able to put the league defeat against TCCB behind them to record a great 3 – 2 win in the Top Club. Marldon were defeated in the Fours and Two Wood singles but confident play in the other three matches gave them victory. Playing superb drawing bowls at all lengths Geoff Kenneford never looked in danger of losing to Alan Hawke in the four wood singles. In the Pairs Ian Armitage and Pete Collings took an early lead and although Graham Heaven pulled a few shots back the Marldon duo played a calm and decisive last end to win 21 – 17. Colin Cradock played solid lead woods to give the Triples a good start and Tony Beck’s confident drawing left Dave Coombes able to consolidate the Marldon position against T. Berry. A 15 – 8 win was a fair reflection of the game.This overall victory will, hopefully, give Marldon a boost for their league matches.

Week Ending 12th July Marldon Men had another disappointing week in the MDL. The 'B' team gained 4 points from a 63 - 78 defeat by Victoria with Mike Bindon, Sean O'Leary, Graham Dowell and Angus McMartin continuing their good form with a 19 - 17 win and Roger Lang, Harry Partridge, Frank Hext and Vic Gautier holding on well to win 19 - 18. Peter Gadd, Derek Denbow, John Newcombe and Bill Reeves were unfortunate to drop a five on the last end to lose 19 - 24 and Bob Tame, Norman Cundy, Gerry Pickard and Mike Coles were unable to recover from a slow start losing by 6 - 19. In the 'A' team at home to Babbacombe Colin Cradock, Mike Alcock, Tony Beck and Derek Moore suffered another mid game slump to go from a 12 - 3 lead to a defeat of 15 - 23 against John Turner. Bryan Salter, John Veale, Kevan Davey and Geoff Kenneford controlled the game against Duncan Summers for a convincing 24 - 14 win. Ian Armitage, Terry Bowles, Eric Glanfield and Pete Collings were under pressure for the whole game thanks to the consistent leading of Jim Lane and lost 17 - 32 to Les Castell. From a position of leading 9 - 8 at 10 ends John Gibbons, Alan Rounsley, Barry Bailey and Dave Coombes failed to score on the last 8 ends to lose 13 - 26 to Roy Levy. Marldon 2pts Babbacombe 12. Away to TCC the highlight for Marldon 'A' was the superb last wood of Geoff Kenneford who drew an inch perfect shot to stop Alan Hawke keeping the five shots he held for the win, giving the Marldon rink a deserved 22 - 17 win. Pete Collings' rink produced a good display to beat T. Berry 24 - 14. The other two rinks of Derek Moore and Barry Bailey were unable to contain the TCC rinks losing 14 - 27 and 13 - 28 respectively. Marldon 4 pts TCC 10 pts. The 'A' team also suffered a heavy loss to Kings by 14 points to nil.

Week Ending 5th July Marldon Men's 'B' team suffered a heavy defeat away at Teignmouth Den, but provided the highlight of the evening with Mike Bindon, Sean O'Leary, Graham Dowell and Angus McMartin getting a brilliant hotshot on the second end, they went on to win 27 - 17 for Marldon's only 2 points. The other Marldon rinks were all heavily defeated for a final score of 53 - 106. The Men's 'A' team also lost at home to Torquay Belgrave by 56 - 120. Bryan Salter, John Veale, Terry Bowles and Dave Coombes, playing his first match of the season, took a convincing 15 - 9 lead at 14 ends but fell away over the last few ends to lose 16 - 30 to Alan Jordain. A similar story for Roger Lang, Mike Alcock, Tony Beck and Derek Moore who were only one shot behind John Evans at 10 ends but dropped 22 shots over seven ends to lose 33 - 15. Ian Armitage, Graham Dowell, Colin Cradock and Pete Collings were 0 - 9 down to Mal Williams at 5 ends and although scoring equally over the remaining ends could never close the gap to lose 13 - 22. John Gibbons, Bill Reeves, Alan Rounsley and Barry Bailey were unfortunate to come up against a top form Dave Evan's rink losing by 12 - 35. Marldon 0 - Belgrave 14.
The Marldon Ladies 'A' team took 7 points from their home game with Kingsteignton. Bette Coombes, Heather Pickard and Chris Alcock gave Marldon a great chance of overall victory with a fine 27 - 10 win. June Gibbons, Pam Neale and Sylvia Ross fought back brilliantly to force a 22-22 draw and Pat Grice, Pat Storer and Tina Rhodes although losing 12 - 22 kept Marldon ahead for a 59 - 54 overall win.

Week Ending 28th June Marldon Men were defeated in both legs of the Inter Club against Torbay Country Club, but fared much better away to Kingsbridge Town in the Top Club.The singles were shared, with Terry Bowles having a convincing win in the Two Wood, but Pete Collings losing in the Four Wood. The Pairs of Ian Armitage and Kevan Davey lost, but in a fluctuating game the Fours of Bryan Salter, John Veale, Tony Beck and Derek Moore raced in to an eleven shot lead only for Kingsbridge to level at 11 each but from this point Marldon pulled away to win 23-12. The crucial deciding win came in the triples with Mike Alcock, John Gibbons and Alan Rounsley four shots down going in to the last two ends. The last end saw Alan Rounsley draw in to leave Marldon holding the two shots needed to tie and the unfortunate Kingsbridge skip knocking Marldon in with his last wood for the third shot and overall win for Marldon by three matches to two.The Ladies P/P ‘A’ team had a good win over Abbrook Park. Tina Rhodes, Pat Storer and Marcia Piper winning 26 – 14, Chris Alcock, Heather Pickard and Bette Coombes winning 23 – 12 and Sylvia Ross, Pam Neale and June Gibbons holding on well to win 16 – 15. A welcome 10pts for the Ladies.

Week Ending 21st June Marldon Men's 'B' team managed to take 8 points from their two matches this week.
At home to Paignton Torbay Roger Lang, Colin Vallis, Frank Hext and Vic Gautier bowled consistently well to beat B Richardson 27 - 15 and John Newcombe, Bob Tame, Dennis Wyman and Mike Coles scored 5 shots over the last two ends to win by one shot 20 - 19 against D. Gooch. From a lead of 12 - 3 after eight ends M. Bindon, S. O'Leary, Gerry Pickard and Angus McMartin were gradually overhauled by J. Callard finally losing 19 - 21. Harry Partridge, Peter Gadd, Bill Reeves and Keith Durbridge were behind 17 - 2 after eight ends and found this gap too much to close, losing to P. Plumridge 12 - 26. Marldon 78 shots 4 points - Paignton Torbay 81 shots 10 points. In an equally close game against Brixham John Newcombe, Norman Cundy, Dennis Wyman and Gerry Pickard came from 17 - 1 down to only lose 17 - 24 against R. Harvey. M. Bindon, S. O'Leary, Graham Dowell and Angus McMartin scored 13 shots over the last 5 ends to beat A. Parker 19 - 16. Roger Lang, Colin Vallis, Frank Hext and Vic Gautier led 12 - 9 after 11 ends but a second half slump saw M. Lyle pull away to a 26 - 16 win. Harry Partridge, Peter Gadd, Bill Reeves and Keith Durbridge were never behind against B. Dolan and an excellent performance saw them win 25 - 16. Marldon 77 shots , 4 points, Brixham 82 shots, 10 points.

W/Ending June 7th Marldon Men's 'A' struggled to gain just 2 points away to Bitton Park. An excellent all round performance from John Gibbons, Graham Dowell, Alan Rounsley and Ricky Knapp saw them dominate the game to win 29 - 15. The other three Marldon rinks all allowed the Bitton Park rinks to take big leads at the half way point of the game and although Marldon outscored the Bitton Park rinks over the last 10 ends the gap proved unassailable.
In the over 54's triples league Marldon had a good win over Paignton by 58 - 47. The Marldon rink of John Gibbons, John Newcombe and Alan Rounsley scored consistently to win by 21 - 15 against George Taylor. Bryan Salter, Ricky Knapp and Derek Moore were always ahead against D. Mackenzie pulling away over the final half of the game to win 22 - 13. Five non scoring ends at the beginning of the game
left Graham Dowell, Frank Hext and John Veale with an uphill task against D. Symons but they fought back well to only lose by 4 shots, 15 - 19.
In the Ladies Inter Club a powerful second half display enabled Crediton to win convincingly. The Marldon rink of Heather Pickard, Fran Vallis, Pat Storer and Chris Alcock had led early on but faded to lose 15 - 24 and a similar story on the other rink where Pat Grice, Marcia Piper, Sylvia Ross and Audrey Coles were in touch until the half way point before losing 10 - 21.
In the over 55's singles Chris Alcock won her third round match against Linda Joseph of Totnes. On a challenging rink both Ladies produced some good bowls, with Linda pulling back from 9 - 1 down to level before Chris drew away to win 21 - 12. In the next round Chris plays Jean Morris of Stoke Fleming.

W/Ending May 31st The Marldon Men and Ladies League teams had a frustating week with the Men's game at Newton Abbot suffering a late postponement and the Ladies playing 13 ends at Ipplepen before a thunderstorm drove the players off the rink leaving the game to be completed at a later date.
In the Print Plus 4-3-2-1 competition Marldon Ladies lost to Babbacombe. The only win for Marldon was in the singles with Chris Alcock beating Ann Castell by 5 shots.The pairs teams produced a match of commendably high quality and the 30 - 4 scoreline did not reflect the competitive skill shown by all four players. Marcia Piper and Jean Wayne gave their skips a great start and Pat Storer bowled some excellent
counting woods until superb conversions by Jeanette Bratcher swung the ends Babbacombe's way. The Marldon triple of Jo Locke, Heather Pickard and Sylvia Ross fought well to contain the very strong Babacombe triple of Hazel Hill, Joy Hunter and Mavis Phillips to only lose by nine shots. The fours of Val Rounsley, Fran Vallis, Pat Grice and Audrey Coles did equally well to keep Jill Quantick's rink to a 10 shot deficit.

W/Ending May 24th Marldon Men 'A' team had an excellent 77 - 72 win away to Babbacombe.
From being 9 - 0 down at six ends John Gibbons, Alan Rounsley, Ricky Knapp and Barry Bailey put in a great team performance to win 21-15 against Peter Day. Bryan Salter, John Veale, Terry Bowles and Geoff Kenneford picked up five shots on the first end and were never behind playing aggressive bowls to beat Duncan Summers 27 - 18. In a close fought game Ian Armitage, John Newcombe, Eric Glanfield and Pete Collings were swapping shots with John Turner's rink for 10 ends until the Marldon rink edged ahead to win by two shots 16 - 14. Mike Alcock. Vic Gautier, Tony Beck and Derek Moore were ahead until the 12th end but a run of seven non scoring ends saw them fall behind to lose 13 - 25.
Marldon Men's 'A' team picked up just 2 points against Torbay CC. The rink of Ian Armitage, John Newcombe, Eric Glanfield and Pete Collings were slightly unlucky to lose to T. Berry having been ahead until the last two ends. John Gibbons, Alan Rounsley, Ricky Knapp and Barry Bailey held a 15 - 10 lead at fifteen ends but just failed to hold on losing by one shot to G. Heaven. Bryan Salter, John Veale, Terry Bowles and Geoff Kenneford produced some great bowls, leading all the way to beat B. Martin by 23 shots to 19. P. Hutchins gave his rink a great start with a fine display of leading enabling them to convincingly beat Mike Alcock, Vic Gautier, Tony Beck and Derek Moore.      The Marldon Ladies were defeated away to Dartmouth in the Grace Matthews Competition. In the singles Pat Storer and Chris Alcock both lost as did Pat Grice and Marcia Piper in the pairs. In the triples there was a good win for Audrey Coles, Sylvia Ross and Helene Gautier by  20 - 10 and an equally commendable performance by June Gibbons, Heather Pickard, Pam Neale and Janet Coker gave them a19 - 13 win.

W/Ending May 17th The Marldon Men's 'A' team made a commendable start to their first ever season in the MDL Premier division. Away to Champions Shaldon the Marldon team played with great spirit and although only winning on one rink can be proud of their efforts.
Mike Alcock, Vic Gautier, Tony Beck and the ever consistent Derek Moore produced the performance of the night to beat Phil Downs rink 19 - 14. Bryan Salter, John Veale, Terry Bowles and Geoff Kenneford held a 10 - 5 lead after eight ends, but a dropped 6 turned the game round and Lee Hayward's rink finally won 29 - 20.
John Gibbons, Alan Rounsley, Ricky Knapp and Barry Bailey were always just behind James Webber losing 20 - 14. Ian Armitage, Bill Reeves, Eric Glanfield and Pete Collings never recovered from the early loss of 10 shots in 2 ends losing 28 - 9 to Neil Pook. The final score was Shaldon 90 Marldon 62 for a 12 - 2 points tally.

Marldon's P/P “B” side were determined to prove to themselves and everyone else, that they were able to improve on their disappointing first outing against Victoria on 10th May, and this they did in great style in the 58 - 45 shots win against Paignton. Lady Captain and Skip Fran Vallis with her team Helene Gautier (lead) and Pat Denbow (second) made a great comeback to finish 2 points up against a tough Paignton side. Final score 14:12. Skip Anne Bailey, lead Hilary Satchwell and second Pat Grice took and held the lead early on, but were narrowly defeated, having played a brilliant and exciting game. Their final score was 18:24. Val Rounsley's team consisting of lead June Gibbons and second Irena Garner took the lead from the very first end and played some very exciting bowls. Their final score of 26:9 was truly indicative of the team spirit that did not flag for one moment throughout this game. The 8 points earned from this outing were well deserved.

The P/P 'A' team collected 8 points from their visit to Kingsteignton. Marcia Piper, Pat Storer and Tina Rhodes scored consistently to record a 20 - 14 win. Hilary Satchwell, Pam Neale and Audrey Coles fought well to get within one shot of their opponents before losing 14 - 23. Jo Locke, Heather Pickard and Chris Alcock were ahead throughout but with Marldon only leading by one shot and the last end to play lead Jo Locke, crucially trailed the jack into the ditch with her bowl next to it to seal an 18 - 12 rink win and an overall score of Marldon 52 Kingsteignton 49.
 

In the first of this seasons Regatta matches Marldon had a good win away to Torbay Country Club by 110 shots to 104.
The game swung substantially over the last 3 ends with Country Club holding a 20 shot lead at 18 ends, but only managing to pick up 4 more shots while Marldon picked up 30. It was a great team performance, but a special mention to Sylvia Ross and Joan Malkin, well supported by Alan Rounsley, who on their turn to skip scored a total of 23 shots allowing their opponents only 3. On other rinks Barry Bailey, Chris Alcock, Colin Vallis and Sam Saras scored a last end 4 to win 21 - 10 and Angus McMartin, Val Rounsley, Gerry Pickard and Mike Coles scored consistently winning 19-15. Derek Moore, John Newcombe, Irena Garner and Alan Ross scored 7 shots on the last 3 ends to turn a 12 - 15 deficit into a 19 - 15 win.

In the Inter Club Marldon men earned a hard fought win over Dartmouth. The away rink of Derek Moore, Tony Beck, Terry Bowles and Mike Alcock only lost by five shots while the home rink of John Gibbons, Alan Rounsley, Geoff Kenneford and Pete Collings won by nine shots for an overall score of 41 - 37. The men now play Paignton in the next round.