2017:Final against Bletchley Town
Sunday 10th September at Iver Heath 2.15pm

Sadly lost by one shot! Well done to our team for getting so far.

This report is taken from the Bletchley website:

Yesterday Sunday 10th September was the annual Bucks Cup Finals day which saw our Bletchley men travel to Iver Heath to take on a very strong Gerrards Cross team. The green looked good the weather was overcast with potential rain on the way but it looked like the spectators were in for one hell of a game.

Things started pretty slowly with rinks fairly even after 5 ends and Bletchley were 5 adrift. Gerrards pushed on especially on the Pops Taff and Mal game where the team of McGuinness Ross and McGuinness ran away to a 16-3 lead with a masterclass of leading by Tom McGuinness. Also on Dean Brookes rink along with Jamie Seymour and Mick Golder their 6-1 lead slipped to a 6-13 deficit at the half way stage. Things were not looking good as Bletchley trailed by 21 shots at 9 ends

A big effort was needed now to save the boys having an early bath and Labrum Clay and Smyth delivered with a magical 7 on the 10th end to give the team hope. Mal’s triple had also started to nibble back with a string of ends to get back to 13-19 at 13 ends. Mr Benson Westy and Savage were also keeping it tight on rink 1 against the triple skipped by Alan Price trailing by 4 at 13 ends. At the same point Brookes picked up 7 shots in 3 ends to draw level at 13 all. Things were on the up, Bletchley have reduced the score from 21 shots to 4 shots in just 5 ends!

Now we get to the nitty gritty part of the game, can we reduce the deficit even more? Can we get in front? The spectators were biting their nails and sat on the edges of their seats.

Gerry steadily increased his lead to 22-12. Dean won 3 more ends on the trot to leave them winning 17-14. Don trailed by 5 12-17 and Mal continued his comeback by picking up two 1s and a 5 to leave the scores tied at 20 all so at 17 ends Bletchley had taken the lead by 7 shots. Was this enough to take them over the line I hear you ask?

With the Buck Cup hanging in the balance the GX boys were not giving in and the Price triple picked up a 2 to finish up winning 19-12. Dean was holding 1 shot with one bowl to come but Briden managed to hit a short GX bowl into the head through a small gap and in for shot so Dean and his team won 17-15. Could Mal’s triple complete the come back to sneak the win? Well the Bletchley guys had built up a really good head to hold 1 shot. McGuinness snr didn’t have much choice but to fire with his last bowl to shuffle the head and see what happened. He got it perfect and the jack flew off the rink. When they replayed the end things didn’t go as well after the Gerrards 2 Dave Ross trailed the jack to the edge of the ditch to leave them holding 3 Mal tried his hardest to play the Bletchley bowl up to reduce the count but only turned it once, McGuinness added another to pick up 4 shots to win 24-20.

The scores were tied 71 all with just 1 rink left on the green. Dave Labrum and Dave Clay started the end well holding 3 shots on a fairly short jack. George Reid ran at the head with deadly accuracy and the jack flew in to the ditch Bletchley still held 1 but it was 3 or 4 yards away (that wasn’t going to win the end) Clay then stepped up on to the mat fresh after winning the Uxbridge pairs that morning and drew within 2 foot of the ditch to hold a potential match winner. Kirk pulled up short with his first Gerry tried to get another close second but fell in the ditch. With Kirks second he looked good he slipped around Dave’s bowl and looked to have bowled a “heartbreaker” but was 1 roll to heavy and just dropped into the ditch. Gerry added another. So it was all on Kirks last bowl Iver Heath fell silent!! What was going to happen? Fortunately for Bletchley he didn’t have enough pace and just fell short leaving The Town the 1 shot they needed to take the victory and be crowned county champions for 2017.

Marlow - Semi-Finals Sunday 6th August at

Triple 1	Triple 2	Triple 3	Triple 4
1. Duncan Gauld	1. Terry Webb	1. Kevin Dwyer	1. David Grieve
2. George Reid	2. Simon Cobb	2. Neil Farnish	2. Michael Gomme
Skip. Kirk Smith	Skip. David Ross	Skip. Dave Simpson	Skip. Andrew Briden
Won	Lost	Won	Lost

Match Score: Won (Marlow accepted defeat prior to 18 ends being played)

Hazells - Quarter Finals Sunday 16th July

Triple 1	Triple 2	Triple 3	Triple 4
1. David Grieve	1. Michael Gomme	1. Kevin Dwyer	1. Duncan Gauld
2. Tom McGuinness	2. Dave Simpson	2. Neil Farnish	2. George Reid
Skip. John McGuinness	Skip. Andrew Briden	Skip. Alan Price	Skip. Kirk Smith
Won	Won	Won	Won

Match Score: Won 89-45

Division 4 - Results including Wed 21st June

	P	W	L	D	For	Against	Difference	Pts
Gerrards Cross	4	4	0	0	378	201	177	52
Iver Heath	4	3	1	0	323	209	114	40
Richings Park	4	2	2	0	220	275	-55	26
Denham	4	1	3	0	210	304	-94	14
Wexham	4	0	4	0	200	342	-142	8

Richings Park - Wednesday 21st June

Home	Home	Away	Away
Triple 1	Triple 2	Triple 3	Triple 4
1. Terry Webb	1. Hugh Russell	1. Kevin Dwyer	1. David Grieve
2. Simon Cobb	2. Ray Merry	2. Michael Gomme	2. Duncan Gauld
Skip. Kirk Smith	Skip. Alan Price	Skip. George Reid	Skip. Dave Simpson
Won	Won	Won	Won

Match Score: 100-42 Points 14-0

Denham - Wednesday 14th June

Home	Home	Away	Away
Triple 1	Triple 2	Triple 3	Triple 4
1. Hugh Russell	1. Kevin Dwyer	1. David Grieve	1. Ray Merry
2. George Reid	2. Simon Cobb	2. Michael Gomme	2. Tom McGuinness
Skip. Andrew Briden	Skip. Alan Price	Skip. Kirk Smith	Skip. David Simpson
Won	Won	Won	Won

Match Score: 109-46 Points 14-0

Iver Heath - Wednesday 7th June

Home	Home	Away	Away
Triple 1	Triple 2	Triple 3	Triple 4
1. Terry Webb	1. Ray Merry	1. Kevin Dwyer	1. Tom McGuinness
2. David Grieve	2. Duncan Gauld	2. Michael Gomme	2. Simon Cobb
Skip. David Simpson	Skip. Kirk Smith	Skip. David Ross	Skip. John McGuinness
Lost	Lost	Won by 8	Won by 7

Match Score: Won 75-72 Points 10-4

Wexham - Wednesday 24th May

Home	Home	Away	Away
Triple 1	Triple 2	Triple 3	Triple 4
1. Kevin Dwyer	1. Ray Merry	1. Tom McGuinness	1. David Grieve
2. Neil Farnish	2. Michael Gomme	2. Duncan Gauld	2. Simon Cobb
Skip. John McGuinness	Skip. David Ross	Skip. David Simpson	Skip. Kirk Smith
Won	Won	Won	Won

Match Score: Won 94-41 Points 14-0

Round up of 2016

The season that a month ago held so much promise finished in disappointment when we lost the Bucks Cup final to Marlow by just two shots. On paper this could have been expected to be a relative banker but with 3 senior players missing and a much-improved Marlow team with a smell of success we failed to complete the task.
Division 4

	P	W	L	D	For	Against	Difference	Points
Gerrards Cross	4	4	0	0	391	179	212	56
Denham	4	3	1	0	273	246	27	36
Iver Heath	4	2	2	0	273	265	8	29
Richings Park	4	1	3	0	220	321	-101	15
Slough	4	0	4	0	186	332	-146	4

Bucks Cup Winners 2015

	Top Row - L to R: Dennis Ward(Super Sub), Ray Merry, Dave Simpson, David Ross, Tom McGuinness, Alan Price, Michael Gomme
	Bottom Row - L to R: George Reid, Kirk Smith, Richard Reid, John McGuinness, Duncan Gauld, Neil Farnish

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