Season 2024
Note - The Match reports below may appear before the league tables above are updated to include the latest results.
August 14th 2024 - Marldon V Babbacombe
Babbacombe won by two shots 31-29 for a 6-2 points win.
June 26th 2024 - Brixham St Mary v Marldon
Brixham St Mary postponed the game due to illness, lack of players.
June 21st 2024 - Babbacombe v Marldon
Babbacombe were the stronger side today and won on both rinks.
Overall Result Babbacombe ? - Marldon ?
Points Babbacombe 8 Marldon 0 .
June 19th 2024 - Marldon v Victoria.
Mike S , Ed and Martin R fell behind early on and were 7-12 down at
11 ends, but winning the next five ends got them to 4 shots in front. One tied end and a one from the opposition wasn't enough and
Marldon won 16-13.
Richard R, Dave C amd Peter C scored heavily against their opponents and, with 2 sixes in the total,
won 38-10.
Overall Result Marldon 54 - Victoria 23
Points Marldon 8 Victoria 0.
June 12th 2024 - No Game
June 5th 2024 - Marldon V Paignton Torbay May 29nd 2024 - Brixham v Marldon May 22nd 2024 - Marldon v Kings May 15th 2024 - Marldon v Torbay Country Club May 8th 2024 - Paignton v Marldon May 1st 2024 - Torquay v Marldon
Match postponed by Paignton Torbay.
Marldon Players said the water might have tasted funny and although they were leading at tea-time one rink fell behind and despite
one rink holding on for a win, it was not enough to claim the game as the other rink lost.
Overall Result Brixham 32 Marldon 22.
Points Brixham 6 - Marldon 2
Les H, Richard R and Martin scored on 12 of the 18 ends, and from 8 all at 11 ends pushed on, scoring a 5 on the 16th end for a
final score of 19-12.
Mike S, Craig and Peter C started with a 5 and scored on next 9 ends for a 15-0 lead, Kings replied with 2 4s in next three
ends before a 6 from Marldon put them 22-8 up. Winning five more ends gave Marldon a comfortable 27-9 win.
Overall Result Marldon 46 - Kings 21
Points Marldon 8 - Kings 0
Torbay Country Club proved to be too strong today and won the match easily.
Overall Result Marldon 19- Torbay Country Club 38
Points Marldon 0 - Torbay Country Club 8
One winning rink for Marldon was enough to win the match overall.
Overall Result Paignton 29 - Marldon 34
Points Paignton 2 - Marldon 6
The sun was shining and Torquay's green was playable, as Marldon took on Torquay away.
Les H, Ed and Martin R held their own for 6 ends being tied at 10-all but lost five ends in a row to go 10-17
behind. The rest of game was fairly even but Torquay added another 3 shots to their lead to finish 11 shots ahead for a 28-17 win.
Meanwhile on the other Rink, Mike S, Craig and Peter C scored 11 shots before the opponents got a shot
on the board and continued to dominate the game winning 22-10.
Overall Result Torquay 38- Marldon 39.
Points Torquay 2 - Marldon 6
Aug 21st 2024 - Brixham St Mary v Marldon
Peter H John Gilbert and Bryan fell behind with a slow start and were already 8 shots down when the opponents scored
another 6. Marldon did start to recover but another dropped 6 on the 13 end sealed their fate and Marldon lost by 12 shots, 14-26.
On the other rink, John G, Gordon P and Bob T also fell behind early on and were 9-3 down after 7 ends. Two 1's on next
two ends reduced the deficit to 4 shots at tea. Marldon continued the recovery after the break, winning the next 4 ends to take a
12-9 lead and a good finish from Marldon increased the final score to 17-11, gaining 2 points for Marldon.
Overall Result Brixham St Mary 37 Marldon 31
Points Brixham St Mary 6 Marldon 2.
Aug 14th 2024 - Babbacombe v Marldon
Bryan, H and Bob lost heavily.
On the other rink, John G, Les C and Gordon P were in a closer game but lost 10-15.
Babbacombe collected all 8 points.
July 31st 2024 - Marldon v Torquay
John M, Les C and Bob T fell behind early on to be 7-12 down but recovered to take a 16 -13 lead into last end. It proved
not to be enough as Torquay put four woods round the jack and there they stayed to give Torquay a 17-16 win. A disappointing finish.
On the other rink, John G, Mike T and Gordon P were in a close game but dropping 4 single shots in ends 14 to 17 left
them 4 down going into last end. With woods behind the jack, it was Gordon who trailled the jack back just enough to pick up 4
shots to tie the game and salvage a point from what looked like an 0-8 defeat.
Overall Result Marldon 31 - Torquay 32
Points Marldon 1 - Torquay 7.
July 24th 2024 - Totnes v Marldon
John M, Peter H and Les had a bad third end when they dropped a 6, but were even with the opposition for the rest of
the game losing by just 5 shots 13-18.
John G, Gordon and Bob T took an early lead to be 11-4 up increasing this to 16-8 by the 13th end. The next three ends
turned the game Totnes's way as they scored two 4's and a three to take a three shot lead. Marldon then scored a three to tie
the game at 19 all with one end left to play. Marldon won the last end to claim 2 points for a winning rink but the overall score
was now 37-34 to Totnes to claim the four points for the overall win.
Overall Result Totnes 37 - Marldon 34
Points Totnes 6 - Marldon 2.
Apologies - Your reporter went on holiday for early part of July- no match reports available.
June 26th 2024 - TCBC v Marldon
Howard, Gordon and Bob T kept dropping ones'
but also conceded a 5 and a 2 to be 12 down before they won an end. Winning two ends in a row brought score to 6-12 but the tea
break bug stuck again and Marldon failed to score on the next six ends, conceding another 5 along the way to go 6-24 down.
Marldon did pick up 2 twos to get to 10 shots but a dropped three on the final end meant they lost 10-27.
John M, Mike T and Bryan S had a closer game and although they were not winning many ends scored a 5 to go 6-3 up.
The game continued to be a close contest and scores were level at 13 ends. Opponents scored two ones to get 13-11 up but
Marldon won the last three ends for a 17-13 win.
Overall Result TCBC 40 - Marldon 27
Points TCBC 6 - Marldon 2.
June 21st 2024 - Marldon V Babbacombe
Howard, Gordon and Bob T scored in 1's and 2's for most
of game, only allowing opposition to score on 6 of the 18 ends. Already 5 up, a three and a two on last two ends gave Marldon
a 17-7 win.
John M, John B and Bryan S had a closer game being level at 6 and 9 ends before a 4 on 14th end gave them a 5 shot lead.
Once more the opposition hit back and Marldon went into last end level at 17 all. Marldon picked up one shot on this end to win the
game 18-17 and give Marldon all 8 points.
Overall Result Marldon 35 - Babbacombe 24
Points Marldon 8 Babbacombe 0.
June 19th 2024 - Marldon V Brixham St Mary.
John M, Gordon and Bryan S lost the first end but then scored 4 and 5 to go 9 -1 up.
A dropped 4 on 4th end was recovered with a 4 on 6th, to maintain a healthy lead and Marldon went on to win 23-16.
Howard, Peter H and John R built up a 12-7 lead but opposition came back to within 1 shot at 11-12. Marldon held on to the one
shot lead until opponents scored a 5 on 17th end to level the scores. Marldon held their nerve and picked up a 1 on last end to win
17-16.
Overall Result Marldon 40 - Brixham St Mary 32
Points Marldon 8 Brixham 0.
June 12th 2024 - No Game
June 5th 2024 - Marldon V Brixham
Brixham too strong for the Marldon team today.
Overall Result Marldon 22 Brixham 50
Points Marldon 0 Brixham 8.
May 29th 2024 - Torquay v Marldon
John Gibbons, Gordon and Bob got to 9-3 in front by half way when the tea break happened, but lost the first four ends
after tea to fall five shots behind. Marldon retrieved four of the five shots before dropping another 3 to be 13-17 down with two
ends left. Marldon just failed to score enough to win but four shots on last two ends saw them tie the game at 17 all.
John R, Les C, and Mike were 10 4 down at tea but played better in second part of game and closed gap from 4-10 to 14-17.
(Not enough unfortunately.)
Overall Result Torquay 34- Marldon 31
Points Torquay 7 - Marldon 1
May 22nd 2024 - Marldon v Totnes
Les C, Mick and Mike T scored on 6 of the first 8 ends to go 10-3 up before Totnes responded with 2 3s to close gap to one shot,
Marldon opened the gap to 4 before Totnes scored a 5 on 14th end putting Totnes one in front. Totnes then had the better finish
and Marldon lost 15-20.
John Gibbons, Gordon and Bob scored a four on the first end and by halfway were still holding on to the 4 shot lead at 10-6.
Totnes scored another shot before a 2, 4,and a 1 from Marldon gave Marldon a 10 shot lead with 4 ends left.
Marldon held on to 9 of the ten shots to win 21-12.
Overall Result Marldon 36 - Totnes 32
Points Marldon 6 - Totnes 2.
May 17th 2024 - Marldon v Kings (rearranged from May 1st)
Howard, John R, and Les C started well and were10-2 up before Kings rallied to bring scores level at 11 all after 10 ends.
Marldon scored another one but Kings then scored 4, 4, and 2 and 1 on next four end to give themselves a 10 shot cushion.
Marldon won last three ends to reduce the deficit to 5 but that was the end of the game and Marldon lost 17-22.
John Gibbons, Gordon and Bob dropped a four on the first end but won the next 5 ends to go 8 -4 up and Marldon
remained in front until the 16th end when Kings picked up five shots to level the scores at 16 all.
Marldon won end 17
by one but dropped a 2 on the final end, losing 16-17.
Overall Result Marldon 33 - Kings 39
Points Marldon 0 - Kings 8.
May 15th 2024 - Paignton Torbay v Marldon
A game of two halves today, for both rinks.
Les C, Dave A and Mike T raced into a 10-4 lead by the 10th end but (after the tea break) managed
to drop 9 shots in the next three ends before a 3 on end 14 put the teams level at 13-13. 2 ones from Paignton Torbay and a 3 from
Marldon left Marldon 1 up into last end but opposition had last laugh scoring a 2 to win by one shot 17-16
John Gibbons, Gordon and Bob T were in a closer game early on and at tea break were 6-5 up. Marldon had the stronger second half,
scoring on 6 of the last 9 ends for a 14-8 win.
Overall Result Paignton Torbay 25 - Marldon 30
Points Paignton Torbay 2 - Marldon 6
May 8th 2024 - Marldon v Paignton
Howard, Tony and Carlo matched the opposition for the first ten ends of this 18 end game but then failed to score for 5 ends as
Paignton built up an 18-8 lead. Marldon managed to add another 2 points to their score before Paignton finished with a 4 and a 1
for a 23-10 win.
John Gibbons, John Gilbert and Bob T put 6 points on the board before the opposition scored and continued to score well
for a comfortable 26-6 win.
Overall Result Marldon 36 - Paignton 29.
Points Marldon 6 - Paignton 2.
May 1st - Game postponed, Marldon Green Waterlogged.