As reported last week Sunday saw us hosting the Savegar Cup match between Penyglyn and South Wales and Monmouthshire, congratulations to the ladies from our club who were involved in the game which saw Penyglyn secure 4 points to SW&M 18, a creditable performance against a strong team.
Also well done to everyone involved in catering, bar duties, green duties and generally making our club a great host.
Tuesday saw the ladies team back in action and suffered a home defeat to Blaina 45-50 and getting 2 points to 8.
Wednesday is West Mon League day and our good start to the season continued with some good performances in a 12 - 2 win at Llanhilleth, more headaches for our selectors with some quality bowls from a number of guys knocking on the door for recognition in the first sixteen next Saturday.
The ladies match on Thursday was washed out as our poor weather continues and we can only hope summer season kicks in soon.
Our resurgence in the mixed league continued with a very good 4-1 win at Guest Memorial, the win puts us back in contention for a top four finish but with some very tricky fixtures coming up we need to be at our very best over the next few weeks.
Friday night turned very wet and on a difficult evening in Pontnewydd we came unstuck with the old problem of our players trying to play nice bowls on a slow surface, congratulations to the Pontnewydd guys who mastered the conditions better than us and also showed an enthusiasm to get over the winning line. We wish them well in the next round and the remainder of the season.
Saturday our MBA match was off due to Ynysddu playing Carruthers and a rearranged friendly with Bedwellty Park was washed out too, remarkably only a few miles across the valleys we enjoyed a bright afternoon at Troedyrhiw, it was very pleasing to see our guys bounce back and a great spirited performance saw us secure a 12-2 win in the private greens league. only narrowly missing out on all 14.
Looking forward to this week, our club host the O60 championship team on Tuesday, we have several guys involved in the latter stages of the county competitions and our usual array of fixtures for members to take part in, names on sheets please ladies and gents.
