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Walker waltzes to easy win in “A” team victory.

Peter Walker waltzed round the West Kirby green yesterday, as he produced a fine solo performance as the Vics only single figure winner of the day, in a harder match than was expected against Thingwall. Peter, in winning 21-09, set the seal on a 40 shot win for The Vics, who had 9 winners out of 10 but struggled throughout, on a patchy green at West Kirby. Mally Johnson, not too bothered about Soviet Song’s demise at Goodwood, had a comfortable 21-12 win which was followed by Brian Ibbotson winning 21-13 in only his second league match for the “A” team this season. The rest of the team struggled to cope with the green conditions in tight matches against tough opponents, belying their league position. Bernie Owen, once he decided not to bowl short, had a 21-16 win and Eddie Clayburn had to come through a tough time before eventually winning 21-18. Eddie couldn’t believe some of the woods his opponent beat and could possibly have won to single figures on another day but a win is a win at the end of the day. Dick Peake struggled through to win 21-19 in the end and there were a trio of difficult 21-20 wins for the Vics with Keith Etches throwing away a big lead and having to overcome numerous interruptions to his concentration, before winning. Elwyn Williams had to pull out some big woods to finally triumph and skipper Billy Atkinson had to come from 16-20 down to reach the winning line. The Vics must not fall into the trap of expecting big home wins as a matter of course and must bowl the green as they find it, as Thingwall did on the day. I don’t normally like to comment on players who lose and to show respect to Robby Franklin I won’t do so this time either!!! The Vics did manage to take the aggregate point from this match to keep up with the leaders at the top of the table.

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