End of Season 2022
Tuesday August 30th - Marldon v Brixham St Mary.
This rearranged fixture was due to be played at Marldon, but as our green is unavailable on a Tuesday,
the game was switched to Brixham St Mary. Marldon arrived at Brixham to find none of the home team players
had turned up. A quick conversation confirmed we had agreed Tuesday as the date and the Marldon team decided
to have a roll up on their own on the Brixham green before returning to Marldon. The League Organiser agreed
that the fault was with Brixham and awarded Marldon the League points. This concluded the 'V'Team's Over 55
season for this year and the final table is above.
August 24th - Totnes v Marldon
After Bob Tame had to pull out due to a sick cat, Chris Thorne came in at very short
notice to take his place, joining Les Clarke and Barry Hodges. They got off to a good start and were 9-0 up after 4 ends.
Totnes managed to reduce the deficit to 3 shots by the 15th end at 12-15. Barry's triple held on to this three shot lead
to win 20-17.
On the other rink Peter Route, Martin Rolfe and Mike Thomas were only trailing by 2 at the half way stage
8-10 down. Totnes must have upped their game for the second half as the Marldon men failed to score again, losing 8-26.
Overall result Totnes 43- Marldon 28
League points: Totnes 6 - Marldon 2.
August 17th - Marldon v Babbacombe
Chris Thorne, Lee James and Mike Thomas were out bowled by a Babbacombe trio on top form and by the
tenth end, they had scored on only one end and were sixteen shots behind (2-18). A more even second half
was not enough to make a difference and Marldon lost 9-24.
On the other rink, Les Clarke, Peter Route and Terry Grant dropped a 1 and a 5 to start before recovering
slightly to within 2 shots but then dropped 2 4's in succession before picking up a 1 to trail 6-15
after 9 ends. Terry was struggling with an arm injury and withdrew from the game, so Peter Route took over
as Skip and Bob Tame was called on to step in at No. 2. Babbacome scored another 5 shots on next two ends
before Marldon scored again, at this point being 14 shots ahead. The revised Marldon trio only managed to
reduce the deficit to 10 shots, losing 12-22
Overall result Marldon 21 - Babbacombe 46
League points - Marldon 0 Babbacombe 8
August 10th - Paignton Torbay v Marldon
Peter Route, Mike Thomas and Terry Grant struggled to compete with the Paignton Torbay players and lost
by ten shots, 11-21.
Les Clarke, Bob Tame and Barry Hodges were finding the green to be tricky, but the oppositon were also
doing so, and at 10 ends Marldon held a one shot lead at 7-6. Things turned more Marldon's way in the
second half as Marldon won 7 of the 8 ends for an 18-8 win.
Overall result Paignton Torbay 29 - Marldon 29, a rare draw.
League points shared, Paignton Torbay 4 - Marldon 4
August 3rd - Marldon v Brixham
Mike Thomas, Martin Rolfe and Barry Hodges failed to score for 5 ends and then could
only win 6 of the remaining ends, losing 14-30.
Les Clark, Terry Grant and Dennis Quincey also found their opponents too strong and lost 9-20
Overall result Marldon 23 - Brixham 50.
League points, 8-0 to Brixham.
July 27th - Marldon v Paignton BC
Peter Route, Lee James and Dennis Quincey started well and had build up a lead of 9 -5, but then scored
with 8 of their 9 woods on the 9th end next end to increase their lead to 17-5. They continued to score
heavily, winning 6 of the last nine ends for a 34-9 win.
Mike Thomas, Bob Tame and Bary Hodges also started well, to be 11-3 up at the half way stage. Paignton won 5
of the last nine ends but failed to make up any of the deficit and Marldon won 19-10.
Overall result Marldon 53 - Paignton 19.
League points, 8-0 to Marldon.
July 20th - Torquay v Marldon - No Report, Score Torquay 46 Marldon 29.
July 13th - Marldon v Kings BC
Peter Route, Lee James started well and were 8 up before opponents scored, and continued to pull ahead,
leading 14 - 5 after 12 ends. At this point Kings responded by winning the next three ends, scoring
4, 1, and 5 to take a one shot lead. Marldon levelled the score but Kings then finished with 4 and 1 to win 20-15.
Chris Thorne, Bob Tame and Mike Thomas would have done better had the opposition Skip not turned up, although all
three Kings players played well, it was the King's Skip who seemed to find a way to get the shot, usually with
his last wood, even when a few shots behind. Marldon could find no answer and lost heavily 9-23.
Overall result Marldon 24 - Kings 43.
League points, 8-0 to Kings.
July 6th -
At Marldon we started the second half of the season with the return fixture against Torquay. Peter Route,
Bob Tame and Barry Hodges fell behind early in the game but recovered with a 6 on the 10th end to level
the scores. Torquay edged ahead again and won the game 20-16.
Mike Thomas, Lee James and Les Clarke were also in a close game but gained the upper hand to go 13-9 up with
two ends to go. Torquay scored two critical shots so although this rink won by two shots the overall score
gave the match to Torquay.
Overall result Marldon 29 - Torquay 31.
League points, 6-2 to Torquay.
June 29th -
At Brixham St Mary's BC, Terry, Martin and Les gave their all but were outplayed.
Mike, Lee and Dennis all contributed towards a good 17 all draw.
Overall result Brixham St Mary ? - Marldon ?.
League points, 7-1 to Brixham SM.
June 22nd - Match awarded to Totnes
June 15th. The V team went to Babbacombe today, Babbacombe have already won their first 6
games, so we knew we would have a hard game. Les Clarke, Martin Rolfe and Barry Hodges started well enough
and after 8 ends were 8-2 in front, however that was as good as it got, as Babbacombe took the next four
ends to go 12-8 up. Marldon picked up a three on the next end to make score 11-12 but Babbacombe then rallied
scoring 5, 2, and 4 on next three ends, Marldon only scored once more as Babbacombe finished 25-12 up.
Our other rink of Dennis Quincey, Bob Tame and Mike Thomas found ourselves in trouble against a skip who
hardly played a bad wood, and even on the rare occasion when Marldon looked as if they might pick up
a five, he was there with his last wood to take the shot. We won two of the first four ends, but were still 7-3
behind and then failed to score for 10 ends, dropping 4s and a five along the way to a heavy defeat,
losing 37-9.
Overall result Babbacombe 62 - Marldon 21.
League points, 8-0 to Babbacombe.
June 8th. Good result for the over 55 'V' team today with a 6-2 win over Paignton Torbay.
The win looked unlikely early on, as Peter Route, Michel Thomas and Dennis Quincey fell 10 shots
behind (5-15) after 11 ends, and on the other rink Les Clarke, Bob Tame and Barry Hodges, thought
they were about to pull level at tea when the opposing skip turned two shots to Marldon into three
for Paignton Torbay with his last wood before tea to give P-T a 10-5 lead. We had a heavy shower at tea
so waited for that to blow over before resuming, and the second half was all Marldon. Les, Bob and Barry
won 7 of the remaining 8 ends, picking up a 5 on the penultimate end for a final score of 19-11. Peter,
Mike and Dennis also won six of the last 7 ends but did not quite catch up, losing 14-16.
Overall result Marldon 33 - Paignton Torbay 27.
League points, 6-2 to Marldon.
(And we all got wet when the second and third showers arrived!)
June 1st. The 'V' Team were away at Brixham. Chris Thorne, Mike Thomas and Dennis Quincey won 17-13, but on the other rink
Les Clarke, Lee James and Barry Hodges fought back from 12-5 down, in two ends, to level the scores but then
dropped a 6 and 5 more on last 3 ends to lose 13-23. Overall score Brixham 36 - Marldon 30.
Points Marldon 2 - Brixham 6
May 25th. Paignton 45 - Marldon 26
League points, 6-2 to Paignton.
May 11th.The over 55’s V Team played this morning at Kings BC.
Starting in light rain, at tea we were leading overall by 2 shots.
After tea ( I think they drugged it ) the rain came down in buckets making it very hard all round.
Kings adapted better and we gave up the game on 16 ends with Kings leading 36 - 23
Dave Thompson , Dennis Quincey & Mike Thomas losing 10-17
Terry Grant , Ray O’Brien & Martin Rolfe losing 13 - 19
May 4th. V Division...
First game of the season this morning. Marldon snatched defeat from the jaws of victory...
losing on both rinks.
After 12 ends Martin, Les & Colin were leading 16 - 6
Mike, Dennis & Lee were 10 - 9 down. A lead of 9 shots overall.
Between us we only scored 1 more point & lost by 36 - 27 Col.
Torquay 8 v Marldon 0
August 3rd, Marldon v Torquay
Howard Burchell, Peter Cartwright and Carlo were 8-4 up at end 9, at which point the
opponents won the next five ends to take a six shot lead. The last 4 ends were shared and Marldon lost 11-17.
John Morgan, Shaun O'Leary and Terry Bowles raced into a 14-2 lead by the half way point and only let
the opponents win 4 of the last 9 ends for a comfortable 19-8 win.
Final Score Marldon 30 - Torquay 25, League Points Marldon 6 Torquay 2.
July 27th Victoria 30 v Marldon 35.
League points. Victoria 2 - Marldon 6.
July 20th. Marldon 42 - Paignton Torbay 29.
League points. Marldon 6 Paignton Torbay 2 -
July 13th. Paignton 40 v Marldon 28
League points Paignton 8 - Marldon 0.
July 6th Ipplepen V Marldon. Marldon were unable to send 6 players and as a result were penalised.
Overall Score Ipplepen 49 - Marldon 22.3
League points Ipplepen 8 - Marldon 0.
June 29th. - Due to a problem with fixture card W team went to wrong venue, and were
unable to establish correct venue in time to divert there.
June 22th. - Marldon v Brixham St Mary.
Overall Score Marldon 35 - BSM 31.
League points Marldon 6 - Brixham St Mary 2
June 15th v Babbacombe. No report.
June 8th v Brixham. No report
June 1st - The 'W' team had a good 8-0 win over Torquay.
John Gilbert, Peter Cartwright and Bryan Salter won 21-12 and Carlo Bragagnolo, Shaun O'Leary and
Terry Bowles won 27-11.
Points Marldon 8 - Torquay 0
May 25th. The W Team game against Victoria was won with score 41-35
League points Marldon 6 - Victoria 2
May 11th. The W Team game was called off before it started due to heavy rain.
May 4th.The W Team won 41 (6) to 26 (2) at home to Ipplepen.
Anthony Till, John Gilbert & Eric Glanfield lost 23 - 11.
Carlo Bragagnolo, Colin Mills & Terence Bowles winning 30 - 3