Team manager David, Maureen, Duncan, Terri, Chris, Margaret, Gill, Keith & John

Won. Semi-finals and Finals on September 8th.

Loudwater - 12th May - away

Won on all three rinks.

Amersham - 10th May - away

At the half way point, The Cross were in trouble with Only Duncan Gauld’s triple holding an advantage and a small one at that. However the cream rose to the top and Chris Harvey’s trip turned a 9 shot deficit into 7 shot winning margin to secure the first two points of the season. Duncan’s rink had been ‘nip and tuck’ for the entire game with just a shot separating the sides for 16 ends, but a strong last two ends saw them finish their game with a 4 shot win and another 2 points for the team.

Michael Gomme’s rink had also been close and were the last to finish. At 17 ends it was 17 all with everything to play for. Gillian Young’s wood held shot until an Amersham bowl took the lead with just the skips to bowl. Michael had tried to tease Amersham’s winning bowl out with two attempts that were wide and with the crowd wondering why he wasn’t changing hands as the shot was impossible from that side, his final bowl curled into the head, picked up the jack and drew the shot for an 18-17 win.

Whilst it may not have been quite as important as the Liverpool and Tottenham comebacks this week, it was the highest drama played out in Amersham that evening!

With all three rinks therefore winning and the aggregate scores giving Gerrards Cross a 12 point margin, the defence of the CTL is back on track.

First Match - Chessvale - Friday 3rd May - Away 6pm

Fixtures are shown on the fixtures and results page, but in particular this years quarter finals are on Sunday 25th August, and Finals day is on Sunday 8th September at Fassnidge BC.

There is a Champions match,  GXBC vs the rest of the league, on Wednesday 19 th June.
Home match starting 2.30pm.

This league is open to both men and women.

Rules of the Competition

Chiltern and Thames League is a mixed league and each team is represented by 3 mixed Triples.
Each triple must contain at least one lady.
Matches are played over 18 ends with trial ends.

A total of ten points will be divided by the teams as follows:
2 points for each win of an individual triple.
4 points for an overall match win on shots.
Where there is a tie in either of the above, the points will be shared equally.

The full competition rules can be found here.

2018 Results:

Final vs Harefield at Chesham - Sunday 9th September 2:30pm

Harefield led most of the way, but we pulled up at the end to win

While we were playing Ladygate, Burnham and Harefield competed in a very close game.
It was a draw at 18 ends, so all three rinks had to come on again and play another end.
Harefierld won by 2 shots.

Semi Final v Ladygate at Chesham - Sunday 9th September 10am

Quarter Final v Bassetbury at Chessvale - Sunday 26th August 10am

Won: 43-20 after 9 ends and Bassetsbury Manor conceded in pouring rain.
We now had to find three triples for the semi-final/finals day on September 9th - same day as the Bucks Cup.

Chessvale - Friday 27th July - Away 6pm

Won 10-0

Wendover - Monday 23rd July - Home 6pm

Won 8-2

Amersham - Monday 16th July - Away 6pm

Lost 8-2

Loudwater - Sunday 8th July - Home2pm

Won 7-3

Wendover - Monday 2nd July - Away

Won 49-45 in shots, and 8-2 to GXBC on points

Amesham- Monday 18th June-  Home

Won 64-46 in shots, and 8-2 to GXBC on points

Chessvale- Monday 11th June-  Home

Won 60-42 in shots, and 9-1 to GXBC on points.
Kevin's rink was neck and neck throughout, but on the other rinks we built steadily on an early lead.

Loudwater- Sunday 13th May-  Away

Drew 49-49, but 6-4 to GXBC on points: you get 4 points for a most shots, 2 for a draw,
and on each rink 2 if you win, 1 for a draw.

Reports for the 2017 season are here.

Rules are here